Today, across Canada there will be a lot of people sporting something green. It’s to mark St Patrick’s day, and along with it there will be a great many parades especially in big cities across the country.
ListenCertainly one of the biggest will be in Montreal.
the Young Academy Irish Dancers at the 2012 parade (photo Don Pidgeon) CLICK TO ENLARGE
In fact it may also be the world’s longest continuously held St Patrick’s day parade, held every year without missing a year, since 1824.
Literally tens of thousands of people line the route to watch the floats, the dancers, the musicians and marching bands, clowns, and much more.
Of course the weather in March can be quite unpredictable. Parades have been held in conditions ranging from blizzards, to downpours, to summer-like warmth and sunshine.
No parade in Canada can be a success without the Pipes and Drums, here Montreal’s Royal Highland Regiment-(RHR) Black Watch, one of the dozens of pipe and drum and other marching bands from several locations across Canada and the US who participate each year. (Photo Don McCabe) CLICK TO ENLARGE
Regardless of the vararies of weather in Canada in March, everyone has a good time on St Paddy’s Day in Montreal
I speak to Kevin Murphy VP of Advertising and Public Relations of the Irish Societies of Montreal,
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