KEEP SCROLLING DOWN FOR PARADE APPLICATION AND GUIDELINES! 

We hope our 2009 SPONSORS will be back in 2010!!

Advertise in the AOH IRISH YEARBOOK to support the Parade!

Pre-Parade Blessing of the Beer & Keg-tapping
THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010: 5:30 at BBC Taproom on E. Main, then continued at 6:15 at O'SHEA's Irish Pub ---  The AOH will process in to O'Shea's with a newly blessed barrel of BBC 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.  NO COVER. 3-year anniversary of BBC's "Bourbon Barrel Stout"

Annual St. Patrick's Parade on Baxter/Bardstown Rd Corridor - Pictures!
SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010  3:00 pm  From  to Mid-City Mall

2010 Parade Unit Application, 2010 Letter to Units (w/ Guidelines)

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

2010 THEME: "HOOLEY IN THE HIGHLANDS" 

This next parade will the best ever, topping last year's 100+ parade units and record crowd of about 15,000: a great Highlands family tradition. Thanks to our 2009 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 13, 2010

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... Archbishop Kurtz presided last year and will try to come this year, too.