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cuse Scottish Pipe Band, the Avalon String Band, Three Imaginary Boys and the Irem Shriners String Band. The marching bands from GAR, Meyers and Coughlin high schools will be represented, along with the Scoil Rince na Connemara dancers and David Blight dancers. Parade Day in downtown Wilkes-Barre boasts other activities as well, including St. Patrick’s Day stories for the little ones at Barnes & Noble at 11 a.m., face painting at noon and a 1 p.m. performance of the Irish folk group The Hooley Boys, who will appear on the reviewing stand on Public Square. Wilkes-Barre’s parade begins at 2 p.m. March 16 at South and South Main streets, proceeds to Public Square and then on to North Main Street, where it disDON CAREY/TIMES LEADER PHOTO bands at the intersection with Director Jennifer Woss, far right, standing against wall, confers with her helpers as they watch the 7- to 10-year-old group of EmerUnion Street. Scranton’s parade kicks off at ald Isle Step Dancers rehearse on Tuesday. 11:45 a.m. tomorrow at Mulberry TIMES LEADER FILE Street and Wyoming Avenue and if you go PHOTO proceeds along Wyoming Avenue What: Scranton St. Patrick’s Day The Meyers to Lackawanna Avenue, then to Parade High School Jefferson Avenue, to Spruce Street When: 11: 45 a.m. Saturday Marching and to North Washington Avenue. Where: Downtown Scranton, Band is one of beginning at Mulberry Street and Described on its website as the several musiWyoming Avenue. second largest in the nation, the ••• cal groups that Scranton St. Patrick’s Day parade What: Carbon County St. Patrick’s will march in boasts 10 divisions named after Day Parade Wilkes-Barre’s such saints as Patrick, Brigit, When: 1 p.m. Sunday annual St. Brendan, Finian and Columba. Where: Downtown Jim Thorpe, Patrick’s Day Trivia buffs may be pleased to Carbon County Parade. note the website gives St. Colum- ••• ba credit for rescuing someone What: Wilkes-Barre’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade from the Loch Ness Monster. When: 2 p.m. March 16 Runners, for their part, may Where: Downtown Wilkes-Barre, be pleased to know Scranton’s beginning at South and South race is preceded by the Brian P. Main Streets. Kelly Memorial foot race at 11 a.m. Next weekend on Wilkes- celebrate the steady approach of Barre’s race day, the second an- spring and experience a dose of nual Renal Race run/walk will Celtic culture. “It’s a great opportunity to long.”The Wilkes-Barre parade Ceol Mor Pipe & Drum Band, Really, how often do you have start off the morning at 9. show the community what we’ve will include lots of musicians, the Syracuse Scottish Pipe Band, When the parades start, spec- the chance to hear bagpipes? Or been practicing,” Letitia Wa- among them the Wyoming Vall- the Avalon String Band, Three to watch the flashing feet of Irish tators will have a chance to adrunek said. “We do this all year ley Pipe and Drum Band, the Imaginary Boys and the mire floats, recognize friends, dancers?
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establishments for the St. Patrick’s weekends. “We’re working on an Irish theme for the other nights,” owner Gene Rooney said.
The celebration gets under way next weekend at Fiddler’s Green Irish Pub in Larksville, with Lee Strumski on Friday night and Whiskey Rebels, a traditional Irish duo band, on Saturday night. The next night, St. Patrick’s, the Wyoming Valley Pipe & Drum Band will perform at 6.
At Flaherty’s Eating & Drinking Establishment in Kingston, “We’re going to play Irish music over our sound system, open to close, all three days (Saturday, Saturday and St. Patrick’s Day),” owner Jerry Flaherty said. In the mood for the live music of long-time area group The Irish Lads? They will play at a
number of area venues over the next two weekends. Tomorrow afternoon, they will sing and play at Murphy’s in Swoyersville, beginning at 1 p.m. On Sunday, they’ll be at the Hazleton Elks at 4 p.m. On March 15, the Lads will entertain in the pub at Beech Mountain Estates in Drums,
starting at 8:30 p.m. The next day, March 16, parade day, their venue will be Bart & Urby’s on South Main Street in Wilkes Barre at 4 p.m. On St. Patrick’s Day, The Irish Lads will fill Kevin’s Bar & Restaurant in Kingston with Irish music.