Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade

Announcements

2011 Parade Theme

The Blessings of Irish Wit and Wisdom (more)

Everyone Loves a Parade!

2010 Grand Marshal "Coach Mac" Dick MacPherson

The Syracuse St. Patrick's Parade Committee wants to thank the Connective Corridor for providing bussing again this year. [bus schedule]

Poster Design Contest

The Syracuse St. Patrick Parade committee tasked the Mohawk Valley Community College, Graphic Design Theory class to design the 2010 parade poster. The project provided a opportunity for real world experience. Students competed for the honor of having their design implemented in a region-wide promotional effort. Committee members evaluated the student entries and choose the winner. Kaitlyn Cerwinski’s design was the unanimous choice and was featured in posters and bulletin boards throughout the Syracuse area.

Parade Initiatives

The major changes we made to the parade over the last couple years were well-received. We returned to our roots with a walking parade. We encouraged more floats and discouraged vehicles from the parade. We will continue this policy with one addition. We are going to restrict groups of parents from marching with their children. An adequate number of chaperones will be allowed; however, we ask that the majority of parents meet their children at the end of the parade. More....

President's Message

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig! (All the blessings of Patrick!)

The Syracuse St. Patrick’s Parade began in 1982, founded by an amazing woman, Nancy Duffy, and a small group of her friends. Twenty-seven years later, the parade is stronger than ever—a grand tribute to the Irish of Central New York.

Since the parade’s inception, we have been able to help support Project Children, founded by another outstanding woman, Kathleen Kelly. Additionally, in 2005, we began the St. Patrick Hunger Project, to help feed those in need in Central New York. I am pleased to announce that due to the success of the St. Patrick Hunger Project, the food pantries in Central New York will be well supplied with food through December 2010!

--Janet Higgins, President

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