The year the St. Patrick's Day Parade went dark
SIOUX FALL, S.D. (KELO) – The 45th annual Sioux Falls St. Patrick's Day Parade will cover Phillips Avenue in green tomorrow afternoon. Attendees might want to hold on tight to their shamrocks due to the windy and wintry storm system in the forecast. Organizers say the parade will go on, though, no matter the weather.
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'We've marched in everything over the years: rain, sleet, snow, 70 degrees, t-shirts, so we're hardy people. We'll figure it out,' Shawn Cleary, the 2025 Grand Marshal, said on Tuesday.While they might be able to handle whatever Mother Nature throws at them, just five years ago something *did dim the green. The St. Patrick's Day Parade was one of the first Sioux Falls events to get cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and it didn't return until 2022. The parade has been going strong since then, though, and it doesn't look like that'll be changing this year. 'And being Irish, we're always going to look at the positive side. The moisture might bring us a little green around here, but absolutely we've seen it all and we're going to carry on and have a great time,' Ryan Murphy, St. Patrick's Day Extravaganza Committee Chair, said on Tuesday.
Other events on Saturday include the painting of the Shamrock at 11 a.m. at 9th and Phillips. The parade starts at 2 p.m., but if you don't want to brave the weather, you can watch it live here on our website.
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