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Harrisburg prepares for annual St. Patrick's Day parade

The recent mild weather arrived just in time for an annual Harrisburg tradition: the St. Patrick's Day parade! Over 60 groups will march through the streets on Saturday, including community favorites such as the McGinley School of Irish Dance, the Steelton-Highspire Marching Band, the Blue Moon Cruisers, many area pageant queens and more. For those who prefer a faster pace, there will also be the Lucky Charm race, a four-mile run through the city that steps off from 22 N. 2nd St. at noon. Todd Vander Woude, executive director for the Harrisburg Development Improvement District, recommends that people coming to watch the parade arrive around racetime in order to secure the best viewing spots--which he says are right by the stage in front of the City Government Center on 2nd Street. "I think it's a great way to show off the downtown community to everyone out there," he said. https://www.fox43.com/article/entertainment/events/st-patricks-day-parade-harrisburg-roads-closed/521-30463e36-15f2-475d-a828-e1195cb37712 WPMT-FOX43's YouTube channel is a hub for the best of FOX43 News and its investigative reports, top headlines, and digital exclusive content: youtube.com/c/fox43 SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/c/fox43

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[Music] [Applause] on Saturday hundreds of people will line the streets of Harrisburg as they are getting ready for their St Patrick's Day parade and we'll be feeling the Irish Spirit especially so here to tell us more about it is Todd Vander Woody he is the uh he from the Harrisburg downtown improvement district so top of the morning to you Todd thank top of the morning to you Jackie thank you all right so we're getting ready we have the uh St Patrick's Day parade this weekend talk about what t
he atmosphere is going to be like well it's going to be a great day in downtown Harrisburg and of course it's this Saturday March 16th at 2:00 p.m. and you know we're really looking forward to welcoming everyone to downtown Harrisburg and we know we're talking mid-march here this you're you're not new with this the weather can always be up in the air can always be up in the air always be up in the air but sunny and 60 so we'll take that we'll take it sounds great sun and 60 great for a parade go
ing off without a hitch hopefully it'll be great uh talk about how many people are involved this year well we have over 60 groups involved uh that will be marching in the parade and um you know some of the F favorites and you saw footage of the McKinley School of Irish Dance um everybody loves to see the girls dance out there a lot of Irish bands uh the Blue Moon Cru ERS uh you know we have the Shriners clowns uh other bands are are going to participate and it's uh you know fire trucks the kids
love those Star Wars characters so it's going to it's going to be something there for everyone and this is always a parade that brings so many people out to the capital city how early do you suggest people getting there because the Parade's going to kick off at 2 what time should people start getting to their spots well we kind of kicked the day off with the lucky charm Four mile race at noon so uh a lot of people start to come for that race U but the best viewing spots are always right there by
the stage which is right in front of the city government center on Second Street so what we have is a lot of people start to line up even gosh before noon before that race starts because the race actually starts and finishes right there at the stage on Second Street so get there get there early have a whole lot you know plan the whole day what else is going to be happening that day well we have the as I mentioned the lucky charm race um and that uh uses the same road closure as as the parade do
es which is always always great uh to to have over 900 Runners uh that take part in that and of course they run down Second Street around the Capal um towards the capital and then over to city island and back um so we have that kind of kicking things off and then we'll start lining people up for the parade right on the Market Street Bridge uh 12:30 1:00 or so anything new this year uh you know nothing really too new uh a lot of the restaurants and bars of course are going to be celebrating St Pa
trick's Day right on restaurant Road they're on Second Street so uh I'm sure they'll have a lot of special drink uh drinks for people and all that kind of stuff and and I think you know with this and and it's a great way to show off downtown the downtown community to everyone out there absolutely so many great things will be happening well thank you so much for being with us and sharing what people can expect this weekend we have a lot more information on Saturday's Parade on fox43.com

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