Award winners of 89th Annual Paso Robles Pioneer Day Parade
Photos by Trishia Butcher.
–Thousands of locals and visitors filled downtown Paso Robles Saturday, Oct. 12, for the 89th Annual Paso Robles Pioneer Day Parade, bean feed, and other activities.
The Pioneer Day Parade started at 10 a.m. on 16th Street at Spring Street and ended up surrounding the Paso Robles City Park.
Parade entries included antique tractors, horse-drawn wagons, marching bands, mounted equestrian groups, youth groups, church groups, civic groups, floats, vintage cars, fire engines, military vehicles and more. This year’s float theme was “One-Room Schoolhouse Days.”
The $500 main prize for best depiction of the theme went to St. Rose Catholic School.
List of parade entry winners at the Pioneer Day Parade
| Category | # | 2019 Winners |
Best Costume | 69 | Ladies of the Barbary Coast |
Charro/Charra | 39 | Manuel Enrique & the Famous Dancing Horses |
Church Group | 82 | Plymouth Congregational Church |
Class Reunion | 79 | PRHS Class of 79 |
Club/Civic Grouo Sr. | 43 | Paso A’s & Central Coast Model T Club |
Club – 4H | Parkfield 4-H | |
Club – School | 50 | Paso Robles Elementary Schools |
Club – Other Jr. | 92 | Artistry in Motion Performing Arts Center |
Family Group | 110 | 100 Years of Olson Familv Anriculture Her taae |
Marching Band Sr. | 73 | Atascadero High School Marching Band |
Most Patrotic | 35 | Central Coast Convoy |
Mounted Group, Jr. | 58 | Atascadero Wranglerettes |
Mounted Group, Sr. | 1 | Marine Mounted Color Guard |
Novelty, Jr. | 51 | Paso Robles Children’s Museum |
Novelty, Sr. | 101-103 | Brown’s Family Motorcycles |
Old Equipment/Tractor | 30C | John Deer MC Crawler |
Parade Horse | 111 | Vaqueros de la Region |
Sheriff/Marshall Posse | 70 | King’s County Sheriff’s Posse |
Shriner/Elks/Masonic | 83 | San Joaquin Valley Shrine Roustabouts |
Wagon Team/ | 95 | Jeff Shinn pulling the Zaoata Ranch Wagon |
Sweepstakes | 99 | Friends of the Atascadero Library |
Judges | 41 | JB Dewar Tractor Restoration |
Marshal | 76 | Von Dollen Family Wagon |
Queen | 45 | Vet School Express |
Belle | 84 | Pleasant Valley School |
Best Use of Theme – $500 | St. Rose Catholic School | |
| 2019 Float Theme – “One Room School House Days” | ||
