SCRANTON — Although the crowd was thin, likely due to the frigid weather, the revelers were no less exuberant during this year’s Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade than in years past, when the sidewalks were packed. Dressed in green and orange, parade-goers clapped, cheered, jumped and danced as the bands, floats, clowns and other entertainers passed by Saturday morning and afternoon, March 11, through the downtown city streets.
Kiera Lucash leads the Abington Heights Marching Comets with a leap during the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade.
Clarks Summit Council President and 2017 Honorary Parade Marshall Gerrie Fitzpatrick Carey rides in the parade.
David Karr, 3, of Scranton, enjoys cotton candy while watching the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade from behind the big glass windows in the Lackawanna Avenue Boscov’s entryway at The Marketplace at Steamtown.
Students of the Scranton Dance Center perform in the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in downtown Scranton.
People wave to the crowd from Happiness Hive Learning Academy’s float in the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade.
The Lakeland marching band performs in the 2017 Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade.
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders mascot Champ high-fives a parade-goer during the Scranton Saint Patrick’s Day event.
Representatives of the Ancient Order of the Hibernians, Lackawanna County Divisions, march in the St. Patrick’s parade in Scranton.
A person in a lion costume marches with Pennsylvania Lions District 14-H during the 2017 Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, in celebration of the service organization’s 100th anniversary.
Two people watch the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade from upper-story windows in the Jermyn Apartments building.
As people begin to fill The Marketplace at Steamtown before the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, Max Srebro, of Dickson City, passes the time by plucking on a banjo downstairs at the Revello’s Pizza seating area.
A little pooch rides in the 2017 Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade, representing Therapy Dogs International NEPA Chapter 254.
