2013 St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration - Crosslake
SHAKE YOUR SHAMROCKS......IN CROSSLAKE!
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The 2012 Parade was AMAZING with over 17,000 people in attendance to witness special parade feature entertainment as well as the local's outdoing each other year after year! Get your Irish face on, dust off the lawn chairs, load up the whole family and come for the day! There is entertainment all over town and so much more! You don't have to be Irish to appreciate all the excitement associated with this decades-long tradition! Purchase a Raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes (click here list for Raffle Prizes ), and show your blinkie buttons (click here for deals and discounts) all over town! Your Irish eyes smiling will be smiling all month long in Crosslake!
The search for the Pot O' Gold Treasure begins on March 14 and the fabulous St. Patrick's Day Parade & Celebration is on Saturday, March 16. We'll wrap it all up on St. Patrick's Day with the Raffle Drawing Party hosted by Essentia Health St. Joseph's - Crosslake Clinic on Sunday, March 17 where lucky tickets will be drawn for prizes worth thousands of dollars from local merchants.
The 39th Annual Crosslake St. Patrick's Day Parade and Celebrationwill be held Saturday, March 16, 2013 beginning at 2 p.m. starting in the Crosslake Town Square and will wind its way to County Road 3 before heading north on Route 66. But the parade is only one of the events planned for the month-long celebration. Last minute lodging still available!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The hunt for the lost Pot O’ Gold begins!
One of three clues released daily.
CLUE #1
Crosslake gives many thanks to Essentia Health
for their blessing Go Leor,
And Launching the 39th
Saint Patrick's Day Parade Celebrations and Moher!
CLUE #2
From a place in our city where you can spend the night,
May your Ring of Kerry warm you,
but don't stay longer than a Fortnight!
2013 Pot O' Gold has been found! Brother and sister Duo Ashley and Matt Archambault located this years Pot O' Gold at the US Army Corp of Engineers Crosslake Recreation Area in lot 17! Congratulations.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
7:30 a.m. – 12 noon – Crosslake Firefighters Pancake Breakfast
Crosslake Lutheran Church
Kids Coloring Activity – with beads for all the kids
Sunrise – 11 a.m. RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon Tether Rides
Manhattan Beach Lodge
Weather Permitting – Must be 10 years or older
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Pre-Parade in Crosslake's Town Square
Parade lineup begins at 12 p.m. at Swann Dr. and Allen Ave.
Maucieri's Food & Beverage Cart
Music by The Chmielewski Funtime Band
A Touch of Magic Clowns
11 a.m. – 1 p.m.Edina Realty Foundation 2nd Annual Costume Contest
Edina Realty
Prizes awarded at 1 p.m.
Prairie Bay’s SideDish Food Truck on-site
11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Tent Party
Andy's Bar, Restaurant & Liquor
Food, Bloody Mary's & Green Bottled Beer
11:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. Parade Participant Shuttle Service
Free transportation from C&C Boatworks parking area to parade
staging in Crosslake’s Town Square (for parade participants only)
2 p.m. - 39th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Map)
WJJY’s $150 Enthusiasm - Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant & Bar
Best Float Business - 1st Place - Maucieri's Italian Bistro
2nd Place - Whitefish Lodge & Suite
3rd Place - Celtic Cottage
Best Float non-profit - 1st Place - Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway
Honorable Mentions - Girl Scout Service Unit #16
Breezy Point Figure Skating Club
H.A.R.T Animal Shelter
3 - 4:30 p.m. Post-Parade in Crosslake's Town Square
Maucieri's Food & Beverage Cart
Music by The Dirty Shorts Band
A Touch of Magic Clowns
4 - 8 p.m. - Live Music by "SO Big"
Manhattan Beach Lodge
4 - closing - All Day DJ Marathon with Premier Party Entertainment
Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant
4 - midnight - Variety of Bands
Macuieri's Italian bistro
4:30 - 8 p.m. Live Music by Taylor Nelson
McCabes Pub & Bottle Shop
5 - closing Rockin Bakken
Crosslake Fifty Lakes American Legion
9 - closing DJ Music
The Wharf
Sunday, March 17, 2013
4 p.m. - St. Pat’s Raffle Ticket Drawing Party
Manhattan Beach Lodge
Karaoke – Food & Drink Specials – Raffle drawings begin at 5:30 p.m.
Join Essentia Health St. Joseph’s – Crosslake Clinic as they draw the winning tickets
ALL EVENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Platinum Sponsor
Gold Sponsors
Silver Sponsors
- Crosslake Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Crosslake Veterinary Practice, LLC
- Edina Realty, Inc. - Crosslake
- Frandsen Bank and Trust - Crosslake
- Mosquito Squad of North Central Minnesota
- Nor-Son, Inc.
- North Country Lawn Care
- O'Mara's Irish Cream - Heaven Hill Distilleries
- RE/MAX Lakes Area Realty - Crosslake
- Reed's Market and Gas Express
- Whitefish Lodge & Suites
Bronze Sponsors
- Crosslake Ace Hardware
- Crosslake Sheet Metal, Inc.
- Culver's of Baxter
- Golden Horizons Assisted Living and Memory Care
- Jameson
- Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant & Bar
- Party World
- R.A Heales & Associates Investigations
- Waste Partners, Inc.
- World Association of Detectives
In-Kind
- Better Living Concepts, Inc.
- Bruce & Julie Larson
- C & C Boat Works
- City of Crosslake
- Crosslake Ace Hardware & Appliance
- Crosslake Town Square
- Dondelinger Chevrolet/Cadillac, Inc.
- Echo Publishing and Printing
- Fyle's Portable Restroom Rental and Drain Clean
- Jim & Linnea Anderson
- Lakes Area Rental
- Mills GM
- Northland Press
- Pat & Tami Murphy
- Pequot Lakes Sanitation
- Pequot Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Seaberg Motorsports
- WJJY 106.7 FM/Cool 103.5/B93.3/107.5 PowerLoon
Parade line up 12 - 2 p.m. at Crosslake Town Square
Parade begins at 2 p.m.