Winners from the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival parade announced

SYCAMORE – The winners of the 50th annual Sycamore Pumpkin Festival parade, which was held Sunday, have been announced.

Best of Parade honors went to Ideal Industries, while the Best Use of the Theme went to the Malmassari float. The Crowd Pleaser award went to Huckleberry's Pet Parlor.

Also announced over the weekend were the results of the
Largest Pumpkin contest. The Edward-Thomas family took first place, while Ellie Wallace won second and Evvi Wallace took third.

Other winning parade entries include:

Neighborhood and Family

• 1st –  Aldis family

• 2nd – Malmassari family

Organization

• 1st – Sycamore United Methodist Church

• 2nd – First Baptist Church of Sycamore

• 3rd – Sycamore Public Library

 Commercial

• 1st – Ideal Industries

• 2nd – Brian Bemis Automotive

• 3rd – Huckleberry's Pet Parlor

 Noncommercial

• 1st – Class of '73

• 2nd – Midwest Museum of Natural History

• 3rd – Immanuel Lutheran Church and Student Center

Band Judging Results
Class 1

• 1st – West Aurora Blackhawk marching band

• 2nd – DeKalb High School marching band

• 3rd – Plainfield High School marching band

• 4th – Yorkville High School Marching Foxes

Class 2

• 1st – Genoa-Kingston High School marching band

• 2nd – North Boone High School marching band

• 3rd – Central High School Band of Pride

Class 3

• 1st – Somonauk High School Marching Bobcats

• 2nd – Indian Creek High School marching band

• 3rd – Forreston High School "Redbird Regiment" marching band

 Junior High

• 1st –  Eisenhower Junior High School

• 2nd – DeKalb-Huntley Middle School

• 3rd – Kaneland Harter Middle School

• 4th – Sandwich Middle School Junior Regiment