Ann Woodward, organizer of the Greenwood Seafair Parade, just told us she sent us the wrong name of the winning entry in this year’s Very Important Kids Parade Comic/Novelty division. The real winner in the Comic/Novelty division of the July 27th parade was Monkey Business Preschool, not Daniel Bagley Elementary School as previously announced.

Woodward said she’s sorry for the mistake.

We’ve updated the original results post to reflect the correct winner.

The Greenwood Knights car club, which produced the popular Greenwood Car Show on June 26, donated a total of $13,000 from the car show proceeds to two local non-profits.

At the end of the Greenwood Seafair Parade on Wednesday night, Greenwood Knights representatives presented a check for $10,000 to the Volunteers of America’s Greenwood Food Bank, and a $3,000 check to the Greenwood Senior Center, according to parade organizers.

Jerry Barkley, president of the Greenwood Knights, presents checks to Patty Leach (left), program manager at the Greenwood Food Bank, and Cecily Kaplan (right), director of the Greenwood Senior Center.

Greenwood Seafair Parade Director Ann Woodward sent us the list of winners in each category for Wednesday’s parade. Congratulations to all the winners!

Very Important Kids parade:

1st place Comic/novelty — Monkey Business Preschool
2nd place Comic/novelty — Christ the King Catholic School
3rd place comic/novelty — Cub Scout Pack 321

1st place VIK Drill team — Washington Karate Association

Grand Parade:

Marcia Brunner Sweepstakes Trophy — Seattle Schools All-City Band

1st place Band — Pacific Northwest Drum Squad
2nd place Band — Calgary roundup Band
3rd place Band — Salvation Army, Seattle temple Corps Band

1st place Comic/Novelty — Seattle Seafair Pirates
2nd place Comic/Novelty — Seattle Seafair Clowns
3rd place Comic/Novelty — Pirates of Treasure Island

1st place Comic/Novelty Community — Bitterlake P. Patch
2nd Place Comic/Novelty Community — Greenwood Christian Church Garbage Can Corp
3rd Place Comic/Novelty Community — 826 Seattle& Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. Interplanetary Color Guard

1st place Drill Team, Jr. Dance — Baby Dolls Drill Team
2nd Place Drill Team, Jr. Dance — Baby Dangerettes
3rd Place Drill Team, J. Dance — Jr. Electronetts Babynetts Drill Team

1st Place Drill Team, Jr. Precision — Lil Senoritas Drill Team

1st Place Drill Team, Sr. Dance — Dolls Drill Team
2nd Place Drill Team, Sr. Dance — Sweet Mahogany Drill Team
3rd Place Drill Team, Sr. Dance — Electronetts Drill Team & Drum Squad

1st Place Drill Team, Sr. Precision — Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team
2nd Place Drill Team, Sr. Precision — Highlanders Drill Team
3rd Place Drill Team, Sr. Precision — North Queens Drill Team

1st Place Equestrian — Charros Association of Washington

1st Place Float — Marysville Strawberry Festival Float
2nd place Float — Going My Way? PC Performing Arts
3rd Place Float — KUBE 93 FM

1st place Wheeled — A-1 Piano Sales and Rentals
2nd place Wheeled — I Love Seafair Giveaway Boat
3rd Place Wheeled — Fairview Christian School

We had so much fun marching in the Greenwood Seafair Parade last night, and the PhinneyWood kid had a blast passing out seven pounds of candy (sorry we ran out before the end of the parade route!)

While waiting for the parade to start, we asked other parade participants to write on the back of PhinneyWood’s banner. We asked them to answer the question, “What does community mean to you?”

Drawings and sayings from the back of PhinneyWood's banner.

Here are a few of our favorite answers.

• Community means helping each other excel.
• Community means caring for our neighbors.
• Community ends in unity, and that’s what it should do!
• Community means believing in the heart, soul, passion and spirit of building quality of life for children.
• “Community” means a group of people caring about each other in every way.
• Sharing resources and living life together!
• Community means everything!

Summer interns from Taproot Theatre sign PhinneyWood's banner.

Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden and State Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson hand back their colored Sharpies after signing the banner.

We had a great time marching in last night’s Greenwood Seafair Parade. We posted a bunch of pictures late last night, but here are a few more of our favorites.

Parade Grand Marshal Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, a retired astronaut, poses with a group of veterans before the "Greenwood Takes Flight" parade.

The Western Vigilantes throw one of their own over the hood of the car. Don't worry, he wasn't hurt!

Students from 826 Seattle's free tutoring and writing center.

The Seafair Commodores help run all the Seafair events, including staging the entrants in the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

One of the winners of Seafair's Scholarship Program for Women.

One of the Pirates of Treasure Island shows off her whip-cracking skills.

The front line of the Baby Dolls drill team holding hands.

The Seattle All-City Marching Band.

Thousands of people lined the streets of Greenwood Wednesday evening for the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

Here are some of the pictures we took from inside and alongside the parade route. We’ll follow up with more tomorrow.

Before the festivities even began, parade-goers kept the crew at Greenwood Market's brat stand busy, including Mary, who tended to a heap of carmelized onions.

Kids, um, ponied up for a ride on Ridgeline Ranch's Welsh ponies.

Kids from Greenwood's Tara Academy write and draw pictures on the back of the PhinneyWood banner to illustrate what "community" means to them.

One of the more elaborate floats was a tribute to Elton John. Can you guess what song was playing?

A little boy takes prudent precautions while waiting for the Seafair Pirates to fire their cannon.

And here is the reaction of three girls moments later.

A QFC precision shopping cart drill team put on a show. It was probably only coincidental that it was in front of the Safeway.

One of the many drill teams entertains the crowd.

While there was lots to see, candy tossed into the crowd was the main attraction for most kids.

The city plans to repave 85th this fall, which should make the 2012 parade route a much smoother experience.

Even the sun came out to watch the parade!

Don’t forget that downtown Greenwood will be closed to traffic tonight for the 61st annual Greenwood Seafair Parade.

About 10,000 people usually line the parade route, which runs along Greenwood Avenue North from North 95th Street south to North 85th Street, then west along 85th Street to 6th Avenue NW. The parade begins at 6 p.m. and should end around 9 p.m.

More than 103 parade entries include floats, drill teams, marching bands, cute kids, local businesses and community groups. PhinneyWood will be marching, too. We’ll be asking parade watchers to sign the back of PhinneyWood’s banner, answering the question, “What does community mean to you?” We’ll post some of the answers, along with lots of pictures, later that night. And, yes, we’ll also be passing out candy (because the PhinneyWood Kid insisted on it).

Most of downtown Greenwood will be closed to traffic from 5-10 p.m. Greenwood Avenue will be closed from North 105th to North 84th streets, and 85th Street will be closed from Dayton Avenue North to 8th Avenue NW.

Metro bus route 5, which normally travels on Greenwood Avenue, will be rerouted. Here’s the info on the 5 from Metro:

Event Reroute – Route 5 Express

On Wednesday, July 27 from 5:15 PM until 8:30 PM, Route 5 Express will be rerouted off of Greenwood Av N between N 80th St and N 90th St, due to the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

During this event, Route 5 Express heading toward Greenwood will travel instead westbound on N 79th St, 1st Av NW, N 80th St, Linden Av N, N 85th St to its regular Base route serving all posted bus stops and temp stops along the reroute.

Heading toward downtown Seattle Route 5 Express is not affected.

Event Reroute – Route 5 Local

On Wednesday, July 27 from 4:00 PM until 8:30 PM, Route 5 Local will be rerouted off of Greenwood Av N between N 80th St and N 90th St, due to the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

During this event, Route 5 Local heading toward Northgate Transit Center or Shoreline Community College will travel instead via northbound on Greenwood Av N, N 80th St, NW 80th St, 8th Av NW, NW 87th St, 3rd Av NW, EB Holman Rd NW – To Northgate – continue eastbound on N 105th St – To Shoreline Community College – left northbound on Greenwood Av N to its regular route serving all posted bus stops and temporary stops along the reroute.

Heading toward downtown Seattle Route 5 Local will travel instead via Greenwood Av N, Holman Rd NW, 3rd Av NW, NW 87th St, 8th Av NW, NW 80th St, N 80th St and Greenwood Av N to its regular route serving all posted bus stops and temporary stops along the reroute.

And the 48, which travels along 85th Street, also will be rerouted to Linden Avenue, to 80th street, to 8th Avenue NW.

The 61st annual Greenwood Seafair Parade is Wednesday night, and the Seattle Department of Transportation says it expects 10,000 people to line the parade route, which runs along Greenwood Avenue North from North 95th Street south to North 85th Street, then west along 85th Street to 6th Avenue NW.

Greenwood Avenue will be closed from North 105th to North 84th streets, and 85th Street will be closed from Dayton Avenue North to 8th Avenue NW, from 5-10 p.m.

The parade starts at 6 p.m. It will end around 8:30 or 9 p.m., after the last of the 103 entries passes by.

Metro bus route 5 will be rerouted. Here’s the info from Metro:

Event Reroute – Route 5 Express

On Wednesday, July 27 from 5:15 PM until 8:30 PM, Route 5 Express will be rerouted off of Greenwood Av N between N 80th St and N 90th St, due to the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

During this event, Route 5 Express heading toward Greenwood will travel instead westbound on N 79th St, 1st Av NW, N 80th St, Linden Av N, N 85th St to its regular Base route serving all posted bus stops and temp stops along the reroute.

Heading toward downtown Seattle Route 5 Express is not affected.

Event Reroute – Route 5 Local

On Wednesday, July 27 from 4:00 PM until 8:30 PM, Route 5 Local will be rerouted off of Greenwood Av N between N 80th St and N 90th St, due to the Greenwood Seafair Parade.

During this event, Route 5 Local heading toward Northgate Transit Center or Shoreline Community College will travel instead via northbound on Greenwood Av N, N 80th St, NW 80th St, 8th Av NW, NW 87th St, 3rd Av NW, EB Holman Rd NW – To Northgate – continue eastbound on N 105th St – To Shoreline Community College – left northbound on Greenwood Av N to its regular route serving all posted bus stops and temporary stops along the reroute.

Heading toward downtown Seattle Route 5 Local will travel instead via Greenwood Av N, Holman Rd NW, 3rd Av NW, NW 87th St, 8th Av NW, NW 80th St, N 80th St and Greenwood Av N to its regular route serving all posted bus stops and temporary stops along the reroute.

Here’s a last-minute addition to the Greenwood Seafair Parade festivities on Wednesday: pony rides in the Fred Meyer parking lot.

Parade Director Ann Woodward said Dean Ridgway from Ridgeline Ranch in Sequim will bring his Welsh ponies for pony rides, starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The Ridgeline Ranch is located in Sequim on 30 acres of pasture with 3 spring-fed ponds. “It is a pony paradise,” says Dean who has been providing pony rides for 22 years. “I enjoy working outside with my ponies and watching the parents smile and the children enjoy the ride.”

The parade starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday at North 95th Street and Greenwood Avenue North. The route runs south on Greenwood Avenue, then west on 85th Street to 6th Avenue NW. More than 100 entries of drill teams, floats, bands, school and community groups, Seafair pirates and more will march in the parade.

The 61st annual Greenwood Seafair Parade – the oldest neighborhood Seafair parade – takes over downtown Greenwood on Wednesday evening. Parade Director Ann Woodward said this year’s parade has a whopping 103 entries – from bands and drill teams to community and school groups, clowns and the Seafair pirates.

Two funny guys from last year’s Greenwood Seafair Parade.

The parade starts at 6 p.m. at the intersection of North 95th Street and Greenwood Avenue North (but the road will be closed at North 103rd Street for staging beginning at 4 p.m.) The route goes south on Greenwood Avenue to North 85th Street, then west to 6th Avenue NW.

This year’s theme is “Greenwood Takes Flight!” The parade’s Grand Marshal is Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar, retired astronaut and now executive director of Wings Over Washington, an affiliate of The Museum of Flight.

Organized by the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce, it is sponsored by 27 local businesses (including PhinneyWood). Fred Meyer is the presenting sponsor.

For the first time, PhinneyWood will be in the parade. We’ll be bringing our PhinneyWood banner over to the sidelines for community members to write what community means to them on the back. Or you can just sign your name, or write down your favorite nickname for the neighborhood. And we’ll be taking plenty of pictures to post later that night.

If you want to enter a float, band, drill team, or group of cute kids in the annual Greenwood Seafair Parade, you’ve only got until Friday to register.

The Greenwood Seafair Parade is the oldest neighborhood Seafair event. This year’s parade, titled “Greenwood Takes Flight,” is from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27th. The parade route runs from North 95th Street down Greenwood Avenue North, west on North 85th Street, to 6th Avenue NW. The grand marshall is retired astronaut Dr. Bonnie Dunbar.

Commercial entries cost $25. Non-commercial entries (such as schools, labor unions, service clubs, etc.) are free. Download a registration form here.

(Disclosure: PhinneyWood is a sponsor of the Greenwood Seafair Parade.)

The 61st Annual Greenwood Seafair Parade is set for July 27, but organizers need lots of volunteers and sponsors to make it happen. The oldest neighborhood Seafair parade in the region, it attracts thousands of people to downtown Greenwood to see more than 100 entries, including floats, bands, drill teams, clowns, school groups, Mexican Dancing horses, and the infamous Seafair Pirates.

Two of the many clowns from the 2010 Greenwood Seafair Parade.

Sponsored by the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce, the parade runs south along Greenwood Avenue from North 95th Street to North 85th Street, then heads west to 6th Avenue Northwest.

“We are looking forward to this year’s event and want to invite folks to be involved,” Parade Director Ann Woodward said in a press release. “You can volunteer on the parade committee or become a parade sponsor and take advantage of promoting your business. Sponsors get to have an entry in the parade and enjoy the cheers of the crowd.”

Parade sponsors so far are Fred Meyer, Swedish Hospital/Ballard Campus, Bleacher’s Pub and Naked City Brewery & Taphouse.

For more information about the parade or how to get involved, contact the Greenwood-Phinney Chamber of Commerce at 206-355-5362 or info@greenwood-phinney.org, or check out the parade’s website, where you’ll find a fact sheet, participant form and sponsorship form.

The Greenwood Seafair Parade is from 6-8:30 p.m. on Wed., July 27. This year’s theme is “Greenwood Takes Flight,” with Grand Marshall Bonnie Dunbar, retired astronaut and Executive Director of Wings Over Washington, an affiliate organization of the Museum of Flight that is working to bring a retired Space Shuttle to the museum.