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The 2007 St. Patrick's Day Parade

The 2007 Parade is now history, and what a Parade it was!

The largest Irish Flag in the State!	Rainbows and leprechauns!
The Weber Irish dancers	Parade floats and candy!

Thanks to everyone who helped out, to all of the participants,

and to the big crowd that came out to watch the Parade!

Here are the entries that received trophies from the Parade judges:

Best Floats:

1st Place: Quigley's Custom Homes/Anam Art Gallery

2nd Place: Naperville Light Guard Band

3rd Place: Ryan Hill Realty

Most Colorful Entry:

First National Bank of Naperville

Best New Entry:

1st Division Museum at Cantigny

Most Irish Entry:

Quigley's Irish Pub

Crowd Favorite:

South Side Irish Relocated

Outstanding Youth Group:

Weber Irish Dancers

Outstanding Musical Group:

Firefighters' Highland Guard of Naperville

Best Four-Legged Entry:

Two Bostons

Queen's Choice Award:

McNulty Irish Dancers

Founder's Award:

Operation Support Our Troops - Illinois

2007 Honorary Grand Marshall:

The Honorary Grand Marshall for the 2007 Parade was Ray Kinney, one of the owners of MinuteMan Press in Naperville, and a strong supporter of a long list of community groups in the Naperville area, including the Naperville Jaycees, the Exchange Club of Naperville, Rotary Club of Naperville, Naperville Area YWCA, the Naperville Heritage Society, Naperville Education Foundation, Little Friends, Safety Town Commission, the Riverwalk Foundation, St. Patrick's Residence, and many more!

Ray has been a business leader in Naperville, and has been active in the Chamber of Commerce and with the Naperville Development Partnership. Ray currently serves as a Trustee for North Central College, and on other local boards. He and his company have been very generous to charitable causes.

Ray's Irish ancestors hailed from County Limerick.

We're very glad their descendants, including Ray, ended up here!

Kinney Coat of Arms

More pictures from the 2007 Parade: