2025 Parade Float Awards
Best of Parade
Communities by Grainger
Best Use of Theme
Ideal Industries, Inc.
Wally Thurow Crowd Pleaser Award
Children’s Community Theater
Organization Awards
1st Place – Dimensions Dance Academy
2nd Place – Tails Humane Society
3rd Place – DeKalb County Marines #847
Non-Commercial Awards
1st Place – Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County
2nd Place – United Methodist Church of Sycamore
3rd Place – St John’s Lutheran Church
NEIGHBORHOOD/FAMILY AWARDS
1st Place – Barbed Wire Jeeps
2nd Place – Sycamore Pumpkin Chuckin’ Trebuchet
Commercial Awards
1st Place – PBK Mechanical Services LLC
2nd Place – Integrity Concrete Coatings
3rd Place – Elm Street Realtors
2025 Band Awards
Junior Division (Middle Schools)
1st Place – Huntley/Clinton Rosette Middle School
2nd Place – Kaneland Harter Middle School
3rd Place – St. Mary’s Dekalb
High School – Class 1
1st Place – West Aurora Blackhawk Band
2nd Place – Central High School Marching Rockets
High School – Class 2
1st Place – Plano HS Marching Band
High School – Class 3
1st Place – Hiawatha High School
2nd Place – Forreston Marching Redbirds
3rd Place – Somonauk Marching Bobcats
Best Drum Major
Somonauk Marching Bobcats
Best Percussion Unit
West Aurora Blackhawk Band
Best Auxiliary Units
West Aurora Blackhawk Band