by CNBNews Staff
GLOUCESTER CITY, NJ (February 29, 2020)—-The annual St. Mary\’s Parish/Gloucester City St. Patrick\’s Day Parade is scheduled to begin at 1 PM sharp rain or shine. The parade will take the same route as last year, forming and staging at the Martin’s Lake area, at Johnson Blvd. and Baynes Ave. marching on Johnson Blvd. to Monmouth Street, up Monmouth Street to King, and dispersing at the former Coast Guard Base parking lot, King and Cumberland Streets.
It will begin at Johnson Blvd and Baynes Avenue, north to Monmouth and Johnson Blvd., move west on Monmouth Street to King Street and south on King Street to Proprietors Park.
The following bands and marching units will be in the line of march:
South Philadelphia, Quaker City, Fralinger, Woodland, Avalon, Aqua, Uptown, Duffy, Durning, and the Gloucester City String Band.
The Camden County Emerald Society, Second Street Irish Society, Trenton AOH, ACFD Sand Pipers, and Brian Boru Pipes and Drums Bands.
The Misty Dewers and The Broken Shillelaghs Irish Bands.
The Two Street Stompers Comic Brigade. The Jordan-Hunt and the Emerald Isle Irish Dance Schools.
The parade\’s Grand Marshall is Ed Beckett, principal of Gloucester Catholic High School and the Celebrity Parade Marshall is Bob Kelly from Fox 29 News. Honor guest is the Deputy Consul General from Ireland Sean O’Hay
Gloucester City’s own radio disc jockey Kathy Townsend Suckiel from the B101.1 radio station will be present with the B101 mascot,
Buzzbee!
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Below is the parade line-up set for 12 noon at the staging area
Camden County Emerald Society (olive-wolverine-471793.hostingersite.com file photo)
LINE-UP IS AT 12:00 NOON IN THE STAGING AREA
POSITIONS #A-#G LINE UP IS ON JOHNSON BLVD. BETWEEN FRANCIS ST. & BAYNES AVE.
POSITION “A”-VFW & AMERICAN LEGION COLOR GUARD & ROTC COLOR GUARD FROM GLOUCESTER HIGH SCHOOL WITH USMC MARINES BRETT & DALTON KENNEY
POSITION “B” CELEBRITY PARADE MARSHAL BOB KELLY AND QUAKER CITY STRING BAND WITH MSGR. HODGE, DEPUTY CONSUL GENERAL FROM IRELAND, MAYOR DAN SPENCER
POSITION “C”-2020 GRAND MARSHAL ED BECKETT AND GLOUCESTER CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS
POSITION “D”-KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS WITH ST. PATRICK’S STATUE
POSITION “E”-DURNING STRING BAND
POSITION “F” CITY COUNCIL, COUNTY FREEHOLDERS, STATE LEGISLATORS, OTHER DIGNITARIES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, CAMDEN COUNTY MASCOTS
POSITION “G” THE MISTY DEWERS
POSITIONS #1-#5-Francis Street and East Brown Street
SOUTH JERSEY MOBILE BILLBOARD TRUCK
ANYZEK FUELS ANTIQUE TRUCKS/CARS-JIM PARENT, 1939 GREEN BUICK
GARDEN STATE CORVETTE CLUB ON FRANCIS STREET
GLOUCESTER CITY OLDTIMERS STRING BAND
ANTIQUE CARS/TRUCKS-JIM PARENT IN HIS 1939 GREEN BUICK
-DONNELLY-GATTO FUNERAL HOME ROLLS ROYCE HEARSE & STAFF
POSITIONS #6–#21-HIGHLAND BLVD DOWN TO GREENWOOD AVENUE
PUBLIC WORKS TRAILER WITH LADIES AOH, CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA’S, AND LITTLE MISS/MR. GLOUCESTER CITY
TRENTON AOH BAGPIPE BAND
GLOUCESTER CITY FIRE DEPT COLOR GUARD & MARCHERS
GLOUCESTER CITY FIRE DEPT. APPARATUS
DUFFY STRING BAND
GLOUCESTER CITY IRISH SOCIETY
GLOUCESTER CITY HIGH SCHOOL COLOR GUARD, MARCHING BAND, & SCHOOL CLUBS
UPTOWN STRING BAND
GLOUCESTER CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL & COLD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IRISH SETTAR CLUB OF SOUTH JERSEY
CAMDEN COUNTY EMERALD SOCIETY
CAIRDEAS IRISH BIRGADE (JOHN SCILLIG-SCHILEEN’S TAVERN-WESTVILLE, NJ)
MARK’S ANTIQUE FIRE TRUCK???? AND/OR FOUR LEAF RESTORATION COMPANY
AQUA STRING BAND
AOH GLOUCESTER COUNTY DIVISION I-COMMODORE JOHN BARRY-LARRY PRELLE, DIRECTOR
BRIAN BORU PIPES AND DRUMS BAND-KEVIN FLATLEY DRUM MAJOR
POSITIONS #22-#38 KLEMM AVENUE TO SYLVAN AVENUE
AVALON STRING BAND
GLOUCESTER CITY YOUTH SOCCER
JORDAN HUNT SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE
GLOUCESTER CITY LITTLE LEAGUE
SECOND STREET IRISH SOCIETY PIPES & DRUMS
MINI HORSE’S PONY CLUB-LONG ACRES FARM-MARY LEDGER
WOODLAND STRING BAND
CUB SCOUTS TROOP OF GLOUCESTER CITY???/ QUINN FAMILY WITH IRISH WOLFHOUND SEAMUS
FRALINGER STRING BAND
COMMUNITY ROCKS CORP.-ERIN OSLER/SARA O’BRIEN
ATLANTIC CITY FIREFIGHTERS SAND PIPERS
EPIPHANY CHURCH OF GLOUCESTER CITY-PASTOR JOE MARLIN
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA STRING BAND
HIGHLAND TAVERN FLOAT WITH BIG DADDY
EMERALD ISLE ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE
TWO STREET STOMPERS COMIC BRIGADE CHAMPIONS
TAVERN ON THE EDGE PRESENTS “THE BROKEN SHILELLEGHS”
Gov. Phil Murphy hugging Brooklawn Mayor Teri Branella at the 2018 parade