While all of the floats and dancers dazzled the crowds at the Bermuda Day Parade, only a handful were honoured with awards by the Department of Community, Culture and Sports.

Aerie’s Adventures Nursery and Preschool won the Premier’s Award for best float, while Sandys Secondary Middle School won the Reggie Ming Award for most beautiful float, and the prize for best Middle School float.

Age Concern won the Minister’s Award for most original, while the Department of Corrections won the Ruth Thomas Heritage Award and the award for Best Government Department.

Gladwyn V Smith won the JJ Outerbridge award for best individual entry, while the Friends of the House of Azores Bermuda won the LCCA Award for best charity entry.

FACE — Ellen Douglas and Samuel Lynch — won the best community/volunteer/political prize.

Other recognised entries included the Kiwanis Club Bermuda, Bermuda Regiment, the Vasco Da Gama Club and the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.

• For more photographs from the Bermuda Day Parade, click on the online photo galleries at the bottom of our home page