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The Blessings of St Patrick Upon You

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 49th Birthday to Us!
Milwaukee Shamrock Club Monthly Meeting on March 5

Shamrock Club Raffle: Drawing at April Meeting

MARCH 14 EVENTS:

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

Continental Breakfast After Mass at ICHC

43rd Annual St. Patrick's Parade
Downtown Milwaukee - Stepped off at Noon

Post Parade Party at ICHC 1-6 PM

APRIL 12 EVENT:

Easter Rising Mass April 12 - 9:30 A.M.

The Milwaukee chapter had a number of events on or around St. Patrick's Day in 2009. These included our March meeting and 49th birthday; our parade; our Post Parade Party, and our Mass in honor of St. Patrick.

March Membership Meeting
And 49th Birthday Party

Our March 5, 2009 meeting was our 49th birthday celebration. The meeting was held at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, at 7:00 PM. The Irish honorees for 2009 were sashed. i They are Chuck Ward, Irishman of the Year, Kathy Donovan, Irish Rose, and Bill Sherry, Parade Marshal. The Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums entertained with a concert to start the evening.

March 14 Events:

2009 Parade Was a Grand Success!!!

The 2009 St. Patrick's Day Parade took place at our original home along Wisconsin Avenue. March 14 will saw 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 the largest parade in Wisconsin, with 165 units and 135,000 spectators.

Parade Route

The 43rd Annual Shamrock Club of Wisconsin St. Patrick's Parade stepped off at Noon from 3rd and Wisconsin in front of the Grand Avenue Mall. The parade proceeded 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 were a part of the largest parade in Wisconsin.

PARADE WINNERS 2009

The following units were award winners for the 2009 St Patrick's Day Parade:

Thomas Smith- Best Irish Unit -- Glencastle Irish Dancers
Best Float-- Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judges
Best Marching Unit -- Milwaukee Hurling Club
Best Musical Unit -- Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums
Best Parade Unit -- United States Marine Corps, Fox Company 2nd Marines
Directors Choice of Merit --Trinity Irish Dancers

Awards will be given out at the April, 2009, meeting at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Center, starting at 7 pm.

Bus Service For the Day

The Shamrock Club offered bus service from the ICHC to the parde route until 4 p.m. Thanks to all who availed themselves of this service. 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

MILWAUKEE PARADE DAY - MARCH 14, 2009

The Shamrock Club's 2009 St Patrick's Events took place on Saturday, March 14, 2009. For information on the parade, call Mike O'Leary at 414-305-1961.

43rd Annual Parade - Downtown Milwaukee We had the greatest parade in Wisconsin, with 145 units marching. The entire event will took about one hour and fifteen minutes, with brisk marching the course of the day.

The downtown parade has been the largest parade of any type in Wisconsin for the past five years. Since its return to downtown Milwaukee, the Shamrock Club and Westown have produced the greatest family friendly event of the season. We will had five Irish dance schools, pipe bands, clowns, drill teams, marching bands, and 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.

Thanks to all who joined 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!!!

Download a Copy of the Parade Route Map

We have the largest parade of any kind in the State of Wisconsin. It is a day of family fun. Check our parade site at Saint Patrick's Parade. thanks for joining the Shamrock Club, and our partners, Westown, and Miller Lite, in what has become one of the largest St Patrick's Day Parades in North America.

We have set up our parade for 2009. The lineup was posted on Thursday, March 12. Want to know your unit's place in the parade? Click here for the Alphabetical and Numerical Parade Lineups.

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

Parade Appilication Download

Download a parade application if your unit would like to be part of the green procession through downtown Milwaukee. 2009 St. Patrick's Day Parade Application..

Post Parade Party

March 14, ICHC 1 to 6 PM

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR HELPING OUT

We want to thank our sponsors for the 2009 Post Parade Party,

Rock Bottom Brewery Milwaukee

Usingers Sausage

Due to the difficult economic times, the Shamrock Club waived its admission fee for the 2009 Post Parade Party. This was done in order to allow all families a chance to enjoy St Patrick's Day events.

The annual Post Parade Party took place at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 West Wisconsin Avenue from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. Officially, doors open at 12:30 p.m. This is Milwaukee's biggest parade family celebration. There were four stages of entertainment, and four dance schools, (three Irish and one Scottish), six bands, and a children's show. Food and beverages were served. Opening the day off in the Hallamor will be the Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums.. The entertainment was first class, the crowds were amazing.

The Post Parade Party featured these groups and performers: Green Tea, Blarney, Athas, Celtic Keep, Ian Gould and Steel Bonnets.

The Shamrock Club Color Guard, Pipes and Drums opened the Hallamor performances at 1.15 pm. Blarney and the Caledonian Scottish Dancers performed upstairs, and Parlor B featured athas, Celtic Keep, Ian Gould and Steel Bonnets. Green Tea had a rollicking fresh performance, Cashel Dennehy, Rince Nia and Trinity Dance Schools all presented dynamic dance shows in the Hallamor.

The party ran 1-6 pm at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center , 2133 West Wisconsin. Food and beverages were served. The party was a part of the Shamrock Club's events on March 14, including the Downtown Saint Patricks Parade Milwaukee.

SCHEDULE

HALLAMOR

2:15 P.M. - Shamrock Club Color Guard, Pipes and Drums
2:30 P.M. - Rince Nia
3 P.M. - Trinity Irish Dance School
4 P.M. - Green Tea
5:10 PM - Cashel Dennehy Irish Dancers

PARLOR B

1 P.M. - Athas
2:15 P.M. - Ian Gould
3:30 P.M. - Celtic Keep
4:45 P.M. - Steel Bonnets

UPPER LEVEL

2:15 P.M - Blarney
3:15 P.M. - Caledonian Scottish Dancers
3:45 P.M. - Blarney

CHILDREN'S AREA

Children's Activities with Charlene Moss
3 P.M. - Eileen O'Rourke- Leprechaun Stories
4:15 P.M. - Eileen O'Rourke- Leprechaun Stories

24th Annual Special Mass
To Honor St. Patrick
Saturday, March 14, 2009

At St. Patrick's Church
723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee
Sign reader for hearing impaired

The 24th Annual Special Mass To Honor St. Patrick took place on Saturday, March 14, 2009, at St. Patrick's Church, 723 South 7th at Washington Street, Milwaukee. The celebrant for the 2009 Mass was Milwaukee Bishop William Callahan. The Shamrock Club Choir, under the direction of Bob Harrold, sang the liturgy. The Shamrock Club Color Guard Pipes and Drums piped 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 was bus service to and from the ICHC before and after the Mass.

For BUS reservations or information contact in 2010:
Chuck and Bonnie McLaughlin
, 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.

Mail reservation for BUS ONLY

Name_________________________________

Address_______________________________

City/State/Zip___________________________

Phone________________________________

Number of Reservations_________________

Amount$ @$3 each__________________________

Bus Reservations will not be taken after March 6

Flower Donations Needed.

Please contact Chuck and Bonnie McLaughlin about donating for the purchase of flowers for the Mass each 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 12 at the ICHC.

Easter Rising Mass April 12 at ICHC

The Shamrock Club's annual Easter Rising Mass will take place at the Irish Cultural and Heritage Center on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 10 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 sold 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 2008. In 2007 we gave $2500 to five winners. In 2005, we gave away four scholarships.

SCHOLARSHIP RAFFLE FOR 2009

The 2009 Scholarship Raffle winners have been chosen. These are the winners and their prizes:

Grand Prize:- Trip to Ireland - An air and land package to Castledaly Manor in Ireland.- Mary Finnerty, Glendale, WI
1st Prize - Golf Package - at Brown Deer - Mary Culver
2nd Prize - Waterford Crystal - Catherine Woodruff - Vesper, WI
3rd Prize - Stay at County Clare - Barbara Baszynski - Wauwatosa, Wi
4TH Prize - Stay at St. Brendan's Inn, Green Bay - Laura Loomis - Franklin, WI
5th Prize - Stay at the Irish Cottage, Galena, IL - Mary Jean Nazario
6th Prize- Beleek Bowl - Betty Mikush, West Allis, WI
7th Prize - ICHC Package - Laura Sprinkel - Milwaukee
8th Prize - ICHC Package - John Brah - Wauwatosa, WI
9th Prize - ICHC Package - Heather Majusiak, Milwaukee
10th Prize - ICHC Package - Michael Dahm, Hartland, WI

Thank you to all who purchased tickets. We received about $6000, which will net 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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