The Dunedin bagpipers wear shirts honoring the late Billy O’Connor in the parade.
The Anna Maria Garden Club should get the award for most beautiful parade disply, complete with a golf cart of fresh flowers and club members passing fresh carnations to paradeviewers.
AME second-grade friends Ava Harlan and Gabriella Gilbert share candy found at the end of the rainbow on Lux Carts.
The Anna Maria Island Privateers celebrate the Irish in everyone.
Sand-N-Suds Coin Laundry’s entry made some giant bubbles along the parade route, much to the delight of children and adults, alike.
St. Patrick (David) O’Connor prepares to lead the March 13 parade from Eat Here at 56th Street and Marina Drive to the culmination at 78th Street in Holmes Beach. He is joined by restaurant works and the Beach Bistro bartender, Fred O’Sullivan.
A tribute elephant decorated with lucky four leaf clover garlands, co-sponsored with the Beach Bistro by The Islander newspaper, honored Judy the Elephant, a parade favorite who died this past year.
The youngest marching band in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade steps off from Electa Lee Middle School.
Furry Irish friends in golf carts peppered the parade.
And the Desoto Conquistadors followed on the route, handing out beads.
Islander Photos: Sandy Ambrogi, Karen Riley-Love and Bonner Joy