Beannachtai na Feile Padraig

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Milwaukee Celebrates!

2010 St. Patrick's Day Events


MILWAUKEE and WISCONSIN St Patrick's Day Calendars

Go to Our calendar pages for the most extensive listing of Irish events in the state.

Happy 50th Birthday to Us!
Milwaukee Shamrock Club Monthly Meeting on March 4

Irish Week 2010
Milwaukee Shamrock Club and Westown Events

Shamrock Club Raffle: Drawing at April Meeting

MARCH 13 EVENTS:

Special Mass to Honor St. Patrick 8:30 A.M.

Continental Breakfast After Mass at ICHC

44th Annual St. Patrick's Parade
Downtown Milwaukee - Step off at Noon

Post Parade Party at ICHC 1-6 PM

APRIL 4 EVENT:

Easter Rising Mass April 4 - 9:30 A.M.

The Milwaukee chapter will have a number of events on or around St. Patrick's Day in 2010. These included our March meeting and 50th birthday; our parade; our Post Parade Party, and our Mass in honor of St. Patrick.


March 4 Membership Meeting
And 50th Birthday Party

Our March 4, 2010 meeting will be our 50th birthday celebration. The meeting will be held at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, at 7:00 PM. The Irish honorees for 2010 will be sashed.


MILWAUKEE IRISH WEEK 2010
MARCH 4-13, 2010

Irish Week 2010


The Shamrock Club and Westown, will present a week of Irish entertainment and culture for more than the week prior to the parade. The celebrations start off with the Shamrock Club's annual birthday party at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center on March 4, with a concert by the Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums. Starting March 10, there will be daily entertainment at the Shops of Grand Avenue, featuring local Irish bands and dance schools, as well as our press conference on Thursday, March 11; the ShamRock the Avenue, at the Miller Time Pub in the Hilton Hotel Downtown on March 12; and the Saturday events, our Mass in Honor of St. Patrick, our Parade, and our Post Parade Party. In addition, there is pre-parade music at the Shops of Grand Avenue. It is truly a magnificent week of Milwaukee's Irish Pride.
Irish Week Schedule

  • March 4 - Shamrock Club Birthday Party - ICHC - 7 pm
  • March 10 - Irish Dancers at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 11 - Press Conference and Irish dancers - Shops at Grand Avenue - 11 a m
  • March 11 - Irish music at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 12 - Press Conference and Irish dancers - Shops at Grand Avenue - 11 a m
  • March 12 - ShamRock the Avenue - Millertime Pub - 5.30 pm
  • March 13 - Mass in Honor of St Patrick - St Patrick Church - 8.30 am
  • March 13 - Pre Parade Music at the Shops at Grand Avenue
  • March 13 - Parade - Noon - Downtown Milwaukee
  • March 13 - Post Parade Party

    MARCH 13, 2010 Events

    2010 Will be a Grand Success!!!

    MILWAUKEE PARADE DAY


    MASS IN HONOR OF ST PATRICK

    Annual Special Mass To Honor St. Patrick
    Saturday, March 13, 2010

    At St. Patrick's Church, 723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee

    The 25th Annual Special Mass To Honor St. Patrick will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at St. Patrick's Church, 723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee. The celebrant for the 2010 Mass will be Archbishop Jerome Listecki.


    Archbishop Jerome Listecki

    The Shamrock Club Choir, under the direction of Bob Harrold, will sing the liturgy. The Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums will pipe in the colors and stood as honor guard for the Mass. There will be a sign reader for hearing impaired. There will be readings and songs in Irish and English.

    BUS SERVICE TO MASS FROM ICHC

    There will be bus service to and from the ICHC before and after the Mass.

    For BUS reservations or information contact in 2010:
    Terry Stephens
    Phone (414) 771-0458
    Or email us at St Patrick's Mass
    Send self-addressed, stamped envelope.
    Make checks payable to Shamrock Club)

    Buses will leave the ICHC at 7:45 a.m., and return after the Mass. Buses will leave the ICHC at 11 a.m. for the parade route.

    Flower Donations Needed.

    Please contact Malkin Wallace at 414-234-0653 about donating for the purchase of flowers for the Mass this year. Your name and the name of those who you are donating for will be listed in the Mass program. The flowers will also be used at the Easter Rising Mass on April 4 at the ICHC.

    Post Mass Breakfast


    A Continental breakfast will take place after the Mass in Parlor B. It is being provided by Victory Christian School. Prices are $6 for adults. Breakfast will be served from 9.30 A.M. until 11 A.M. Reservations are not required.



    MILWAUKEE PARADE DAY - MARCH 13, 2010

    44th ANNUAL PARADE
    Downtown Milwaukee - Noon

    OUR NEXT PARADE - SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 2010 - OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND 44TH PARADE

    The Shamrock Club's 2010 St Patrick's Events take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010. For information on the parade, call Mike O'Leary at 414-305-1961.

    We will have the greatest parade in Wisconsin. We are looking forward to having upwards to 150 units stepping off, with the most floats ever,in this, the Shamrock Club's 50th anniversary year. The entire event takes one hour and fifteen minutes, with brisk marching the course of the day.

    PARADE POUTE

    The 44th Annual Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick's Parade steps off at Noon from 3rd and Wisconsin in front of the Grand Avenue Mall. The parade proceeds east to Plankinton, north on Plankinton to Kilbourn, west on Kilbourn to Old World Third Street, north on Old World Third Street to Juneau, east on Juneau to Water Street, south on Water Street. 145 units arescheduled to be a part of the largest parade in Wisconsin.

    Download a Copy of the Parade Route Map

    The 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade takes place at our original home along Wisconsin Avenue. March 13 will see the Shamrock Club's return to Wisconsin Avenue for the seventh time in over two decades. This is the largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in Wisconsin, and in 2009, was viewed by 135,000 spectators, and had 165 units.

    Parade Application Download

    To join in as a part of this celebration of Wisconsin Irish Pride, download a 2010 Parade Application

    . It lists the terms and agreements for the parade.

    We have the largest parade of any kind in the State of Wisconsin. It is a day of family fun.

    The downtown parade has been the largest parade of any type in Wisconsin for the most of the past five years, and this year we are staying true to that history. Check our parade site at Saint Patrick's Parade. Thanks for joining the Shamrock Club, and our partners, Westown, and Miller Lite, for what has become one of the largest St Patrick's Day Parades in North America. It is the greatest family friendly event of the season. We will have six Irish dance schools, pipe bands, clowns, drill teams, marching bands, and the most Irish organizations in the greater Milwaukee area. It is a spectacle to behold, and a very Irish display of our honor to St. Patrick. It will be a wonderful display of our Irish pride.

    Thank you to all who come out for the parade. It makes us all proud to be Irish. And remember - Everyone is Irish for St. Patrick's Day!!!

    Thanks to all who join us on the greatest day of the year. And thanks for being a part of Milwaukee's Irish history and present. And remember - Everyone is Irish for St. Patrick's Day!!!


    Bus Service For the Day

    The Shamrock Club offers bus service from the ICHC to the parde route until 4 p.m. Parade pickup and dropoff spots were at the Trinity Three Irish Pubs, Edison and Juneau; Mader's Restaurant, Old World Third Street and Highland, and Mo's Irish Pub, Plankinton and Wisconsin.


    Check out the Parade site at Saint Patricks Parade

    Parade Contacts

    To contact our Parade Committee, please call

    Parade Director Michael O'Leary - (414) 305-1961
    mikeoleary-at-shamrockclubwis.com

    Download a parade application if your unit would like to be part of the green procession through downtown Milwaukee. 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade Application..


    Post Parade Party

    March 13, ICHC 1 to 6 PM

    DIFFERENT DRUMS OF IRELAND To Headline Post Parade Party

    The Northern Ireland band Different Drums OF Ireland will be the headliner at the Shamrock Club's Post Parade Party on Saturday, March 13, 2010. Different Drums have been a Milwaukee favorite for many years. This is their first appearance at the Shamrock Club's party.

    The Post Parade Party will take place on Saturday, March 13, 2010, at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee from 1 to 6 PM.

    Different Drums of Ireland was created in 1992 as a community relations project in Derry, N Ireland. The two main drums, the Lambeg and Bodhran represent the two main communities in Northern Ireland and bringing them together. The music also features the Uilleann, whistles, guitar, snares, long drum, and 4 voices and is driven by the engine of the African djembe.

    The band has played across the world, for everyone from US and Irish presidents to school children. The message is the same: Celebrate that which makes us different and that which bonds us together.

    Other acts booked for the PPP are Blarney and Dublin O'Shea,Glencastle Irish Dancers, Rince Nia Academy of Dance, and Kinsella Irish Dance School, Ian Gould, Athas, the Caledonian Dancers, Myserk; and Eileen O'Rourke: Leprechaun Stories, and more. Food and beverages will be served .

    Call 414-384-4119 for more information.

    The Shamrock Club Color Guard, Pipes and Drums open the Hallamor performances at 1.15 pm. Blarney and the Caledonian Scottish Dancers perform upstairs, and Parlor B features Dublin O'Shea and more.

    The party runs 1-6 pm at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center , 2133 West Wisconsin. Food and beverages are to be served. The party is a part of the Shamrock Club's events on March 13, including the Downtown Saint Patricks Parade Milwaukee.

    Shamrock Club Post-Parade Party
    2010 Entertainment Schedule

    Hallamor

    • 2:00 -- Shamrock Clob Color Guard,Pipes & Drums
    • 2:30 -- Kinsella Irish Dancers
    • 3:15 -- Rince Nia Irish Dancers
    • 4:00 -- Different Drums of Ireland
    • 5:30 -- Glencastle Irish Dancers
    Quinlan's Pub
    • 1:00 -- Athas
    • 2:15 -- IanGould
    • 3:30 -- Myserk
    • 4:45 -- Dublin O'Shea

    Upstairs

    • 2:00 -- Blarney
    • 3:15 -- Caledonian Scottish Dancers
    • 3:45 Blarney

    Basement: Childrens Area

    • 3:00 -- Eileen O'Rourke: Leprechaun Stories
    • 4:15 Eileen O'Rourke: Leprechaun Stories



    Easter Rising Mass April 4 at ICHC

    The Shamrock Club's annual Easter Rising Mass will take place at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 9.30 am. That Mass is said in honor of the members of the Irish revolution who took part in the Easter Week, 1916, Rising. Father Terry Brennan, S. J., will celebrate the Mass.

    A Continental breakfast will take place after the Mass in Parlor B.



    Annual Scholarship Raffle Drawing
    At April Meeting

    During February, March and early April we sell our tickets for the Shamrock Club Scholarship Raffle. The prizes in 2009 included: a round trip and land package to Castledaly Manor in Ireland; , a Belleek China Vase; $400 Golf package to Brown Deer Golf Course; a stay at the County Clare Irish Inn in Milwaukee, stay at St. Brendan Inn in Green Bay; a night stay at The Irish Cottage in Galena, IL; Silver earrings from Blarney Imports. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

    We awarded four $500 scholarships for college level students who qualified in 2009. In 2008, we gave away 4 scholarships totalling $2000, and in 2007 we gave $2500 to five winners. In 2005, we gave away four scholarships.


    SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE FOR 2010

    Thank you to all who purchase tickets. In 2009, we received about $6000, which will netted about $4000 for the Scholarship Fund.

    We want to thank the Milwaukee Hurling Club for underwriting the cost of print our Scholarship Raffle Tickets.

    We also want to thank all of our donors, especially Rip O'Dwanny and the Harp and Eagle organization.

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