2009 Throggs Neck Saint
Patrick's Day Parade
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
The Throggs Neck
Benevolent Association will sponsor the 10th Annual Throggs Neck St. Patrick's
Day Parade.
The
details for the day are: 9:00 a.m. Mass at St. Benedict’s Church at 2969 Otis
Avenue, Bronx, NY.
10:00
a.m. Complimentary breakfast, donated by Schuyler Hill Funeral Home, will be
served in Father Albert Hall, at St. Benedict’s Church.
11:00
a.m. Line of March Assembly at the corner of East Tremont and Lafayette Avenues,
in the Throggs Neck Section of the Bronx, NY.
12
noon Parade Kicks off - Reviewing Stand on E. Tremont at Harding Avenue
Celebration After the Parade, the celebration of Irish Heritage will continue.
Please join your family and friends at the Local Establishments for Good Irish
Food, Traditional Music and Fun!
Grand Marshal information will be announced soon!
Please contact Karin O'Connor on 347-231-6993 or
tnba342@aol.com
to join the line of March or for any further details.
A list of all NY Saint Patrick's Parade in the State of
New York (NY)
The 9th Annual
Throggs Neck (Bronx) St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration
2007
Grand Marshals - Bill Twomey and Noreen McCann
Mother
Genevieve Nugent, lsp, as the Honored Clergy
Honorary
Grand Marshals, being honored post-humuously –
Eddie
Dolan, Donald Engeldrum, Marty Gilligan, Dennis Guinan, George Hahn,
Gerald F. Heckmann, Ted Hiney, Thomas Jennings, Miriam "Mimi" Johnson,
Ann Marie Lunnie,
Terry
McSwigin, Tom Slattery and Marion Sullivan.
The Throggs Neck St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee would like to inform you
of the upcoming 2008 Parade in the Throggs Neck Section of the Bronx, NY. The
date is March 16th, 2008, and the Parade steps off at 11 noon at the Corner of
Layette and E. Tremont Avenues. Begins At East Tremont Avenue &
Lafayette, Ends At Harding & Davis. Throggs Neck, the Bronx, will be
awash in green for the 8th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade sponsored by the
Throggs Neck Benevolent Association, which will take place on Sunday, March 16th,
kicking off at 11 noon.
A sea of resplendent marchers will stride
along East Tremont Avenue with the skirling of bagpipes guiding the way. Grand
marshals James McQuade and Colleen McCarthy, along with Monsignor Edward Barry,
honored clergy, will lead the thousands of participants in the Bronx’ only St.
Patrick’s Day Parade as 21 marching bands and dozens of community groups make
their way along the parade route.
The day begins with a 9 a.m. Mass at St.
Benedict’s Church, 2969 Otis Avenue, followed by a community breakfast in Father
Albert Hall, below the church, which is sponsored by local businessman James McQuade. Participants will begin lining up at the Corner of East Tremont and
Lafayette Avenues, from which the parade will travel south on East Tremont
Avenue to Harding Avenue, where it will turn right on Harding Avenue and
continue to Davis Avenue where it will disband.
Pipe bands from the New York City Fire, Police,
Corrections and Sanitation Departments are among some of the participants as
well as many local high schools and colleges.
The parade committee chose the grand marshals
in tribute to their dedication to the community. Grand Marshal James McQuade, a
lifelong Throggs Neck resident, raised his family here and when he retired, he
founded Mechler Hall Senior Center in Holy Family Parish and worked tirelessly
on a volunteer basis for almost two decades to make it a success.
Grand Marshal Colleen McCarthy, a Throggs Neck
resident, is a former Marine and is the current commander of the Theodore Korony
American Legion Post. She has been involved in making many community events a
success including the World War II Memorial Dedication in Lehman High School and
the American Legion’s annual toy drive. Colleen is also involved in the Woman’s
Marine Corps League and is a mentor to young Marines. Colleen works at the Bronx
DA’s office.
Honored Clergy Monsignor Edward Barry, a former
parish priest at St. Frances de Chantal parish, is the current pastor of St.
Barnabas Parish in the Bronx. Msgr. Barry founded the St. Frances CYO and was
responsible for guiding many neighborhood children toward the right path in
life.
The members of the Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s
Day Parade Committee are: Matthew O’Brien, chair; Karin O’Connor; Sheila Haney;
Chris Dalton; Kathy Gallagher; Lynn Bagley Gerbino; Patrick Devine; Kate Devine
and Brendan Devine. Jim McQuade, is the merchant coordinator. For further
information on the parade, you can reach the St. Patrick’s Day parade committee
at 718-931-7749.
This parade is the
seventh St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which started with only a few bands and a
hundred marchers and has now grown to a huge parade with 21 bands and dozens of
community and school groups participating. Thousands of parade goers line
the parade route and travel from hither and yon to view this great event. The
parade is subsidized by a journal, which is presented at the community
breakfast. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has attended the last three parades.
Contact: Lynn Bagley Gerbino-347-247-7280 or
Matthew
O’Brien –718-931-7749
PO Box 849
Throggs Neck Station
Bronx, New York 10465
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