St. Charles holds St. Patrick's Day parade
St. Charles held it annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday afternoon.
The festivities featured pipe and drum bands, local dance troupes, floats and various business and community entries. The St. Charles Veterinary Clinic sponsored a contest for people to dress their dogs up in St. Patrick's Day finery and walk in the parade.
"We really enjoy being Irish," Collin Goode, 11, said with a smile. He was at the parade with Sean O'Connor, 10, his best friend. The St. Charles duo, who say they do everything together, come every year to the parade.
Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.comSitting atop a school bus representing the Transportation Department for District 303, Ryan Johnson of St. Charles waves and shouts to friends in the crowd along Main Street at the St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Charles on Saturday, March 15.
Groups make their way eastbound on Main Street in downtown St. Charles during town's annual St. Patrick's Day parade on Saturday, March 15.
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Bianca Santucci, 6, of St. Charles, has her shamrock sunglasses adjusted by her mother, Dawn, while they wait to walk with Girl Scout Troop 830 in the St. Patrick's Day parade in St. Charles on Saturday.
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Meghan Manini, 5, of St. Charles watches the St. Patrick's Day parade make its way down Main Street in St. Charles on Saturday.
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