Get your green on in East Dundee

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With a green suit to match his bright green hair, Kevin Combest rides through the Thom McNamee Memorial St. Patrick's Day Parade in East Dundee last year. This year's parade is Saturday, March 16.
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Painted green for the occasion, Maggie, a yellow lab, walks with owner Pat Gleason of Algonquin in the 2011 Thom McNamee St. Patrick's Day Parade in East Dundee.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
A man dressed in green performs for the crowd during the 2011 Thom McNamee Memorial St. Patrick's Day Parade in East Dundee.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer

Daily Herald report

East Dundee's annual Thom McNamee Memorial St. Patrick's Day Parade will step off at 11 a.m. Saturday from Rosie O'Hare's Public House, 702 Water St. It will travel south on Barrington Avenue and east to River Street, ending at Bandito Barney's Beach Club.

The parade bears the name of its founder, a longtime Dundee Township resident and business owner who died of cancer in June 2010.

For details on the parade, call (630) 750-5005 or visit the parade's Facebook page.

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