St. Patrick's Day is
celebrated in New Orleans and its suburb in the form of
another parade! It's the perfect season for another celebration
... after all, ....it's New Orleans, and we love to parade!
Our annual St. Patrick's Day Parades are considered another
opportunity for family and friends to get together and enjoy
a day outdoors. It seems as if the entire city is on the street
with picnic baskets, umbrellas, and their recreational vehicles...enjoying
one of the biggest street parties of the year! Men and women
in walking groups from various clubs in the city dress in costumes
of green give out flowers, beads, and kisses to lucky parade
goers along the route.
Music adds to the festivities with bands and amplifiers in the
parade, and walking groups dancing down the street...only stopping
to award their beautiful beads and flowers to the lucky parade
goers along the route.
Floats and truck floats (those on flatbed trailors created by
the riders themselves) respond to the call, "Throw me something,
Mister!" Historically, the parade's most famous throws, are
cabbages, carrots, onions...and moonpies! (You may even see
a potato or two in the air!)
Here's a list of what's going on this year:
Saturday, March 13,
2010
Irish Channel Parade - 1 p.m.
The Irish Channel St. Patrick's Day Club will hold its 62nd Annual Mass and Parade celebration on Saturday, March 13th, 12:00 p.m. at St. Mary's Assumption Church (corner of Constance and Josephine Streets) followed by the parade (corner of Felicity and Magazine) at 1:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
St. Patrick's Day Parade on Metairie Road - 11 a.m.
The annual Metairie Road St. Patrick's Day parade will take place on Sunday, March 14. The parade begins at 11 am in front of Rummel High School on Severn Avenue, goes down Severn to Metairie Road, then Metairie Road to the parish line.
Wednesdy,
March 17, 2010
Parisol's St. Patty's Day Party - 11 a.m. til
Annual celebration in the Irish Channel - corner of Third & Constance Streets. Lots of green beer!
Wednesday,
March 17, 2010
Downtown Irish Club Parade - 6:30 p.m.
The annual downtown St. Patrick's Day parade begins on the corner of Burgundy and Piety in the Bywater, proceeds roughly up Royal, across Esplanade to Decatur, up Bienville to Bourbon. The parade makes several "pit stops" on its way to Bourbon St.
Wednesday,
March 21, 2010
Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade (Metairie) - 12 Noon
The 2010 Louisiana Irish-Italian Parade will roll on
March 21st, at 12:00 noon, on the traditional Vets Hwy route in Metairie.
