JIM & SUE SHORTT 2024 GRAND MARSHALS
Newtown Labor Day Parade • September 2, 2024
Garden of Plenty
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• Susan Lang - Flagpole
• Alex Kirkman - Queen Street
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ESCORT DIVISION 2 - Academy Lane
1. e Great American Fife & Drum
2. First Selectman Je Capeci
3. Selectman Dan Cruson Jr
4. Selectman Michelle Embree Ku
5. Second Company Governor's Horse Guard
6. Newtown Democratic Committee, Elected
Ocials, Candidates & ose Aliated
7. Newtown Republican Committee, Elected
Ocials, Candidates & ose Aliated
8. Newtown Independent Political Parties,
Elected Ocials & ose Aliated
9. State and Local Politician
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ESCORT DIVISION 1
77 Main Street
1. Newtown Police Department
2. Newtown Police Department Honor Guard
3. Newtown High School Marching Band
& Color Guard
4. Grand Marshals Jim & Sue Shortt Escorted
By: Chris Locke
5. Parade Judges
a. Janet Volmer
b. eresa Salvatore
c. Eileen Marchese
d. Lee Paulson
e. Chris Locke
6. Newtown Volunteer Ambulance
7. Newtown Savings Bank - Title Sponsor
8. Mary Hawley Award Winner
Mr. Gordon Williams
9. Ingersoll Auto
10. Maplewood Senior Living
at Newtown - Platinum Sponsor
11. Teamsters Local 1150 - Platinum Sponsor
12. Savings Bank of Danbury
13. Newtown Rotary Club
14. Dental Associates
15. Newtown Hardware
16. Newtown Pools
17. Newtown Lions Club
e 62nd annual Newtown Labor Day Parade
Honorary Grand Marshals are Jim & Sue Shortt.
Jim & Sue are the owners of Shortt's Farm, a beautiful 6-acre,
USDA-certied organic vegetable farm located at 52
Riverside Rd, Sandy Hook, Connecticut. e farm is an old
fashioned, family-run business, and they hope to continue
the tradition for many years. ey have been an integral part
of our community for years.
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is year we posthumously honor Mr. William
Brimmer. Bill was a longtime community resident
with many accomplishments throughout his career and
within the community. Bill was an essential part of
e Newtown Labor Day Parade.
We will miss Bill tremendously and oer our continued
thoughts and prayers to Bills family, his many friends
and colleagues.
DIVISION 4 - Currituck Road
1. Connecticut Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps
(Stage at 77 Main Street)
2. Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire &
Rescue Company
3. Newtown Cultural Arts Commission
4. Bright Path Newtown
5. Neil Diamond Escorted by North County
Landscape Management
6. Tap & Pony Mobile
7. Danbury Junior Hat Tricks Hockey
8. Sporre Tree Service
9. Newtown Tractors
10. Rolling Billboard
11. Mattatuck Drum Band
12. Newtown Hook & Ladder Volunteer Fire Co.
13. e Tappan Zee Bridgemen
14. Stony Hill Fire Departments
DIVISION 3 - Martin Street
1. Sons of Portugal
2. Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Company
3. Spotlight Dance Conservatory
4. Newtown High School Wrestling
5. Newtown Youth Wrestling
6. Immaculate Heart of Mary Folklore Group
7. Railroad Museum of New England
8. BSA of Newtown
9. Newtown Congregational Church
10. Cub Scout Pack 270
11. Cub Scout Pack 470
12. Tina Turner escorted by North County Land-
scape Management
13. Newtown Baseball 9U Hawks
14. Newtown Baseball 10U Hawks
DIVISION 2 - Currituck Road
1. Mattatuck Drum Band
2. Botsford Fire Rescue
3. New Heights Baptist Church
4. Baum Braces
5. Fiesta Del Norte escorted by North County
Landscape Management
6. Pyramid Shriner Motor Patrol
7. Around Town Team
8. World Champion Taekwondo
9. Hearts of Hope-Newtown
10. Rolling Billboard Dave Rosato
11. Edmond Town Hall
12. Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue
13. Porco’s Karate Academy
14. Pixie Dust
15. Elvis Presley
Escorted by Robb Rozz Plumbing
16. Jim Paprowski with Mayor of South Main
Street Danny Amaral (1931 Ford Classic)
17. Bob Miranti 1931 Classic Car
18. Reach Car Club Classic Cars
19. Newtown Forest Association
20. Herbs Love & Yoga School of
Herbal Medicine
21. FAITH Food Pantry
22. Plato's Closet
DIVISION 1 - Johnny Cake Lane
1. Gaelic Highland Pipe Band
2. Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company
3. CT Tiare Polynesian Dance Troupe
Escorted By: DH Schenzer Construction
4. Friends of Newtown Seniors
5. Miss Connecticut Teen Camryn Patton
Escorted By REACH Car Club
6. Miss Connecticut Monica Fenwick
Escorted By: Jerry Cullen
7. Taylor Adams International Woman of Service
Mrs. 2024 Escorted By REACH
8. Pyramid Legion of Honor
9. 2nd Company Volunteer Heavy Artillery
Reenactment Group
10. American Legion Post 202 & Aliates
11. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 308
12. Hope on Main Street
13. Newtown Centre of Classical
Ballet & Voice
14. Jack Drake Western Connecticut
Weatherman with Sir Warren Drake
Escorted By: REACH Car Club
15. e Exceptional Sidekick erapy Dogs
16. Families United in Newtown
17. Newtown United Methodist Church
18. Newtown Stage Company
19. EverWonder Children’s Museum
20. Newtown-Strong erapy Dogs
21. Lathrop School of Dance
22. St. Rose of Lima School & Church
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PATRONS
• Kevin Corey
• Porco Karate Academy
• Carolyn Cruson
• George Rowland
• Mark Maruschak
• Elizabeth Iannini
• Ed & Arline Shanley
• Judy Rowley
• Barbara Richardson
• Danielle Shah
• Dottie Dellapiano
• Bill & Tricia Eder
FLAGPOLE SPONSORS
• Attorney Robert H. Hall
• Margot S. Hall Judge of Probate ( Retired)
• Honan Funeral Home
• New Heights Baptist Church
• Newtown Lions Club
• Newtown Smile Dentistry
• Troy Security Systems
• North Country Landscape Management
• Allstar Transportation Newtown
• Wallace Wealth Management
at Steward Partners
SUNSHINE SPONSORS
• Baum Braces
• Church Hill Physical erapy
• Maureen Will
• Merry Hill Childcare Center
• NORCOM CT
• e Toy Tree
EVENT SPONSORS
PARADE ROUTE SPONSORS
• Around Town Real Estate
• Hearts of Hope Newtown
• Newtown Forest Association
• Newtown Women’s Club, GFWC, Inc.
• Plato’s Closet
• Tap & Pony Mobile Bar
• Rob Rozz Well & Pump Service
• DH Schenzer Construction
• St. Rose of Lima School
Thank You To All Of Our Sponsors!
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