Committee revealing parade winners on Friday

Prizes for this years Mullingar St Patrick"s Day Parade with be presented at an award cermony in the Greville Arms Hotel this Friday 27th March at 8pm.The prizes have kindly been sponsored by Bernard Flynn of Mullingar Crystal.All parade entrants, volunteers, stewards, sponsors and those who gave to the collections, or those who donated benefit in kind are welcome to attend.The prizes, including the overall parade winner will be presented on the night and reported in next week"s paper.The list of 2009 parade participants from which the winners will be selected include 1st & 10th Westmeath Scouts, 54th Reserve Artillery Regiment, Army, Athy Pipe Band, Belvedere House & Gardens, Bloomfield House Hotel, Brackens, Clondalkin Youth Band, Dr Wright Memorial Pipe Band, Eddie King, Eglin Canadian Band, Expert Electrical, F.T. Abbott Consulting Engineers, Farm Safari Park, Friends of the Animals, Harp Limos/ Red Lizard Productions, I.C.A, James Wallace Agricultural Contractor & Plant Hire, Just Forests, Kennedy Window Systems, Lilliput Boat Hire, Moss Busters, Mullingar Arts Centre, Mullingar Auction Rooms, Mullingar Fire Station, Mullingar Jets, Mullingar Pitstop, Mullingar Sub Aqua, Mullingar Town Band, ND Cleaning Services, O"Brien"s Renault, Olive Whelan Speech, Drama & Arts, Oliver Cusack Environmental, O.N.E., Project Integrate, Royal Canal Amenity Group, Shoot N Stars -Special Olympics Club, Sound Out, St. Mary"s Rochfortbridge G.A.A., Success Driving School, Syl Geoghegan Power Washing Services, Tanks Pipes and Drains (Longford) Ltd, UN Vets, Wallace Recycling, Westmeath Show Society, Whelan Fuels.The parade organisers wish to thank everyone who participated or helped out on the day, those who donated or contributed to our collections, and the thousands of people who attended and cheered on the parade.