WILDWOOD – The Wildwoods Baby Waddle Contest and the 105th Wildwoods Baby Parade, which took place July 29 and July 30 respectively, were fun-filled events full of smiles, babies and toddlers from across the tri-state area.
The Wildwoods Baby Waddle Contest brought out speed-crawling babies and waddling toddlers to the Wildwoods Convention Center. The contest turnout more than quadrupled from last year with 41 babies and toddlers joining the contest. Participants in the two categories – The Crawl and The Waddle – were encouraged by their parents to crawl or waddle to the edge of a 147” diameter circle. The baby or toddler that made his way out of the circle first won. The winner of The Crawl was Isabella Marie Pirolli from Philadelphia, PA; and the winner of The Waddle was Leah Fedorchak from Bridgeport, PA.
This year’s 105th Baby Parade drew in more than 70 of the region’s most adorable children, along with parading string bands, dancing mascots, floats and huge crowds of parents, family, friends and vacationers – all there taking part in the festivities and admiring the costumed youngsters. This year the parade theme was open, giving the participants creative freedom to design their costumes and floats.
The 105th Wildwoods Baby Parade drew babies from throughout the tri-state area; and three winners from each of the seven divisions were chosen.
Results via Wildwoods Baby Parade Facebook Page:
Cutest Baby Boy (under 12 months)
1st Place = Carter Everwine, 5 months, Mullica Hill, NJ
2nd Place = Mason Katz, 9 ½ months, Yorktown Heights, NY
3rd Place = Jake Hines, 1 yr, Cape May Court House, NJ
Cutest Baby Girl (under 12 months)
1st Place = Willow Rez, 10 months, Havertown, PA
2nd Place = Dnikka Tucker, 6 months, Bellmawr, NJ
3rd Place = Scarlett Rose Lelinho, Bayonne, NJ
Fancy Children
1st Place = Emma Arcinese, 7 months, Phila., PA
2nd Place = Duncan Bell, 17 months, Ocean City, NJ
3rd Place = Audrey Jayne, 1 year, Rio Grande, NJ
Most Original Children
1st Place = Billy Summers, 3 yrs, Langhorne, PA
2nd Place = Rylan & Amelia Conolly, 3 ½ & 1 ½ yrs, Maplewood, NJ
3rd Place = Brienna Henry, 13 mos, Villas, NJ
Best Dressed
1st Place = Chase Jochens, 3 yrs, Laurel Springs, NJ
2nd Place = Megan Macauley, 3 yrs, Rio Grande, NJ
3rd Place = Alexis Bender, 6 yrs, Wildwood Crest, NJ
Costumed
1st Place =Cadence Grieder, 5 yrs, Glen Gardner, NJ
2nd Place =Noah Brockman, 19 months, Rio Grande, NJ
3rd Place =Abigail Baskin, 4 yrs, West Wildwood, NJ
Floats
1st Place =Olivia & Alexa Ciciotelli, 3 yrs & 6 yrs, North Wildwood, NJ
2nd Place = Callie & Shaye Kozeniewski, 7 yrs & 2 yrs, North Wildwood, NJ
3rd Place = Karter Hosford, 11 months, Cape May Court House, NJ
The Wildwoods Baby Parade has been a time-honored Jersey Shore tradition since 1909, and the 105th Wildwoods Baby Parade demonstrated that the event is still one of the Jersey Shore’s most popular summertime events for families.
For additional information about the Wildwoods, visitwww.WildwoodsNJ.com or call 800-992-9732.
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