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St Pat's for All Parade

Date: Sunday, March 2, 2025

Call Time: 12:00 Noon Sharp!

Call Location: 43rd Street between Skillman Avenue and Barnett Avenue, Sunnyside Queens

Truck duty: Everyone

This is a paid gig

CALL TIME

  • 12:00 NOON SHARP!


CALL LOCATION

  • Sunnyside, Queens; 43rd Street between Skillman Avenue and Barnett Avenue (easily accessible by subway, and street parking is available for drivers).
  • Parade Stepoff Time: ~12:30 PM
  • Parade Route: The parade goes up Skillman Avenue from 43rd Street to 58th Street and Woodside Avenue, ending in Woodside, Queens. It is just under a mile long.
BY SUBWAY
  • CLOSEST AND EASIEST:  7 train to 40th Street and Lowery Street
  • Be sure to check the MTA website for service changes and the MTA Live Map before you leave home!

BY CAR
  • GPS FOR DRIVERS: 39-63 43rd St., Sunnyside, Queens, NY
  • PARKING: Look for street parking in the area
 
Uniform (Everyone):
  • Black or dark jeans/pants and black or purple jacket/sweater/hoodie of your choice (all band jackets welcome). If you don’t have black/dark pants or black/purple jacket, wear the darkest color you have.
  • Kilts are allowed!
  • White Aussie hats, musicians only (we’ll have spares for new members) 
  • Footwear and footwear color of your choice
  • Band-supplied purple scarves, purple plumes, and Irish flags will be distributed at step-off
  • Feel free bring gloves of the color of your choice if it’s cold!
  • 34th Street Chorale warm up

Selections from the 2024 Marching Set:
  1. Fat Bottomed Girls
  2. Scream and Shout
  3. Poker Face

More About the Music:
  • All music will be available at step off
  • Put your music into a flip-folder (and don’t forget to bring a lyre)
  • Make sure you have a new QBAC logo placard in front of each of the pieces in the marching set.

Restrooms

  • There are public bathrooms in the park across the street from our call location. Sometimes there are Port-o-Sans too!
Truck Load
  • Everyone is on truck duty. We’ll load the truck at the end of the parade route

Lunch/Social Time
  • After the truck is loaded and on its way back to storage, many of us go to a local restaurant for a bite to eat and some social time–please join us!