2011 St. Patrick's Parade & Related

St. Patrick More about the AOH AWARDS Bloody Monday Memorial Membership Favorite Links/Odds & Ends Guestbook 2010 Wearing of the Green photos 2011 Parade & Related Events 2010 Parade Day Breakfast and Mass The Shillelagh! Abram J Ryan Div (Louisville, Ky) ANCIENT ORDER of HIBERNIANS Wearing of the Green Party HalfwayToStPats Blessing of the Beer/Tapping of the Keg

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Pre-Parade Wearin' o' the Green Party
SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2011: 7:30 - ???, Location: Bellarmine University's Frazier Hall (located within the George G. Brown Center[campus map]) Guests will enjoy friendship, good food, and music from Cloigheann. Reserve your tickets now by calling John Chamberlain at 456-5852. Ticket prices $30 members/ $35 non-members. New Knights of St. Patrick will be inducted. Silent Auction, heavy hors d'oeuvres...

Pre-Parade Blessing of the Beer & Keg-tapping
THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011: 5:30 at BBC Taproom at E. Main (636 East Main Street, (502) 584-2739), then continued at 6:15 at O'SHEA's Irish Pub on Baxter with a newly blessed barrel of six year old BBC Bourbon Barrel Stout... led by a bagpiper... we kick off the St. Pat's weekend with a few songs and Irish toasts and plenty of Irish food and drink for all to enjoy.

Annual St. Patrick's Parade on Baxter/Bardstown Rd Corridor - Pictures!
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011, 3:00 pm from the intersection of E. Broadway and Baxter Avenue to Mid-City Mall2011 St. Patrick's Day Parade Details, Entry Application, and Rules for all Entrants

Show your Irish pride by wearing a Parade T-Shirt!

2011 THEME: "HOOLEY IN THE HIGHLANDS"

This year's parade will the best ever, topping last year's 120+ parade units and record crowd of about 30,000: a great Highlands family radition. Thanks to our 2011 Parade Sponsors!

FOR INFO ON THE PARADE, Contact SHELLEY HEAVRIN: stpatsparadelouisville@gmail.com

2009 PARADE UNIT AWARDS: (Who will win in 2010?!)

Marching:
Equestrian Unit: Louisville Metro Police
Band: 113th Division Marching Band
Comedy: Malarky
BBC Family Award: O'Connells
WRKA Automotive:
Float: Molly Malone's
Dance: McClanahan School of Irish Dance
Labor Unit: Iron Workers
O'Shea's Spirit of St. Patrick's Day Award: Lucky and the Four Leaf Clover... The O'Jackson 5

Other Parade Day Happenings
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011

Irish Breakfast at St. Louis Bertrand's O'Brien Hall 8:30-11 am: Entertainment by some of the McClanahan Irish Step-Dancers. Tickets: Call Bill Riley at 502-635-6367

Mass at St. Louis Bertrand 12:00 Noon
Hibernian Choir and awards to St. Patrick Coloring Contest Winners, the Matt Talbot Award (to someone who works with people with addictions), and the Division's highest award, the Irish Person/s of the Year.