"On the Avenue!" 3/15/16
Mark Pittard
Hello Dallas! Yes, the Avenue will be awash in a sea of green this Saturday! This is the number one week and weekend of the year! Follow me as we take a trip down my beloved Avenue!
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FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE - The Mayor of Greenville Avenue is back after an extended break of publishing this newsletter! Tell a friend or two and lets get this newsletter rolling once again by having my constituents submit future plans and have them send their email addresses to me. Many business trips, personal conflicts, etc. got me off track from spreading the good word about our town and its great events. But I have chosen to return with this newsletter on the week that Dallas’ greatest events occur! And as you may already know for the first time ever the Parade and Block Party were moved to two days after St. Patrick’s Day! Strange if you asked me, but hey the good times will still be the same! Let ‘em roll!
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FOR THURSDAY 3/17/16 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY – MASS – ST. PATRICK’S – 8 AM
OFF THE AVENUE – Join Chris O’Hagan, the Behans and the Mayor of Greenville Avenue as we start off this great day the right way by remembering what its all about. We will be attending mass at St. Patrick’s at 8 AM. St. Patrick’s is located at 9643 Ferndale Road. (There will also be a special St. Patrick’s Day mass at the Cathedial at noon celebrated by Bishop Farell. There will be a light reception afterwards and Fr. White might be encouraged to sing some ballads.)
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FOR THURSDAY 3/17/16 – ST. PATRICK’S DAY – PUB CRAWL – 9 AM TRINITY HALL
OFF THE AVENUE – We begin our festivites with breakfest at Trinity Hall in Mockingbird Station. Their doors open at 9 AM. We will be listening to live music beginning at 10 AM with Jigsaw. This is also our first stop on our pub crawl. We also plan on catching the Butler vs. Texas Tech game somewhere where it is playing. That game begins at 11:40 CDT and should be a good one!
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ON THE AVENUE – A little before 1 PM, we will be heading to the Dubliner at 2818 Greenville Avenue as the Behans take the stage at that time!
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ON MCKINNEY AVENUE – A little before 4 PM we will head to the Idle Rich Pub in Uptown located at 2614 McKinney Avenue where at 7 PM the Kildares take the stage for their 11th straight Killer Keltic rock appearance!
Always remember that this is a huge holiday for so many of us and it should be for all my constituents! I’ve never really understood that if people can take off for so many other things, why can’t you take a personal or vacation day for this day! There is no excuse not to do so! Take a day off for this beloved holday and join our jolly group as we will lead you to the best places to be on this greatest of days! Our pub crawl is free to participate and you can join or leave whenever you wish!
(The Mayor of Greenville Avenue will make an appearance!)
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FOR SATURDAY 3/19/16 – ST. PATRICK’S PARADE – UPPER GREENVILLE – 11 AM
ON THE AVENUE – It’s one of the craziest and most beloved parades ever – the 37th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Greenville Avenue hosted by the Greenville Avenue Avea Business Association! This is one of the largest parades in the nation drawing 125,000 spectators according to the organizers! It has grown every year since I have been a part of it! It begins on Greenville and Blackwell and concludes at SMU Blvd and Central Expressway! Come out and watch for the Mayor of Greenville Avenue’s 17th Society float as we will be tossing out 6,000 green beads and over 15,000 shamrock stickers! Watch for the truck covered in bright green tinsel and you might have the Luck of the Irish to get beads and stickers from us!
(The Mayor of Greenville Avenue will make an appearance!)
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FOR SATURDAY 3/19/16 – ST. PATRICK’S BLOCK PARTY – LOWER GREENVILLE – 1PM
ON THE AVENUE - For more than 30 years Lower Greenville Avenue has thrown the largest St. Patrick’s Day block party in Dallas. Hosted by The Greenville Commerce Association, the annual Lower Greenville Avenue St. Patrick’s Block Party takes place Saturday, March 19th from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Greenville Avenue (2800-2950) between Vanderbilt near Stan's Blue Note and Vickery near The Grape. Beer, wine and food are available for purchase at participating restaurants which includes Blue Goose Cantina, Dodie’s Reef, The Grape, Greenville Avenue Bar and Grill, Stan’s Blue Note, Terrilli’s and Dallas’ longest running Irish pub, The Dubliner. Three stages will feature DJ’s and live music.
Free shuttles and parking will be provided from the Mockingbird Dart Station (1,000 spaces) and from Greenville Avenue at Winton (1 block south of Mockingbird) run every 10 minutes between 11am - 7pm. No parking is available in area neighborhoods. Cost is $10 per person (cash at the door) and attendees must be over 21 years of age and provide a valid drivers license. No backpacks, large purses, containers or coolers are allowed.
The Mayor of Greenville Avenue will begin making appearances around 1 or 2ish PM depending on when the parade is completed at Stan’s Blue Note! Around 3:30 PM, we will take our annual trek through the maddening throng on the Avenue to the Dubliner and then later timein the street again. Finally we will conclude at Stan’s! This may be the best time that you have all year or in your lifetime, if have you not experienced it before!
(The Mayor of Greenville Avenue will make an appearance!)
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NEWSLETTER SUBMITTALS: I hope to have this newsletter distributed on a periodic basis again, but it depends on my constituents if you wish me to contintue. If you wish me to contintue, I will need submittals. If we get it going again, I would like them to be submitted no later than noon on Mondays and would like them earlier, if possible. Replies and infromation queries about the newsletter should be sent to mayor_green...@hotmail.com or mo...@socialmayors.com. Again, I am in a tentative state right now on how frequently I will send this newsletter out.
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I have to run, but I hope to see you on the Avenue! Especially this weekend!
The Mayor of Greenville Avenue (H.O.F.#1)