St. Patrick's Parade Kicks Off Spring 2010!

March 21, 2010       5 Comments
By: Stephen Kent

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For a solid week the weather forecast called for snow showers, or rain, clouds, and cold temperatures. Saturday wasn't looking too good. Then Sunday rolled around and the skies began to clear. By noon things were looking great for another spectacular Bay City Saint Patrick Parade!

For well over 50 years the Big Parade has kicked off Spring in Bay City. Thousands of people from the entire region line the two mile Center Avenue parade route to welcome spring and have a good old time. The parade kicks off at 2:00pm and it takes an hour for the escort of fire trucks and police cruisers to reach downtown. The final entry doesn't finish the route until after 5:00pm.

This year was marked by the opening of the Eastern end of Center after a major road project. People were asked to avoid the freshly seeded areas between the road and the sidewalk and it looked like everyone cooperated. The widened highway looked great with new decorative paving bricks in the center turn lane.

MyBayCity.com has been covering the parade since 2003. We've learned that what our readers want and like is our pictures. So we rather than write more, we'll just post a collection of those popular photos.

Just for the fun of it, you might come back later and check out these stories from previous years: 2009, 2008, 2007-a, 2007-b, 2006, 2005, 2004-a, 2004-b, 2003-a, 2003-b, 2003-c

For another take on the subject of parades, check out what was going on in 1978 in this 1978 Flashback article from the archives of the Bay County Sports Page & Bay City Enterprise newspapers published from 1976 through 1984. Those papers were the "grandparents" of today's MyBayCity.com.

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"The BUZZ" - Feedback From Readers!

lindamacstud Says:       On March 21, 2010 at 11:11 PM Great photos! Good coverage. Thanks!

mklynch Says:       On March 22, 2010 at 09:27 AM Great coverage of the parade...we're in Florida and soooo enjoy receiving all the information of whats going on in Bay City. Seeing all the pictures made us feel like we were sitting right there on the sidelines as the marchers went past! Again...great job!

Anonymous Says:       On March 22, 2010 at 09:35 AM I didn't get to see parade, so this is great..... thanks!

mgaken9517 Says:       On March 22, 2010 at 12:15 PM Great pictures!!

tiykane Says:       On March 23, 2010 at 08:19 PM GREAT PICTURES! I was lookig thrue them and t my great surprise here is a picture of my daughter! Breyawna Becker, the one in the Snoopy shirt eating cotton candy. It is AWESOME!!!!

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Stephen Kent
Steve Kent and his family have lived in Bay City for 30 years. He is VP of Technical Services at MMCC which produces MyBayCity.Com. Kent is active in many Bay City civic organizations. More from Stephen Kent

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