This Weekend

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Before you fly off to Cancun or Nassau, make the short trek to Kansas City for the city’s 34th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The parade is the fourth largest St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the nation and will stretch for more than a mile in downtown Kansas City, Mo. The parade starts at 11 a.m. in front of Union Station on Pershing and Main Streets and will travel east and then north, ending at 15th Street.

This year’s parade, set with the theme of “Celebrating St. Patrick in Kansas City,” will feature balloons two to three stories high and thousands of marchers, says Gary Jones, director of media relations for the parade committee. The committee is expecting a crowd of more than 100,000 revelers and recommends coming early to stake out a spot at the parade’s starting point to get the best views, Jones says.

For more information on the parade, visit www.kcirishparade.com.

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