WHAT IS A CEILI?
A ceili is an Irish dance party. It includes food, drinks, snacks, socializing, music and of course dancing. The dances are group dances where everyone can participate, even non-dancers. OUR ceili includes music and group dances for everyone to watch and enjoy. It is great fun and good exercise!
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BUCK'S COUNTY ST. PATRICK'S PARADE
SATURDAY, MARCH 13,2010
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FITZPATRICK SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE
P0 BOX 244
DANBORO, PA 18916
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Bucks County Parade: Saturday March 13th
Parade begins at St. Joseph the Worker School, New Falls Road Levittown and ends Conwell Egan Catholic High School.
Performance area is in front of the Water Authority Building on New Falls Road
Unless you have have signed up to volunteer with the children, you will need to drop off your dancer at St. Joseph the Worker parking lot by 9:00 . Please make sure you have your dancer there on time since
traffic gets pretty tricky on New Falls Road. We will put lines together promptly at 9:15.
There is no parking in the lot at St. Joseph's -it is only a drop off lane, but shuttle buses will be available from the end of the parade at the parking lot at Conwell Egan High School to transfer participants to the start location.
Directions are at the bottom of this email.
Parents may walk along the route with the school but behind the entire group of dancers. You may not wear jeans. We are asking that you wear a black sweatshirt or Irish sweater.
Some parents may be asked to hold flags or the banner and march in the parade.
Please pick up your dancer at the end of the route. This will be in front of Conwell/Egan High School. No students may get out of the line before then. There are parents in charge of lines of students and they may not dismiss them until we reach Conwell/Egan High School.
We will have drinks and pretzels at the end of the route for all dancers.
The costuming is as follows:(please note that the turtleneck and tights are only necessary if it is very cold)
Boys: black pants, black turtleneck, either the green or black silk shirt or the school embroidered sweatshirt, and black shoes or dance sneakers.
Beginner Girls: black dance skirt, black turtleneck, black embroidered school sweatshirt, green bloomers,black velvet school headband( hair must be curled and pulled back in the headband), black tights, and all black shoes or dance sneakers( that they can dance in).
Advanced Girls: the embroidered school dress, black turtleneck, green bloomers, black tights, school headband(hair must be curled and pulled back in the headband), all black shoes or dance sneakers.
If it is cold they can wear their school jacket or a plain black jacket(nothing written on it) with black gloves. The gloves and jackets will be removed before coming up to the reviewing stand and put in the van. Please be sure to collect them at the end of the parade.
DIRECTIONS TO THE BUCKS PARADE
TAKE 413 SOUTH. GO AROUND THE NEWTOWN BYPASS
FOLLOW THE NEWTOWN BYPASS TO 95 SOUTH – NEWTOWN EXIT
TAKE 95 SOUTH TO ROUTE 1 north .
FOLLOW ROUTE 1 TO THE NEXT EXIT FAIRLESS HILLS.
AT THE EXIT STOP LIGHT TURN LEFT.( STONEY HILL ROAD)
GO TO THE NEXT LIGHT AND TURN RIGHT.( TYBURN ROAD)
GO UNDER THE RR BRIDGE AND GO STRAIGHT AT THE BUSINESS ROUTE 1 LIGHT
GO TWO MORE LIGHTS AND TURN RIGHT ( NEW FALLS ROAD) .
THE ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCH IS ABOUT 200 YARDS UP ON YOUR LEFT. THIS IS THE START OF THE PARADE. BE THERE BY 9:00
DRESS WARM!
THE PARADE ENDS AT BISHOP CONWELL/EGAN SCHOOL. IT IS ABOUT 2 MILES STRAIGHT PAST THE ST. JOSEPH CHURCH ON NEW FALLS ROAD.
THE SCHOOL IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
( TURN AFTER THE PAPA JOHNS PIZZA PLACE. YOU CAN PARK HERE. A SHUTTLE WILL BRING YOU BACK TO THE START OF THE PARADE. )
IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO PARK HERE AND WALK BACK TO WATCH THE PARADE.
WE ARE IN THE FRONT OF THE PARADE SO YOU WILL BE TRAPPED IF YOU WISH TO LEAVE UNLESS YOU PARK AT THE SCHOOL AT THE END OF THE PARADE.
TO GET HOME. ** WARNING*** THERE IS ALWAYS A LOT OF TRAFFIC LEAVING. BE PREPARED FOR IT TO TAKE AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES TO GET HOME!
TURN RIGHT OUT OF BISHOP CONWELL SCHOOL.
TURN RIGHT AGAIN ONTO QUEEN ANNE DRIVE.FOLLOW QUEEN ANNE TO LEVITTOWN PARKWAY. TURN LEFT ONTO THE PARKWAY
FOLLOW FOR ABOUT 1.5 MILES AND KEEP TO THE RIGHT. CROSS OVER BUSINESS ROUTE ONE.( PEP BOYS) FOLLOW ABOUT 1 MILE TO THE ENTRANCE OF ROUTE 1 NORTH. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO ROUTE 95 NORTH. FOLLOW TO THE NEWTOWN EXIT AND YOU SHOULD KNOW YOUR WAY FROM THERE.
GOOD LUCK! AND THANKS FOR COMING!
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From Doylestown- Take 413 south. Go through Newtown, pass St. Mary's Hospital, cross 213 in Langhorne, cross over Rt 1 and turn left at the blinking yellow light. Cross over the RR tracks in Pendell, cross business rt 1. at the next light ( Trenton Road) turn left. Follow Trenton Road cross over 413 and follow about one mile and look for the church on the right. The hall is behind the church in the lower level.
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