  Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 612 Registered: 07-2008 |
The St Patricks Day Parade is scheduled for 2:00 PM this Sunday, March 15, beginning at Sixth & Michigan. It will proceed to 14th Street. Any suggested viewing spots? | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3967 Registered: 01-2005 |
Most true Irishmen won't make it out of the bar room to see it. (Hey, I'm 1/64th Irish.) | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2206 Registered: 10-2003 |
More St. Patrick's Day happenings.... Painting of the Shamrocks, Friday, March 13, 2009, 11am. Lunch provided; cash bar. Sponsored by the Gaelic League (2068 Michigan Ave. ) the United Irish Societies Officers, Parade Grand Marshal, this year’s Maid of Erin, and the Court of St. Brigid paint traditional shamrocks on the Parade Route. Meet at the UIS Plaza at the corner of Sixth and Michigan Ave. St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Royal Oak, Saturday, March 14, 2009, 11:30am. The Norman O'Brien Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosts this annual event in downtown Royal Oak. The parade starts at Royal Oak Middle School and proceeds south on Washington Ave, turning west on Seventh Street and ending at Lafayette. This year's parade includes some 35 parade units and 500 participants! Call (248) 320-9534 and speak with Deacon Timothy Renaud, Chaplain of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Norman O’Brien Division, for more information. http://www.ci.royal-oak.mi.us/ city/events.html St. Patrick Cake Walk, Saturday, March 14, 2009, 5pm. Historic Trinity Lutheran calls all Irish persons and would-be Irish persons to celebrate St. Patrick's Day at Historic Trinity. Get a jump start on the real St. Patrick's Day, March 17 with a buffet of Irish foods, a St. Patrick's Cake Walk, Gaelic dancers, and much more. $7 for adults, $5 for persons 6 through 18, and children 5 and under are free. For information call 313-567-3100 or 800-268-3058. http://www.historictrinity.org /events.html St. Patrick’s Day Mass, Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10:30am. St. Patrick Senior Center, 57 Parsons (behind Orchestra Hall). 51st Anniversary St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Detroit Sunday March 15, 2009, 2pm. Sponsored by the United Irish Societies in metro Detroit for fifty years, the Parade promptly steps off at 2:00 P.M. sharp! The Parade route is along Michigan Avenue in the area known as "Corktown", so designated for its history as home to many early arriving immigrants from Ireland and specifically, County Cork. The Parade covers a dozen or so blocks and passes historic Tiger Stadium and the Gaelic League/Irish American Club. http://www.detroitirish.org/pa rade/index.html For more St. Patrick’s Day and Detroit Irish events and information : http://www.detroitstpatrickspa rade.com/events.htm http://www.gaelicleagueofdetro it.org/Mar-Apr09.htm http://www.detroitirish.org | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 616 Registered: 07-2008 |
K: Thank you. I suspected that if this thread was started, you would add the details! | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 995 Registered: 02-2005 |
Our clan will be at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull(southwest corner) any forum members stop by and say Hi | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 626 Registered: 12-2003 |
Are the DPD usually pretty cool about folks w/ adult beverages on the sidewalk during this parade, or will measures have to be taken to conceal any embibbing? | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2208 Registered: 10-2003 |
My pleasure, Bobl!! Here's another event.... Inside Detroit is hosting a Corktown Bar Tour on Friday, March 13th, 8:00 p.m. - midnight. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day of event. Details and online ticket purchase at: http://www.insidedetroit.org/s chedule.html | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2469 Registered: 08-2007 |
Pgn421, do I understand that you have assumed Django's heralded position as Lord of the Couch? | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 996 Registered: 02-2005 |
Gnome- yes, stop by! Ah ha! Jameison, beer , cigars and a few hot women | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 997 Registered: 02-2005 |
Rrl- no need to conceal | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 998 Registered: 02-2005 |
Gnome- yes, stop by! Ah ha! Jameison, beer , cigars and a few hot women | ||
Mjb3 Member Username: Mjb3 Post Number: 104 Registered: 11-2004 |
There is also a 4-mile run in Corktown starting at noon! Nothing like a 4 mile run followed by green beer and corned beef and cabbage... | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 634 Registered: 07-2008 |
No rain or snow predicted this year! | ||
Savannah Member Username: Savannah Post Number: 122 Registered: 02-2008 |
Boy, I wish I could get away to go to one of those. Ours has become so big that it's not fun anymore. It's just a big hassle. | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 635 Registered: 07-2008 |
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Drm Member Username: Drm Post Number: 364 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote:Regardless of DPD's attitude that day, please be discreet, show respect for the neighborhood and clean up your mess when you leave. There's way too much "this is Detroit, no one gives a shit" attitude on Parade Day. | ||
Timmyjohn Member Username: Timmyjohn Post Number: 20 Registered: 01-2008 |
I will be walking in the parade with the AOH. We are going to be giving out candy | ||
Dtowncitylover Member Username: Dtowncitylover Post Number: 513 Registered: 02-2008 |
I'm a proud ancestor of Ulster-Scotsmen (a Presbyterian Scotsman who moved to Northern Ireland for the Protestant colonization of Ireland). Damn those Papist Irishmen...hehe jk ('cause I know some Irish people get really uptight about their heritage). I think I'm going...I went last year to a party at a house on Wabash, so it should be fun. | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 636 Registered: 07-2008 |
 Drm quote: "please be discreet, show respect for the neighborhood and clean up your mess when you leave..." Yes. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1809 Registered: 11-2005 |
You know, I love this event, but I never cease to be pissed off in the aftermath. Dear suburbanite friends and neighbors, When I venture out into your land of Hills, Heights and townships, I do not litter and leave dozens of empty cans, barf, etc. on your thoroughfares, so why do you insist on trashing my town? I understand most parades - even those outside of the city - have litter, but I watched drunken frat boy-looking guys chug a Bud Lite (Oooooh, there's a man with taste) and then just chuck it behind him on the sidewalk. The difference is that suburban towns and cities have employees and money to clean up after such litter bugs. Wish the DPD would issue more littering citations during such events. | ||
Macknwarren Member Username: Macknwarren Post Number: 139 Registered: 10-2007 |
This was my first Detroit St Patrick's Day parade, and the atmosphere reminded me of Opening Day. The crowd was much larger than I expected, the parade itself was kind of goofy and homespun. The vibe was fantastic. | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 1055 Registered: 05-2006 |
Just got home. My first time attending. I loved it. Much bigger event and crowd than I realized. Very fun, will attend again. (I should have worn sunscreen, my head & face are red!) | ||
Taj920 Member Username: Taj920 Post Number: 285 Registered: 01-2004 |
Maybe some of the bars that cover a full year of expenses with today's and Tuesday's proceeds should pay for a clean-up of the streets and sidewalks. | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 640 Registered: 02-2006 |
Maybe if the city and the people who live in it kept it clean to begin with people wouldn't do things like that when visiting. Nice, stereotyping a white guy littering as a "fratboy" looking guy. How about next time a black guy does something in the suburbs he is called a....well you get the idea. | ||
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox Post Number: 1319 Registered: 04-2006 |
quote:Maybe he actually looked like a frat boy. I'm white, and I don't look anything like a frat boy. Frat boys are a very specific subset of the overall white population. Another common name for them is "douchebags." | ||
Jat44 Member Username: Jat44 Post Number: 24 Registered: 03-2008 |
321brian; I totally agree with you. People from Detroit have no problem bashing the 'burbs but the minute you make a comment about a Detroiter...... look out! | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 932 Registered: 04-2005 |
1) i too was surprised by the number of people - cars were parked bumper-to-bumper along michigan ave up to grand river 2) i expect a certain amount of detritus to be left behind after an event like today's, but the volume of garbage generated by the crowd was appalling. it was beyond carelessness, it was indignation. [and rhymes, let me just note, that the folks who take the bus from their homes in detroit to their jobs in the suburbs have a pretty poor track record when it comes to littering. liquor bottles, cigarette packs, and fast food packaging - mainly - are indiscriminately tossed at the bus stops, and along the sidewalks to and from them. i live near a bus stop and the riders leave their litter behind every single day.] | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 1242 Registered: 11-2003 |
Was there a sufficient amount of trash cans? It's no excuse for littering, but the more TC's the better. (Message edited by rjk on March 15, 2009) | ||
Choquant Member Username: Choquant Post Number: 22 Registered: 09-2007 |
Nah, Rhymes is right. I love the parade and the atmosphere too, but many people there were acting like pigs. I saw people pulling items out of their coolers and having picnics, and then throwing the trash in the street as if it were a garbage can.. nice. I know that there are people that live in the city that trash it too, but how does that give them an excuse? Most of those people are guests in our city, and what kind of guest leaves their trash, dog excrement, and barf on the street as a thank you? And I agree Rjk, there should have been more trashcans there. Perhaps that was the root of some of the littering. | ||
Rhymeswithrawk Member Username: Rhymeswithrawk Post Number: 1810 Registered: 11-2005 |
"Maybe he actually looked like a frat boy. I'm white, and I don't look anything like a frat boy. Frat boys are a very specific subset of the overall white population. Another common name for them is "douchebags."" Thank you. I'm glad I'm not speaking in tongues here. An example of the type of person I'm talking about: http://thetalkingmirror.com/wp -content/uploads/2009/02/frat_ boy.jpg | ||
Zrx_doug Member Username: Zrx_doug Post Number: 853 Registered: 03-2008 |
FWIW, your "fratboy" wasn't "littering" so much as he was "avoiding a ticket for carrying open alcohol." SOP when drinking in a public place where ya aren't 'sposed to be.. Doesn't excuse it, but at least somebody made ten cents on the deal. I can't speak for the folks who toss trash on the streets..litterbugs just plain piss me off..and crowds seem to have a mob mentality when it comes to trash. Didja see what the mall in DC looked like after Obama's inauguration? Yikes. | ||
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark Post Number: 250 Registered: 12-2004 |
Some pictures courtesy of the Corktown Historical Society... they are pretty large. http://corktownhistoric.org/in dex.php/home/63-st-patricks-da y-2009 http://corktownhistoric.org/in dex.php/component/content/arti cle/64-st-patricks-day-in-cork town-more-pics | ||
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark Post Number: 251 Registered: 12-2004 |
Seemed like lots of families having a good time. Many many small children all along the route. Crowd was very well behaved during the parade, although I can't say how they were after. The Corktown Historical Society kicked in for the clean up. If you want to make a donation contact them or to buy hoodies or sweats. | ||
Knocturnal Member Username: Knocturnal Post Number: 240 Registered: 10-2004 |
My first "Corktown Race". I really enjoyed it and the supporting crowd. I never participated in a race as large as this one. Unfortunately, it made me realize just how out of shape I was...sigh. The weather could not have been better for a run, however. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2495 Registered: 08-2007 |
PGN, I was at the SW corner of Trumbell and Michigan and didn't see a large Dyes flag, or a stray couch. I think Lowell needs to add some hats to his on-line store. | ||
Raj313 Member Username: Raj313 Post Number: 79 Registered: 01-2009 |
Photos of the parade http://1up1down-froggy.blogspo t.com/ | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 984 Registered: 08-2007 |
Erin Go Braugh to ya'll.. Maybe next year I'll wake up early enuff to get down there. | ||
Corktownmark Member Username: Corktownmark Post Number: 252 Registered: 12-2004 |
Pics in my post number 250^^^ are (just a little) more reasonably sized now. | ||
Melody Member Username: Melody Post Number: 341 Registered: 11-2007 |
I had a blast. We were hanging outside the Lager House for most of the day. www.detnews.com/melodyblog - there are a few small cell phone photos on there. Taj920, I'm sure all the bars did well, but I don't think they made enough profit to cover a year's worth of expenses (ha ha). I saw many people bringing their own beer or flasks and using the bars for their bathrooms. | ||
Diehard Member Username: Diehard Post Number: 684 Registered: 03-2005 |
FWIW, your "fratboy" wasn't "littering" so much as he was "avoiding a ticket for carrying open alcohol." SOP when drinking in a public place where ya aren't 'sposed to be.. Nah, he was littering. If the cops started ticketing all the tailgaters and people walking with drinks there wouldn't be enough paddywagons in all of Michigan! Maybe some of the bars that cover a full year of expenses with today's and Tuesday's proceeds should pay for a clean-up of the streets and sidewalks. I wouldn't place that burden on the bars. They're the ones providing restrooms that a lot of non-customers end up using, and they're not responsible for what the drunks in the street do. It's such an upbeat crowd that there aren't many problems with fights or destructive behavior, other than the littering. Good times! | ||
Bobl Member Username: Bobl Post Number: 640 Registered: 07-2008 |
Any interest in a volunteer Cleanup Posse next year, perhaps sponsored by Corktown bars? | ||
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj Post Number: 836 Registered: 11-2003 |
I saw a lot of volunteers picking up garbage on Michigan Ave. just a few minutes after the parade ended. Most were teenaged young people. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 815 Registered: 05-2007 |
I always prefered "Erin Go Braw(less)" over "Erin Go Braugh" | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 1006 Registered: 02-2005 |
Gnome- my clan had the whole lot! Did you see the 7 foot leprechan?that was me! | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2503 Registered: 08-2007 |
Yes, I saw a 7 foot tall leprechan with orange hair, but since I've seen large monkeys dancing at a Greatful Dead concert, I thought it was just the acid talking. Sorry I missed saying hello, we were there for most of the parade but left early to avoid the crush. Maybe next year we can form our own group to walk in the parade. If Darth Vader can be in a St. Patty's Parade, I see no reason a DetroitYes Brigade couldn't make the same jaunt. I didn't even know Vader was Irish, silly me. Any other Dyesers show up? | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 817 Registered: 11-2006 |
I was there at Trumbull and Michigan, for my first time, and only. What a wreck, all sorts of trashed people, stumbling around being stupid. I can't even imagine how traumatic the parade is to children who have to watch all sorts of drunkenness. Makes me glad I'll never reproduce. Now don't get me wrong I mean I am glad it happens and all but I see no reason to go ever again. It was just crazy. | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 933 Registered: 04-2005 |
gnome, that was darth mcvader. | ||
Suburbanbliss Member Username: Suburbanbliss Post Number: 11 Registered: 02-2009 |
6noise... Ever go to a Rap-off. So much more civilized. | ||
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421 Post Number: 1007 Registered: 02-2005 |
Gnome- I'm sorry I missed you | ||
6nois Member Username: 6nois Post Number: 819 Registered: 11-2006 |
Um yeah suburbanbliss I never said a Rap-off would be more civilized. I have no desire to do that either by the way. I don't think its my scene. | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 2504 Registered: 08-2007 |
TheCarl, I think you mean this guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =aV-0Nj7sA24 pgn, I did talk to a Santa Claus looking guy smoking some donkey dick smelling cigar. Our conversation went like this... quote: Lucky for him I had a full bladder. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2216 Registered: 10-2003 |
The Grillmaster and I watched the parade from Michigan and 11th in front of the Firestone Tire place. No problems there. Lots of clans with kids enjoying themselves. Pgn421: I walked down to Trumbull but found only found "Kwame" and a kid who made both the Freep and News articles on the parade. No 7ft leprachaun!! Sorry I missed you. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 818 Registered: 05-2007 |
I know folks don't like the smell of cigars, but "donkey dick smelling"? now that's a first! lol |
