Oh Baby! 103rd annual parade strolls down the boards

Last Updated on Friday, August 10, 2012 09:04 am Written by Claire Lowe Thursday, August 09, 2012 02:03 pm

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The Taylor family of Ocean View think there’s no place like “gnome.”

OCEAN CITY — Ocean City’s 103rd Baby Parade, the longest consecutively run baby parade in the nation, took off on the boardwalk from Sixth Street Thursday, Aug. 9.

Children ages infant to 10 competed for several titles. Divisions included Fancy Decorated Go Carts, Strollers, Coaches, Express Wagons; Small Children’s Floats and Commercial and Non- Commercial large floats.

The Ocean City Baby Parade was founded by Leo Bamberger and his committee. Bamberger, a photo engraver, was one of the organizers of Labor Day. The parade is now directed by Susan Canale, who heads a committee of 40 volunteers.

The 103rd Annual Ocean City Baby Parade Winners

	Entry #	Name	Theme
Division A: Fancy Under 2 years
First Place	100	LaPorta	Mer-Made in Ocean City
2nd Place	112	Parkinson	Julie B Goode
3rd Place	107	Rainier	Captain Cutie
Honorable Mention	115	Bilker	Baby Lightening
Divison A: Fancy 2 to 6 years old
First Place	200	Engstrom	Our HIve is Buzzin
2nd Place	202	Mastro	Bathing Beauties of OC
3rd Place	201	Taylor	No Place Like Gnome OC
Honorable Mention	204	Walsh	A Snowgirl's Dream Vacation
Division A: Fancy 6 to 10 years old
First Place	301	Crumrine, Blum, Dickson	OCNJ Future Olympians
Honorable Mention	300	Callahan, Gandy-Rector	Under the Sea
Division B: Comic 0-10 years old
First Place	401	Heenan, Brogen, Jost	Pop Pop's Pot of Gold
2nd Place	400	Rendel	OceanCityopoly
3rd Place	409	Scull, Campbell	Fishin' for Compliments
Division C: Small Floats 0-10 years old
First Place	505	Erdner	We LOVE Camping
2nd Place	502	Andrzejewski	Mom & Dad's Bathing Beauty
3rd Place	501	Bothel	Military "Baby Blue Angel"
Honorable Mention	509	Burke	"Dawn of the Dance"
Division F: Day of Entry 0-10 years old
First Place	806	Johnson, DeFinis	Pirates of the Atlantic
2nd Place	804	Barrett	"Margaritaville"
3rd Place	805	Gareau	14th Street Beach Bums
Honorable Mention	813	Bickings, Clevenger	Chicks Rule

Special Awards	Entry #	Name	Theme
Leo Bamberger's Founder Award	816	Canale	Old English
Hanscom Award	217	Pace	Garden Tea Party
Dahlhausen Award	110	Taraba	Pop Pop's First Mate
Most Outstanding Twins or Triplets	105	Lepore	Patriotic
Greatest Distance	300	Gandy-Rector	Under the Sea (Springfield, Missouri)