Winners of the parade are: Color Guard; Knights of Columbus Color Guard, High School Band; Buena High School Band, Junior Band; Ocean View Jr. High School Seahawk Marching Band, Adult Band; Shenanigans, Families; The McGrath Clan, Equestrian; Camarillo Riders, Horse Drawn Vehicle; Bridget Ponce de Leon and Sparkle, Adult Clubs & Organizations; Dance with Aloha, Youth Clubs & Organizations; Thousand Oaks High School Competition Cheerleaders, Commercial; Cypress Place Senior Living, Commercial Vehicles; Ventura Bike Depot, Antique Vehicles; Ventura County Model “A” Ford Club, Individual Vehicles; Ventura Vintage Rods, Fire Trucks; Ding Masters, Media; 1450 AM The Boomer, Novelty; Ventura County Recumbent Riders, Walking; AIM Athletes in Motion, Most Irish; The Claddagh School of Irish Dance, Environmental Green Theme; Agromin, Restaurants and Pubs; Billy O’s, Government Agencies; Ventura Port District. The Arnold Hubbard Memorial Trophy (Best in Parade); Pacific Coast Highlanders Pipe Band and MacKinnon Dance Academy. The Ventura Mayor’s Trophy went to St. Baldrick’s Foundation (A non-profit organization, dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research).
Judges for the parade were Barbara Quaid, CEO, Ventura County Fairgrounds; Trudy Arriaga Ventura Unified School District Superintendent ; Sheldon Browm, Editor of The Breeze newspaper; Anthony Romero, VP and Manager of Rabobank, Ventura; James Lockwood, St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee; Dan Frederickson, Ventura business owner.
