Barrington 4th floats win for their creativity

Posted July 12, 2012 11:09 am

Submitted by the Barrington 4th of July Parade Committee

The Barrington Animal Hospital float won the grand prize. Courtesy of the 4th of July committee

The Barrington 4th of July Parade Committee has named the winners of the Barrington parade float competition.

A distinguished panel of judges tallied their review sheets and unanimously selected the following entries as the best in their respective categories. Congratulations to all of the award winners and to all of the parade participants for helping to make this year’s parade such a success.

The Grand Prize, the entry that best exhibited creativity, appearance and patriotism, went to the Barrington Animal Hospital.

The Village President’s Award, going to the float that best exhibited the theme, “Let Freedom Ring: Courage, Service, Honor,” went to Citizens For Conservation.

The Spirit of Barrington Award, given to the float that best exhibited originality, ingenuity and community pride, went to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital.

A special thank you to the 2012 parade sponsors for making this year’s 4th of July Parade possible: Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital; IdeaLease; village of Barrington; Heinen’s Fine Foods; village of North Barrington; Groot Industries; Nieminski Robbins & Associates; Tom Gooch, Cuba Township Highway commissioner and Pepper Construction.

Citizens For Conservation won the Village PresidentÂ’s Award. Courtesy of the 4th of July committee

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital won the Spirit of Barrington Award. Courtesy of the 4th of July committee

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