Parade

The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Parade took place on Monday, September 5, 2011 from 10am to noon. 2011 marked the 56th year of the parade. The first parade took place in 1956 during the second year of the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival.

Congratulations to our winners!

Best in Parade
Greenbelt Sity Stars

Most Entertaining
First Place: Greenbelt Curves
Runner-Up: Eleanor Pernia Studio of Dance

Community
First Place: Greenbelt Municipal Swim Team
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Greenbelt Community Emergency Response Team – CERT

People’s Choice
First Place: Greg May—Stilt Walker and the Greenbelt Circus Camp, Greenbelt Recreation Department
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Boys and Girls Club

Theme
First Place: Greenbelt Elementary School PTA
Runner-Up: Mishkan Torah Synagogue

Novelty
First Place: St. George’s Episcopal Church
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Lions Club Bikes and Trikes

Performing Group
First Place: Eleanor Roosevelt High School Pep Band
Runner-Up: Seabrook Seahawk Pathfinder Club

Pet Unit
First Place: City of Greenbelt Animal Control
Runner-Up: Maryland Park Police Mounted Unit

Most Humorous
First Place: Greenbelt Recycling and Sustainability Society
Runner-Up: New Greenbelt Marching Band

Cars
First Place: Beltway Plaza Mall’s “Model-T”
Runner-Up: Robert Goddard French Immersion School Citroen

Fire Emergency
First Place: Victor McEntee’s 1968 Mack C-95 Pumper fire truck
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department‘s original restored 1935 fire truck

The parade route was along Crescent Road, from Green Hill Road to Centerway.


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Please visit the Parade Participants section of this website if you are interested in participating in the 2012 Greenbelt Labor Day Parade. Please email greenbeltparade@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

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