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With marching bands from across Canada and the United States, the Festival's official mascot Treble Clef, and whimsical floats and performers, the Grande Festival Parade is fun for the whole family.

See the Parade on Cogeco

June 26, 4pm and July 6, 8pm

Band Competition Results

		Music	Marching	Score
First Place Overall	Preston Scout House Alumni Band	133	123	85
Second Place Overall	Les Diplomates Alumni Drum + Bugle Corps	128	124	84
Third Place Overall	Paris and Port Dover Pipe Band	124	130	84
Best Pipe Band	Paris and Port Dover Pipe Band	124	130	84
Best Drum/Baton	M.M. Robinson Drumline	125	119	81

All Competing Bands
	ArclelorMittal Pipe Band	119	116	78
	Blue Saints Drum and Bugle	104	108	70
	Burlington Junior Redcoats	81	97	59
	Chaparells Baton and Drum Corp	94	107	67
	Community Living Drum Corps	99	96	65
	Dundas Pipes and Drums	107	102	69
	Fergus Pipe Band	117	108	75
	Grimsby Pipe Band	113	106	73
	Kingsville-Essex Association Band	102	97	66
	Philippine Heritage Band	102	111	71
	RCL Br. 163 Pipes and Drum Band	108	107	71
	St. Andrews Pipe and Drum Band	113	113	75
	Streetsville Pipe and Drum Band	111	115	75
	Tian Guo Band	112	116	76
	Top Hat Marching Orchestra	121	109	76

Note: 1. When there is a tie, the musical score determines the winner
2. All scores are rounded down
3. Music and Marching scores are based on three separate component scores

2011 Performers

Blair Lancaster (Councillor Ward 6)	Maid of the Mist (Niagara Shrine Club)
Blue Saints Drum and Bugle	Marianne Meed-Ward (Councillor Ward 2)
Bur Bear	Mayor Rick Goldring
Burlington Gymnastics Club	Mike Wallace MP
Burlington Junior Red Coats	Miss Canada Globe
Burlington Teen Tour Band	Mocha Jeepster
Burlington Volunteer Fire Department	On-Gwe-Ho-Way
Carl Korody's Intuitive Innovations Sextet	Oriental Band Shrine Club of Hamilton
Chapparells Baton and Drum Corp	Paris and Port Dover Pipe Band
CIWV The Wave	Paul Sharman (Councillor Ward 5)
Community Living Drum Corps	Philippine Heritage Band
Dundas Pipes and Drums	Port Colborne Welland Shriners
Fergus Pipe Band	Preston Scout House Alumni Band
Festival Banner	RCL Br. 163 Pipes and Drums
Gerard P. Murphy	Rock This Way Band
Golden Fiddlers	Rotary Club (Bed Race)
Grand Marshal Rob MacIsaac	Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60
Hamilton Youth Steel Orchestra	Shamrock Dance Society
Kilbride Volunteer Fire Department	St. Andrews Pipe and Drum Band
Kingsville-Essex Association Band	Tian Guo Band
Kilbride Volunteer Fire Department	Top Hat Marching Orchestra
Krazy Kanuck Kloggers	Treble Clef
Les Diplomates Alumni Drum and Bugle Corps	Wes Rhodes Productions
Lewis Dance Studio	Winona Peach Festival
M.M. Robinson Drumline	Zumba Passion

To find out more specific information about the Parade, or if you would like to help, please email parade@soundofmusic.ca.

When and Where is the next parade?

Saturday June 16th, 2012
11:00am

The parade begins at Central Park; travels along New Street and James Street to City Hall; then turns north on Brant Street, ending at Central High School, featuring as always Burlington's own Teen Tour Band and Junior Redcoats. 2012 Performers will be announced in May 2012.

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