Parade
20th
Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 14th, 2009
The
North Strand Optimist Club is proud to
be co-coordinating the parade again this year.
This year’s parade will line-up in the Lowe's Shopping Center parking lot located at the intersection of Highway 17 North and 2nd Avenue North in North Myrtle Beach. Please enter the parade line-up area by turning onto 2nd Avenue North from Highway 17 and then following the signs into the Lowe's parking lot. Many of the businesses in the shopping center will be open for business during the parade line-up. Please be respectful of their customers and do not block access to their business.
Line-up will begin at 7:00 AM. All units must be in the line-up area and ready to go by 8:45 AM. All non-parade vehicles must be out of the parade line-up area by 8:45 AM.The North Myrtle Beach Public Safety Honor Guard will lead off the parade at 9:00 AM sharp. Any unit that is not ready to proceed will be held until the end of the parade.
The North Myrtle Beach Public Safety Honor Guard will set the pace for this year's parade. Please maintain your spacing and avoid large gaps in the parade. Performing units are asked to assist us in preventing these gaps by keeping your performances to a reasonable time frame. Motorized units are asked to maintain a "walking" pace and when closing a gap, to do so at a gradual pace. ALL units are asked not to stop and socialize along the parade route as this causes gaps in the parade. Parade Marshals will monitor all units and may ask that your unit move to maintain the parade spacing.
The parade will end at the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and 1st Avenue North. Marching units are responsible for their own transportation from the end of the parade route back to the parade line-up area. Public parking is available along many of the city streets and at the Beach Access Ramps. Marching units may want to arrange for their transportation to meet them in this area.
SHOULD YOU OR YOUR UNIT REQUIRE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE DURING THE PARADE LINE-UP OR DURING THE PARADE, PLEASE CONTACT THE NEAREST NMB PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL OR PARADE MARSHALL!
For additional parade information contact the North Myrtle Beach Parks and Recreation Department at stpat@nmb.us or call 843-280-5570. Or contact parade coordinator, Bob Breen, at rbreen44@hotmail.com or (910) 575-8380. Please leave your name, address and an evening phone number for a reply.
Order of Line-up will be posted at a later Date
Click Here for the Parade Application!
Opportunities to participate in the festival as a sponsor, crafter, food vendor, entertainment for adults and/or children, or participate in the parade are available! Check out the 2009 Application section for more information.
Need a place to stay? Want to know what else to do during your stay?
Check out two of our Grand Strand Chamber of
Commerce web sites at
http://www.myrtlebeachinfo.com/
and
http://www.northmyrtlebeachchamber.com/
For additional festival
information,
email us
stpatnmb@nmb.us
or call 919575-8380 FOR
PARADE INFORMATION.
Please leave
your name, address, and an evening phone number
for a reply.
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