1st Place Professional Float - Bayada Nurses 2nd Place Professional Float - Rowan Regional Medical Center 3rd Place Professional Float - Sonic Drive-In
1st Place Non-Professional Business Float - The Party Connection
1st Place Non-Professional Non-Business Float - New Hope Baptist Church 2nd Place Non-Professional Non-Business Float - Smith Grove Baptist Church 3rd Place Non-Professional Non-Business Float - Trading Ford Baptist Church
General Chairman's Award - Crescent Cloggers Executive Director's Award - Salisbury High School Tennis Team Best Religious Entry - Dorsett Chapel UCC Best Depiction of "Happy Holidays" Theme - North Hills Christian School Carl E Weinbrunn Award - The Party Connection
Best Dance Group - Donna's Dancers Best JROTC Group - Salisbury High School AJROTC
First Place Band - Harding University High School Band Second Place Band- Jesse Carson High School Band Third Place Band- North Rowan High School Band Best Flag Squad - East Rowan High School Best Drum Major/Majorette - Jesse Carson High School
History behind the Carl E Weinbrunn Award Given for the first time in 1966, this award honors one of the Caravan's greatest boosters. Probably no one individual so completely embodies the spirit of co-operative community participation as Carl Weinbrunn who named the Holiday Caravan and drew its now well-known "Scrambled Block Signature" and for many years single handedly lettered the hundreds of signs seen in the procession. The Award will be given annually to the Entry which in the opinion of the Holiday Caravan Judges is considered the finest overall --the one entry standing out above all others.
