2018 King and Queen Brian and Kate Johnson to be introduced<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2018 Poster Contest winners to be announced<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n January 24, 2018<\/span> (Allentown, PA) The Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade Committee, Inc. announced today the details regarding the 16th<\/sup> Annual Fundraising Event to be held at Christopher\u2019s at the Columbian Home on Sunday, February 18, 2018 from 3 pm to 6 pm.<\/span>\u00a0 The Fundraiser kicks off \u201cParade Season\u201d in Allentown\u2019s West End culminating in the 61st<\/sup> Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade being held March 18, 2018 at 1:30 pm.<\/span>\u00a0 Christopher\u2019s at the Columbian Home is located at 1519 Greenleaf Street, Allentown, PA<\/a>.\u00a0 Proceeds will benefit the Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade.<\/p>\n The 16th Annual Parade Fundraising event will feature the formal introduction of the 2018 King and Queen of the Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade, Brian and Kate Johnson.\u00a0 The Johnsons have been married since 1984 and have deep Allentown roots with members of Kate\u2019s family serving as Parade King and Queens in 1980 and 2005 and Brian\u2019s sister and brother-in-law in 1982.\u00a0 Brian is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, and Kate is an admissions manager with Lehigh Valley Hospital Rehabilitation Center. They have four children, Brandon, Sarah, Matthew and Emily, and their grandson James.<\/p>\n In addition to the King and Queen Introduction, Angela Faidley, Poster Contest Chair and John Chaya, President of the Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade Committee, Inc., will announce the 2018 Poster Contest winners.\u00a0 The Poster contest was open to all children in grades 1st<\/sup> through 8th<\/sup> throughout the Allentown Diocese as well as public school students in the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n Christopher\u2019s at the Columbian Home will host the fundraising event from 3 pm to 6 pm<\/span> on Sunday, February 18, 2018<\/span>.\u00a0 Doors are open to the public and tickets are $10 per person in advance and $12 at the door.\u00a0 Children under 12 are free.\u00a0 Tickets include select beers and soda with admission and door prizes.\u00a0 Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.allentownstpatricksparade.com<\/a>. Music by DJ John Harvey, raffles and the purchase of shamrocks for a $1 will also be a part of the event\u2019s activities.\u00a0 All guests are asked to bring a nonperishable food item to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 Ticket and raffle proceeds will benefit the Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade.<\/p>\n The Fundraising event is the kick off for all the 2018 Parade festivities, with the next event following on March 10<\/span>, the annual West End Pub Crawl featuring seven sponsoring pubs, followed by the Coronation of the 2018 King on March 16<\/span>, Irish Cultural Community Day being held March 17<\/span> at the Allentown Fairgrounds and the 61st<\/sup> Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade on March 18<\/span>.<\/p>\n For information on the 2018 Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade contact Jennifer Eck at 610.462.3730<\/a> or email Jennifer.m.eck@gmail.com.\u00a0 For details on all Parade activities or to purchase individual event tickets go to www.allentownstpatricksparade.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n About the Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n The first known St. Patrick\u2019s Parade was held in Allentown in the late 1860\u2019s.\u00a0 Over a century later, in 1955, what we know as the modern day Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade was organized by business and political leaders through the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Observance Society.\u00a0 The Parade ran from 12th<\/sup> and Hamilton Streets to the Immaculate Conception Church on Ridge Avenue.\u00a0 The Parade will celebrate its 61st<\/sup> Anniversary on March 18, 2018<\/span> departing from the Allentown Fairgrounds at 1:30 pm<\/span>, and for the third year the Presenting Sponsor will be GIANT Food Stores.\u00a0 For more information or to participate in the 2018 Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade go to www.allentownstpatricksparade.com<\/a>.\u00a0 Registration to participate in the 2018 Parade is open and can be done by completing the online registration form at www.allentownstpatricksparade.com<\/a> through February 15, 2018<\/span>.\u00a0 The Allentown St. Patrick\u2019s Parade reserves the right to approve all registration submissions.<\/p>\n Information provided to TVL by: <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nJennifer M. Eck
\nJennifer Eck, LLC<\/p>\n
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