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2008 Keyport Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 1 p.m.
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The 2008 Keyport St Patrick's Day parade will take place
on Saturday March 22nd at 1PM rain or shine! The parade will follow the same
route as last year starting on Broad St by the high school and ending at
Fireman's Park on West Front St. If you are interested in participating in this
years event or would like to become a sponsor please contact Bill Larkin at
732-241-0779.
 In announcing the event, Kenneth
Lawlor-McDonagh’s Pub, spokesperson for the Parade Committee, said Keyport is
anticipating an even bigger parade than last year, “and we want to spread the
word and encourage everyone in the community to join together, come out and
march and support it.”
The 2007 parade’s Grand Marshall is
Cheryl Hill, life-long resident of Keyport. Cheryl has been a treasured Keyport
teacher for almost 40 years. As an active Kiwanis member for the last fifteen
years, taking an active role in her community is what comes as second nature to
Cheryl Hill. Most Keyport locals will know Cheryl by her award winning 2nd
grade class project – “Potholders-r-us, who have raised over $80,000 for the
Sunshine House in Point Pleasant, a retreat for children with cancer. Through
Cheryl’s support of Sunshine House, the food pantry carries her name. Cheryl
is a former Keyport Teacher of the Year. Her commitment to Keyport students has
touched hundreds of student’s lives. Cheryl also dedicates her time outside
Keyport to volunteer with “Bridges”, a group that distributes clothes to the
homeless in NYC. Past and present Keyport students will be coming out to
support 2007 Grand Marshall, Cheryl Hill, at this year’s parade.
Entertainment throughout the day at
McDonagh’s Pub will feature Irish music by Bracken, from Dublin, and Joe Dunn
and Friends along with step dancing. The Bulkhead Bar and Grill will have
entertainment throughout the day featuring About Time.
Marching pipe bands in this year’s parade
are sponsored by: Keyport Fire Department, featuring the Pipes and Drums of the
Atlantic Watch; McDonaghs Pub. featuring Middlesex County Police and Fire Pipes
and Drums; Bulkhead Bar and Grill, featuring South Amboy A.O.H. Col. David B.
Kelly Pipes and Drums; and Keyport Kiwanis and Keyport Business Alliance,
featuring Monmouth County Pipes and Drums.
A great addition to this year’s parade is
the Frazier Commodore Marching Band, a 100-piece marching band from the
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and their Musical Director Rod Staggers.
Traveling from Perryopolis Township, located in the Pittsburgh suburbs, the
Frazier Commodore Marching Band will visit Keyport through the Keyport
Performing Arts Consultants, and add over 100 marching musicians to Keyport’s
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade celebration.
Following the parade the fun will continue
at McDonagh’s Pub, 2 West Front Street, with live music under the big tent,
where awards will be given out for the Best Irish Themed Fire Truck and Best
Irish Themed Group participating in the parade. “We’re asking everybody not to
party too hard the day before and to save some of that Celtic stamina for
Keyport’s parade,” said Grand Marshall, Cheryl Hill “We are passing down a new
Keyport tradition,” said Bill Larkin, Keyport Volunteer Fire Department Chief.
For additional information on the parade, call Jimmy McTernan at 732-433-5209 or
e-mail him at
jimmymac91@yahoo.com.
The Pearl of the Bayshore will become
“Glocca Morra on the Bay” on Sunday, March 18, at the Borough’s 2nd
Annual Saint Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration co-hosted by McDonagh’s
Pub and the Keyport Fire Department. The parade will begin at Broad Street
at the intersection of Monroe Street. The parade will then march down Broad
Street to the intersection of West Front Street where the parade will
continue west onto West Front Street to Firemen’s Parking Lot, next to the
Ye Cottage Inn.
In announcing the event, Kenneth
Lawlor-McDonagh’s Pub, spokesperson for the Parade Committee, said Keyport
is anticipating an even bigger parade than last year, “and we want to spread
the word and encourage everyone in the community to join together, come out
and march and support it.”
The 2007 parade’s Grand Marshall is Cheryl Hill, life-long resident of
Keyport. Cheryl has been a treasured Keyport teacher for almost 40 years.
As an active Kiwanis member for the last fifteen years, taking an active
role in her community is what comes as second nature to Cheryl Hill. Most
Keyport locals will know Cheryl by her award winning 2nd grade
class project – “Potholders-r-us, who have raised over $80,000 for the
Sunshine House in Point Pleasant, a retreat for children with cancer.
Through Cheryl’s support of Sunshine House, the food pantry carries her
name. Cheryl is a former Keyport Teacher of the Year. Her commitment to
Keyport students has touched hundreds of student’s lives. Cheryl also
dedicates her time outside Keyport to volunteer with “Bridges”, a group that
distributes clothes to the homeless in NYC. Past and present Keyport
students will be coming out to support 2007 Grand Marshall, Cheryl Hill, at
this year’s parade.
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