16 th ANNUAL ST. PARTRICK’S DAY PARADE AND FESTIVAL
This year’s St. Patrick’s Day
parade will be held on Saturday, March 17th or on St. Patrick’s
Day. The Parade starts at 11:00 AM with
the Knights of Columbus leading the Parade.
We have a banner that states “Knights of Columbus” followed by our Color
Guard, Fourth Degree Knights in Regalia or Tuxedo and Social Baldric. We encourage Assembly and Council members to
march with us wearing their Assembly or Council shirts or jackets.
We do not carry any Assembly
or Council banners just the Knights of Columbus banner, as we are all Brother
Knights.
The Parade sets up on North
Tryon Street and 9th Street in down town Charlotte and includes
Tryon up to the College Street intersection.
We also use the side streets and the Hal Marshall Parking lot for you
long time residents in the area.
We will form up at 9th
Street and North Tryon and we ask that you be there by 10:30 AM so we can get
lined up. The Parade goes from 9th
Street down to South 3rd Street and ends at the entrance of the St.
Patrick’s Day Festival.
The Festival is a family
orientated Festival with food and beverage booths. Also included are activities for the children
and there will be vendors displaying and selling arts and crafts. We also have a stage with entertainment from
Pipe Bands to Dancing Girls. THE BEST
PART IS THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ENTER.
There are numerous parking
garages and surface parking lots around the Festival. We run a double Decker bus from 3rd
Street between Tryon and Church Streets up to the staging area starting at 9:30
AM. It will also run from this area back
up to the staging area after the Parade is over.
Should anyone have further
questions or needs, you can contact me at 704/269-3183 or afitzgerald1@carolina.rr.com.
SK Art Fitzgerald, Parade Director