St Patricks Day Parade

[GMan]

Hell-o all,

I know it is a bit early, but would like to let everyone know that the St Patrick's Day Parade in Denver will be on Saturday March 11. (It is always the Saturday before or of St. Patrick's Day)

[Manu]

I hope you enjoy it GMan. Unfortunately, duty calls, and I will be deployed onboard an aircraft carrier by then. Maybe next year. St Patty's day here in Savannah is huge, great partying during that weekend.

[Hosehead]

Maybe we should all post our local events and see if we can make them kilt days?

Harrisburg, PA - Saturday March 18 at 13:00 local.

I will either be standing on the street with a beverage or leading the new Emerald Society in the parade...

[flyv65]

I'm instructing an MSF class Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday: but I can guarantee I'll be downtown on the 17th and 18th to hoot and holler. I just love St Patrick's Day and the Irish-it seems that sometimes the Scots get a little bit posessive of their heritage, but all it takes to become Irish is a set of shamrock antenna and a generous helping of green beer.

Bryan...I like that kind of "big tent" approach from time to time...

[Zardoz]

The Houston St.Patrick's Day parade will be Saturday, March 18th, starting at 2 PM, Downtown near the baseball stadium. I'll be driving in it with my car club :mrgreen:

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...s/stpatspa.htm

[macwilkin]

I just love St Patrick's Day and the Irish-it seems that sometimes the Scots get a little bit posessive of their heritage, but all it takes to become Irish is a set of shamrock antenna and a generous helping of green beer.

Not to start anything, but my experience has been the reverse. Our local (and now defunct) Celtic Society used to provide the colour party for the front of the local St. Patrick's Day parade, and we usually would get some semi-negative (and anti-Scots) comments from some of the more militant Irish. I remember being asked by one of them why the Scots were part of the Celtic Society, since only the Irish are "Celtic". (They really didn't like it when you would respond that neither was St. Patrick, since he was a Romano-Briton from either Wales or Scotland, take your pick!)

Now, that being said, I now plenty of folks of Irish heritage (many of them here) who are not that way at all. I don't like generalizations, though, and with many different ethnicities, states, provinces, countries, etc. designing their own tartans, I don't think it's fair to paint all Scots with that brush.

Green Beer...to quote Michaeleen Og Flynn in "The Quiet Man", "The Borgias could do better!" :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[646guy]

I hope you enjoy it GMan. Unfortunately, duty calls, and I will be deployed onboard an aircraft carrier by then. Maybe next year. St Patty's day here in Savannah is huge, great partying during that weekend.

You've also got a killer rugby tournament there that weekend too....we were thinking of heading down there this year (me carting all of my kilts along the way) but it's looking more like next year for us.....

[SouthernScot]

I hope you enjoy it GMan. Unfortunately, duty calls, and I will be deployed onboard an aircraft carrier by then. Maybe next year. St Patty's day here in Savannah is huge, great partying during that weekend.

I'm planning on coming down to Savannah this year for St. Patty's day. Iñaki, sounds like you'll be busy, but if any other XMarks members would like to meet up, maybe Iñaki can suggest some local establishments?

[Manu]

I'm planning on coming down to Savannah this year for St. Patty's day. Iñaki, sounds like you'll be busy, but if any other XMarks members would like to meet up, maybe Iñaki can suggest some local establishments?

Hey SouthernScot,
As far as to where to go in Savannah you have two options. You can either go to River Street or you can stay around the city market area...or both. Its a five minute walk. River Street gets very crowded with tourists. People from everywhere, very lively and lots of alcohol. It does get a little out of hand down there (Mardi Gras style) so there is a lot of police. The locals go to city market and the bars on Congress street. There are a couple of Irish pubs in the area within a hundred yards of each other, Irish Times and Finnegan's, both pretty cool, and many other bars.
And dont be shy about kilting, they are very much welcome in Savannah.
So, enjoy and drink a pint o' Guinnes for me!!!

[Zardoz]

The St. Patrick's Parade Commission will hold an Irish Stew
Cook-Off on Saturday, February 18, 2006. This will be our
major fundraiser for the parade and your participation is
appreciated. The cook-off will be held at the West Alabama
Ice House.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...s/stpatspa.htm