Awards
The awards given out at the Tops Rochester St. Patrick’s Day Parade are:
Tops Friendly Markets Best in Show
The Robert Nolan Community Service Award (Best Government or Public Service)
The Robert P. Kelly Irish Spirit Award (Best Pipe Band)
The Thomas Fitzpatrick Spirit Award (Floats)
Dance School
Fire Department
Bands
Best Commercial Unit
Best Non-Commercial Unit
Floats are judged on the following categories:
Presentation of the parade theme
Appearance
Crowd engagement/ attention
Creativity/ Originality
Presentation / Performance
Each of these is graded on a scale of 0 to 10. Then they are accumulated for a total score.