The 2017 Florida Strawberry Festival Grand Parade was held Monday, March 6. Led by Howard and David Bellamy, better known as the Bellamy Brothers, the parade began in Historic Downtown and then passed the Florida Strawberry Festival fairgrounds.
Floats were judged in the business, marching, church, antique and school divisions.
The Winners
Business/Commercial Division
First: Focus 4 Beauty
Second: Krewe of Castaways
Third: Consolidated Pest Control
Marching Unit
First: Strawberry Crest High Schol
Second: Bell Creek Academy
Third: Plant City High School Band
Civic/Church Division
First: Eastside Baptist
Second: Plant City Lions Club
Third: First Baptist Church of Midway
Antique Division
First: Robert W. Willaford Railroad Museum
Second: Lakeland Cruisers Car Club
Third: Citizen of the Year
Special Feature Division
First: Strawberry Crest High School JROTC
Second: Strawberry Cloggers
Third: Kathleen High School JROTC
School Club/Youth Sports Division
First: JS Robinson PTA
Second: Plant City High School Calendar Girls
Third: Durant FFA Sweethearts