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| Joanne Myers was selected as the winner of the 28th Annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Tshirt Design Contest. She will receive a $100 Walmart gift card and will be recognized at the festival. The shirts will be sold at the parade and festival. Supplies are limited. |
The 28th
Annual North Myrtle Beach St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival will be held
March 12 on Main Street. The parade begins at 9:00 a.m. and the festival will
be held 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The one-day
rain or shine event attracts more than 30,000 people annually.
Spectators gathering to watch the parade should be in place
along the Main Street parade route by 8:20 a.m. Main Street will close to
vehicular traffic at 8:30 a.m. Main Street from Ash Street to Ocean Boulevard
will remain closed until the festival ends.
The festival
offers 150-plus food, arts and crafts, nonprofit, and other vendors.
Trevor
Strawderman, principal
at North Myrtle Beach High School, is the Grand Marshal for the St. Patrick’s
Day Parade.
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| Trevor Strawderman is the Parade Grand Marshal. (Photo courtesy NMB High School website.) |
The North Strand Optimist Club organizes the parade, and all
entry fees go back into helping the youth of our community.
WDPE TV 15
is the Media Sponsor. Easy 105.9 is the Radio Sponsor. The North Myrtle Beach
Chamber of Commerce is the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Presenting Sponsor.
The St.
Patrick’s Day Festival offers three entertainment stages. The current
entertainment lineup is as follows:
Community
Stage
Main Street
& Oak Drive
11:00 am:
Myrtle Beach Regional Pipes and Drums
11:15 am:
Triple Toe Cloggers
11:45 am:
Parade Awards
12:15 pm:
Myrtle Beach Regional Pipe and Drums
12:45 pm:
Coastal Pipes and Drums
1:30 pm:
Ocean Drive Elementary School Chorus
2:15 pm –
4:00 PM: Folk ‘Em
Main Stage
Near Flynn’s
Irish Tavern
11:00 am:
Band on the Rum
11:45 am:
Coastal Pipes and Drums
12:00 pm:
Band on the Rum
12:45 pm:
Wake District Pipes and Drums
1:00 pm: Tan
and Sober Gentleman
2:15 pm:
Leprechaun Contest
2:30 pm:
Shepard’s Pie Eating Contest
2:45 pm:
4:00 PM: Tan and Sober Gentleman
Green Stage
Near Duffy’s
Seafood Shack
11:00 am:
Retrograde
1:45 pm:
4:00 PM: Chocolate Chip and Company
Two contests
are also part of this year’s festival:
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| Far right, last year’s winner Michael Walsh. |
28th Annual
St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival Leprechaun Contest
Show off
your love of all things Irish by competing in the 28th Annual St. Patrick’s Day
Parade & Festival Leprechaun Contest. Entries will be judged on
originality, creativity, appearance, enthusiasm and energy.
Participants
must be 18 years or older, must register and be dressed in a
leprechaun/Irish-themed costume, and must grant permission to the City of North
Myrtle Beach to publish photos for promotion and sign a release of liability.
The contest is open to the general public and no purchase is necessary to
participate.
Contestants must register at the Main Stage at Flynn's Irish
Tavern before 2:00 p.m. Preregistration is also available at the Festival
Information Booth (corner of Hillside Drive and Main Street) before 1:30 p.m.
Meet at the stairs of the Main Stage at 2:00 p.m. Contest begins at 2:15 p.m.
There will
be a grand prize winner. In addition to holding the title of the 28th Annual
St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival Leprechaun, the St. Patrick's Day website
will feature the winner's name and brief bio. The winner also receives a $100
gift card to Walmart, an event t-shirt, and a souvenir of achievement.
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| Rory Duffy, last year’s winner. |
28th Annual
St. Patrick's Day Shepherd's Pie Eating Contest
First to
clear their plate without using their hands wins bragging rights and a stylish
plaque designed by Coastal Engravers.
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