Show A10 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Sunday March 15 1998 Two legs or four the parade doesn't discriminate So everybody and his dog get in on the fun especially Irish wolfhounds Patricia Toerck marches with the McPoiin clan passing out fairy dust and gold chocolate coins uttering blarney dancing jigs and posing for pictures son Colin McFetridge Parade: All You Needs A Bit o Green Continued From A-- l groups can identify with them Pius its a good time Patricia Toerck was a 47 year-old leprechaun Saturday She passed out fairy dust and gold chocolate coins spewed blarney in a lilting voice danced jigs and posed for pictures Decked out in pointy green shoes felt hat tails and a red beard with spectacles Toerck might as well have been a mascot for Salt Lake Citys St Patrick's Day Celebration But the Hibernian Societys 20th Anniversary celebration was open to anyone looking for a pardespite the Irish folklore ty the sea of green clothing and the beer corned beef and soda bread consumed The whole theory of this is to celebrate our Irishness our whatever said Bob Neville parade committee member We want everybody to join us in the party And most everybody did Take for instance the parade With 140 entries it included traditional Irish dancers and Catholic parish floats as well as the -- Riders several Scottish bagpipe bands a dozen entries from the Shriners and a mariachi band from Centro Civico Mexicano For years the parade started at South Temple wound down Main Street and ended at 500 South The party afterward was held at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church on 300 South But the celebration outgrew that location And with road construction and tracks dogging Main light-ra- il Street the parade moved this year to 200 East heading north from 600 South turning west at 200 South and ending at the Galli-va- n Utah Center y Mark Evans and his Like many entries in Salt Lake City's eclectic St Patrick's Parade about Ireiand Celtic folk tales or even St Patrick but at least his scarf or is it isn't clear what this it a skirt? is green dancer represents have marched in the past six St Patricks Day Parades Evans wore a kilt McFetridge dressed as a leprechaun Never mind that their ancestors were Scottish This is the nondiscriminatory parade as opposed to that parade of restrictions later in the year Evans said This is the parade for families the fun parade The family extends to anyone and everyone Local labor-unio- n members Payson High Schools band and the cast of CBSs Promised Land all participated Actress Celeste Holm was grand marshal Dogs of all kinds from Irish wolfhounds to white poodles with sprayed green hair walked the route on leashes Two Salt Lake City councdmen Tom Rogan and Carlton Christensen and the entire Midvale City Council and mayor crowded into convertibles And its clearly an election year Salt Lake County Commissioner Mary Callaghan shouted Top o the morning to the crowd Salt Lake County District Attorney Neal Gunnarson and his rival David Yocom rode two cars apart down the parade route The biggest crowd-piease- r was an ensemble of people wearing orange plastic cones carrying street signs and pushing barricades down the street Members of Macs Band d Traffic Jam led the crowd in primal screams Its crazy said Margaret Peterson who has attended every Salt Lake City St Patricks Day Parade wearing the same striped sweater scarf and white socks that say Irish pulled over her green pants She tops the outfit off with an "Officially Irish pin Its crazy and wonderful The parade winners were: best family group the McPoiin family best miscellaneous Clan Donald Celtic Cousins best novelty McNamaras Band best float Our Lady of Lourdes Parish best band Irish Brigade best school band Payson High School best dancingmarching group Bon Spraoi Irish Dancers and best parish award St Anns Actress Celeste Holm a star of the d TV drama "Promised Land" acts as grand marshal for the parade Utah-filme- Mis-Guide- green-and-whi- Like many people showing unity among the Celts on St Patrick's Day Spencer Rosenvall 3 proudly walks with the Forsyth Clan ! i l I i Photos by Rick Egan and Al Hartmann The Salt Lake Tribune Rin-ceoi- ri School I "Mac's Band poked fun at the d Traffic Jam'fwhich reconstruction mess was a big hitr |