On Saturday, the city will dye the Chicago River green. At noon, the parade steps off at Balbo and Columbus. ABC7 will have a float, so look for that.!
After the parade, the Irish American Heritage Center (link: www.irish-american.org ) hosts the St. Patrick's Festival on Saturday and an after-party on Sunday, March 18. There will be music, food and dancing. Among the featured performers are the students from the O'Hare School of Irish Dance. Michael Belvitch, T.C.R.G. (Certified Irish Dance Teacher), one of the teachers for the O'Hare School of Irish Dance, came into our ABC7 studio with several of his students, and dancers treated us to a performance. (link: oharedancechicago.com).
St. Patrick's Festival and St. Patrick's Afterparty
March 17 and 18, 2012
Saturday, March 17: 1 p.m. – Midnight
Sunday, March 18: 1 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Irish American Heritage Center
4626 North Knox Ave.
Chicago
Tickets:
$15 for Adults
Children 12 and Younger: Free.
Schedules:
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Fifth Province:
1 p.m. Tim O'Shea and Patrick Buckley
3 p.m. Shannon Rovers
3:30 p.m. Dooley Brothers
6 p.m. Sullivan Brothers
9 p.m. Mulligan Stew
Auditorium:
1 p.m. Irish Heritage Singers
2 p.m. Rebecca McCarthy School of Irish Dance
3 p.m. Mulhern School of Irish Dance
4 p.m. O'Hare School of Irish Dance
5 p.m. Trinity Academy of Irish Dance
6 p.m. Mullane Healy Godley School of Irish Dance
Erin Room:
5 p.m. Larry Nugent and Bill O'Donoghue
7:30 p.m. Joe Cullen and Kathleen Bremer
9:30 p.m. Ceili Mor
Room 310:
4 p.m. Patrick Cannady and Karen Cook Cannady
Sunday, March 18, 2012
10:30 a.m.: Mass
11:30 a.m.: Breakfast
Fifth Province:
1 p.m. Tim O'Shea and Patrick Buckley
3 p.m. O'Hare School of Irish Dance
4 p.m. The Sandcarvers
6:30 p.m. Sheila Tully Academy of Irish Dance
7 p.m. Barry Fagan's Band
