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10th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration is Saturday

Emily Monaghan with bodyguardDespite the efforts of one of her bodyguards, I 2010 St. Patrick’s Day Celebrationmanaged to get a photo this week of the 2010 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration grand marshal, Emily Monaghan.

The screenshot on the right is from the ad in the March Northfield Entertainment Guide.

See this 20-second video of the Folding Chair Precision Marching Unit from the 2007 parage which included Northfield City Councilors Jim Pokorney and Noah Cashman. I’m not sure if this will be in this year’s parade:

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Photo redux: St. Patrick’s Day

The 9th annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is tomorrow. The March issue of the NEG (p. 16) says the pre-parade rally starts at 1 pm in the Econofoods parking lot but the ad on p. 35 says it starts at 2:30, as does the Northfield.org calendar and the Northfield News calendar.

See these photo albums/slideshows from the 2008 and 2005 parades:

Calling All Irish, and Wannabes

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Here’s the event poster for the festivities downtown this Saturday in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, beginning with a parade downtown, followed by the second annual Irish/American Idol competition at the Grand. Put a green bandanna on your dog and come on downtown!

See Griff’s 60+ photos from the 2005 parade (then called ‘Paddy Dazzle’) or this slideshow:

And see this 2007 video (by Gilly Wigley) of the Folding Chair Precision Marching Unit which included Northfield City Councilors Jim Pokorney and Noah Cashman.

Click to play. 20 seconds.