Green Stripe Laying

SEATTLE'S GREEN STRIPE LAYING
named in memory of John Doyle Bishop
7 pm - 8 pm, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010

The Green Stripe is a mini-Parade to put a green stripe down the center of 4th Ave, to mark the route of the St. Patrick's Day Parade. It is always held the evening before the Parade which in 2010 will be on Saturday, March 13.
So the 2010 Green Stripe will be painted starting at 7 pm on Friday, March 12. The stripe will follow the Parade route from 4th Ave at Jefferson up to Westlake Park, a distance of about one mile.

Most participants gather at F X McRory's at 6:30 PM to ride the Flat-bed Truck up to Prefontaine Park. There's no admission fee and children and familes are very welcome to ride the covered truck!

At Westlake, we paint a large shamrock and then hold an impromptu Crossroads Céili dance. Each year, anyone and everyone is invited to come along for the 'craic' – an Irish (Gaelic) word meaning “a lot of fun”.

For more information, call 206-548-9859, or
email GreenStripe@irishclub.org.

Here are some photos from the 2008 and other
JOHN DOYLE BISHOP MEMORIAL GREEN STRIPES

Loading up the flat-bed truck outside McRory's

Grand Marsal John Bruton and Galway Mayor Tom Costello couldn't resist taking a photo of one of the participants

We're just about ready to start!

The TV crews want information on what's going on

Drawing the official Shamrock in Westlake Park

Mick McHugh and other participants riding the flatbed truck with the cans
of spray paint that were used to mark the St. Patrick's Day Parade route.

Mud McHugh with a bunch of Californians!

Piper Jim McGilivray.

Dignataries marching the clearly marked, although somewhat wobbly,
Parade route the following day in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.

For information on the Green Stripe, call Heather Murphy at 206-548-9859, or email Heather at GreenStripe@irishclub.org.