All the bells and whistles of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2011 in Vancouver. The most spectacular Irish celebration in western Canada. Irish dancers, clowns, fire engines, police, antique cars, floats, trucks, bagpipe bands, legend marching bands, horse-mounted drill teams, Chinese lion dancers, Celtic warriors etc. in a spectacular display of Irish pride and celebration. The parade was held on March 20, 2011 between Drake and Georgia Street on Howe in downtown Vancouver.
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is just one of the highlights of the almost week-long Celtic Fest in the city with plenty of Canadian musical bands from across the country providing entertainment – Colin Grant Band, Stephanie Cadman, Leum, Spirit of The West, The Wheat in The Barley, Sionnaine Irish Dancers etc. Star of The County Down, a famous Irish tune can be heard playing on bagpipes in marching bands and on stage performances with electric guitars and fiddles. VIDEO – St. Patrick’s Day 2011 Spectacular!
VIDEO – St. Patrick’s Day Parade Police Bands and Lion Dancers
Because of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games last year, the St. parade was cancelled. This year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2011 was greeted with excellent weather and had a very large turn-out, some estimated to be about 200,000.
This is Part 3 of the PNE Parade 2010. It is 100 Years of Fun at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver BC. With 2010 being the centennial year, this year’s procession is one of the biggest in recent memory. Floats, pageant queens, marching bands, people in costumes, clowns, and even a large group of Elvis impersonators paying tribute to the King of Rock and Roll. A group of teenagers sang Black Eye Peas’ I Got A Feeling’. Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night…I got my money, let’s spend it up. Precisely what the Pacific National Exhibition wanna hear.
It is the 100th Years of Fun at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver BC. With 2010 being the centennial year, this year’s procession is bigger and better than ever before. Floats, pageant queens, marching bands, people in costumes, clowns, and even a troop of Elvis impersonators doing a tribute to the King of Rock and Roll. As usual, Red Robinson was there. Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson arrived in a horse-drawn carriage. Everyone is enjoying the party atmosphere building up to the next 17 fun-filled days at the fairground with rides, ferries wheels, West Coast Lumberjack Show, RCMP Musical Rides Superdog Show etc. While Bryan Adams and The Beach Boys will kick off the fair, there will be FREE concerts every night that included bands such as Loverboy, Michael Bolton, Marianas Trench, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Los Lobos, Cyndi Lauper, Wayne Newton, Terri Clark, Jesse Cook , you name it. Even Hollywood movie star Kevin Costner and his band with play on opening night (Aug 21, 2010). Everyone will be entertained.
