By: Jeff Meade

Tess, from the Caitron dancers, is still learning all the steps.

For Pete Hand, it was the ride of a lifetime. The president of the AOH Notre Dame Division and drum major for the division's Irish Thunder Pipes & Drums has certainly marched down Fayette Street for the Conshohocken St. Patrick's Day Parade.

But this was his first as grand marshal. He was joined on his journey by a few hundred of his nearest and dearest friends—pipe bands, high school bands, AOH and LAOH divisions, hordes of dancers ... and one leprechaun.

Check out our photos, below.

And in the meantime, here are the winners:

• Best Adult Band South Philadelphia String Band
• Best Youth Band Cinnaminson High School Band
• Best Pipe Band Delaware Pipes & Drums
• Best Irish Dance School Coyle School of Irish Dance
• Best AOH Presentation Girardville Jack Kehoe Div. 1
• Best LAOH Presentation Girardville Daughters of Erin
• Best Firemen Marching Springmill
• Best Overall Unit Montgomery County Sheriff’s Dept.
• Judge’s Award Elks Lodge 714

The Montgomery County Saint Patrick’s Parade Committee, the AOH and LAOH members of the Notre Dame Divisions thank all those who took part in this event to make it a success.

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