RESULTS: Nazareth's 2012 Halloween Parade

Listed below are the winners for the 2012 Nazareth Halloween parade, which was sponsored by Vigilance Hose Co. No. 1 and the Nazareth Area Kiwanis Club.

Cash prizes can be picked up at Vigilance Hose today (Thursday, Oct. 25) between 7 and 9 p.m.

This year's parade featured over 1,500 participants, including five bands, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, local politicians and businesses.

Employees from Jennings Transportation, which is headquartered in Bushkill Township, marched through the crowd of spectators and helped raise more than $4,000 for the Nazareth Area Food Bank.

BEST APPERARING INDIVIDUAL:

First: "Alpine Girls," JoAnne Vanatta and Rhonda the dog, of Nazareth

Second: "Devil Dog," Sandra Geiger, of Nazareth

Third: "Hawk Eye Advenger," Derek Sliker, of Phillipsburg, New Jersey

MOST COMMICAL:

"Hot Dogs," Christy Mayder, of Nazareth

BEST APPEARING SMALL GROUP:

First: Subway, of Nazareth

Second: Butzee's Deli and more, of Nazareth

Third: Dana Vlasics 2013 5k Run to Support "Hope for Heart Defects," of Nazareth

Fourth: "Political Action Party," Friess Family, of Nazareth

BEST APPEARING LARGE GROUP:

First: NAZY YMCA Blue Fins Swim Team, of Nazareth (also scored first during the 2011 parade)

Second: Jeannie Cardinals School of Dance, of Nazareth

Third: Einfalts, of Stockertown

BOY SCOUTS:

First: "Lost Mayon Temple from Indiana Jones," Cub Pack 88 CUB PACK 88, of Nazareth

Second: "Indiana Jones," Cub Pack 44, of Nazareth

Third: "Presidents," Cub Pack 78, of Nazareth

GIRL SCOUTS:

First: Nazareth Area Girl Scouts

BEST APPEARING FLOATS:

First: "Monster Dance Party," Valley Elite All Stars, of Easton

Second: Jennings Transportation, of Nazareth

Third: "The Story of Moses," Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Belfast

CHEERLEADERS:

First: Easton's Lil' Rovers

Second: Upper Nazareth Clippers

SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD:

"Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Machine," McIntyre Family, of Nazareth