Mountain Heritage Day Parade In Pictures

OAKHURST — There’s that moment when you’re sinking into your chair at a small town parade.

It’s a beautiful day, you’ve got a front-row seat, a bottle of water (it’s morning, after all), maybe you have the kids or the grandkids on your lap and — most importantly — you made it to the parade! You put aside the chores, and the bills, and all the things you are “supposed” to be doing on a Saturday and you’re getting ready for the kind of local entertainment that money can’t buy.

That’s quite an achievement, these days, and an even greater achievement for those who’ve worked for months to pull it all together, as is the case for the 21st Annual Mountain Heritage Day Parade held in Oakhurst on Saturday, Sept. 16.

See below photos for a list of parade winners and stay tuned later this week for images of Mountain Heritage Day at Fresno Flats Historic Park. Congratulations to all who participated and everyone who turned out to cheer them on, and to organizers of the event and all the sponsors.

Whether you made it to the parade or not, without further adieu, we bring you — via imagery captured by Virginia Lazar Photography — the 2017 Mountain Heritage Day Parade.

Click on smaller photos to enlarge.

              
 

 

               

   

 

21^st Mountain Heritage Day Parade Trophy Announcement

Categories:

Band: 1^st Place – Yosemite High School Band

Color Guard: 1^st Place – Yosemite High Cadet Corps

Marching – SCOUTS: 1^st Place – Cup Scouts 134, 2^nd place – Girl Scouts 3041

Marching – SCHOOL: 1^st Place – Yosemite High School Band, 2^nd Place – YHS Cheer, 3^rd Place – Cadet Corps

Marching – YOUTH: 1^st Place – Coarsegold 4-H

Marching – OPEN: 1^st Place – Gymnastics by Diane, 2^nd Place – Oakhurst Karate, 3^rd Place – Dancers Inc.

Floats – COMMERCIAL: 1^st Place – H&L Lumber/True Value Homecenter

Floats – NON-COMMERCIAL: 1^st Place – Yosemite High Football

Floats – CHARITABLE: 1^st Place – “Love Boat” (Local Lions Club, Yosemite High School LEOs, New Community United Methodist, Vision Academy), 2^nd Place – Caring Veterans, 3^rd Place: Big Brothers Big Sisters with H&L Lumber/True Value Homecenter.

Historical Themed: 1^st Place – Fresno Flats Sheriff, 2^nd Place – Kat Biacindo/Cherokee Dancer

Miscellaneous – CLOWNS: 1^st Place – Tehran Shrine Clowns

Miscellaneous – OTHER: 1^st Place – Met Cinema Heroes, 2^nd Place – Reimer’s Candy, 3^rd Place – Mountain Bear Fan Club

Yosemite High School Spirit Award: 1^st Place – Yosemite High School Cheerleaders, 2^nd Place – Yosemite High Football, 3^rd Place – Cadet Corps

Equestrian – MOUNTED: 1^st Place – Backcountry Horsemen of America: The Sierra Freepackers

Equestrian – Pooper-Scooper: Patricia Valentyne

Auto – Antique: 1^st Place – Dick Peters, 2^nd Place – Phil Meadows, 3^rd Place – Mike Kloss

Auto – CLASSIC: 1^st Place – Roger Youders, 2^nd Place – Robin and Diane Underwood, 3^rd Place – Bud Cox

Auto – OTHER: 1^st Place – Mike and Joyce Decker, 2^nd Place – Madera County Sheriff Foundation, 3^rd Place – Tom Williams

Auto – POLITICAL: 1^st Place – Tom Wheeler, 2^nd Place – Sheriff Varney, 3^rd Place – Marc Sobel

Auto – COMMERCIAL: 1^st Place – Northstar Towing, 2^nd Place – EMADO