St Croix St Patricks Day Parade

i hope i remember i forgot about last weeks parade

Reminder to all.................come on out on Saturday

Oh, I'll be there alright.

Broke my tailbone last year.... Gotta see if I can one up it this year around.... 😉

next year hopefully I'll be in the parade with a few rescue horses, this year was just too chaotic to get registered.

Don't forget!!!!!!!!!!!!! it will be on Saturday

Y'all have fun and raise some $$ for the animals!:D

Its here.......................cruise ship on islands. lots of people, great local vendors selling patters, corn beef and cabbage, lots of specials at local restaurants and shops, ...............FOR A GOOD CAUSE, 100% of ....................ALL profits donated to annual non profit selected to benefit from the event(last year $3500 donated to Roseway to insure St Croix public and private students can spend a day learning sailing with first hand experience on the Roseway)

Hard work by a 100% volunteer committee

Come out and enjoy................................buy Tshirts(coozies with attached can opener) and refreshments at committee tent located on Church Street

Lacking this year.............donations by business. last year we received $2500, this year ONE check for $500

WE NEED DONATIONS, cost to operate the parade almost $5,000, and with projected profits from committee tent, we are projected to barely break even............................ANY AMOUNT OF DONATION MADE CAN BE SENT TO ST PATRICKS DAY COMMITTEE, ANY $25 DONATION WILL RECEIVE STX ST PATRICKS DAY COMMITTEE TSHIRT OR COOZIE.

SEE YOU ALL............................

(tu) have fun and I hope you raise lots of $$$$ 😎

Was great but why were the venders taking up prime viewing spots by setting up business along the parade route instead of the side streets

I agree speedy

We had a great time. I was surprised to see a drone flying above the parade and filming, bet they captured some great shots from above!

Re: the vendor locations. Hot oil on unsturdy tables with little kids and big drunks running around them on the crowded, unevenly staired sidewalks scared the pants off of me. Lawsuit waiting to happen.

I have to wonder where the health inspectors are during events like this. I bought a burger and a hot dog at the vendor between Brew Pub and the Yachtless Club. Both were served pretty raw and I felt lucky not to have gotten food poisoning. Other than that, it was a great day.

I have to wonder where the health inspectors are during events like this. I bought a burger and a hot dog at the vendor between Brew Pub and the Yachtless Club. Both were served pretty raw and I felt lucky not to have gotten food poisoning. Other than that, it was a great day.

Just an FYI, salmonella is quite rare and eating "raw" is not bad for you AT ALL, in fact it's often much more nutritious.

I spend a lot of time online and have found the joy of self education, nutrition is one of my focus points (as I struggle to bring it out of hte realm of purely intellectual pursuit to something I act on) and "raw" diets are fascinating to me, and from what I've found, very very healthy.

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anyway, don't be afraid of food that is cooked less 😉

I get that but this is ground beef that's sitting out in the sun basically un-refrigerated, then under-cooked.

Why even take the chance?

Besides the bacteria multiplying in the ground beef, you also have to contend with the dirty, money handling hands! Yuck.

Besides the bacteria multiplying in the ground beef, you also have to contend with the dirty, money handling hands! Yuck.

Yes. It's not the beef itself, it's everything happening to it from cow to plate in those circumstances.

And ground beef doesn't only possibly carry salmonella, it also can carry e.coli, which is much, much worse. It also can be full of antibiotics and hormones and rinsed with ammonia and so on, if you are concerned about those sorts of things. If you know your butcher and your meat source I see the risks as greatly reduced, as LF says, but not knowing that information, I am choosy about where and how I eat meat!

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I also would be very interested in knowing where that MCT oil gets its palm oil, LF. Most palm oil is very unsustainably harvested and destroys critical habitat for orangutans and other wildlife in Indonesia.

I also don't understand people in the USVI that purchase imported coconut oil and coconut water products when it is cheap, fresh, and readily available to harvest water and make your own coconut oil and milk. It is one of the biggest things I miss about St. Croix!

And don't forget the listeria that you can get from raw hotdogs!

I doubt I could have gotten anything like that, with amount of booze I dumped in me. What a day. Lost Dog won best float, participation and overall.

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I also would be very interested in knowing where that MCT oil gets its palm oil, LF. Most palm oil is very unsustainably harvested and destroys critical habitat for orangutans and other wildlife in Indonesia.

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Thanks to all for the feedback on the parade.

We are having our last meeting in the next few days, and will review the vendor setup and other comments in our control as a committee of 6 volunteers.

Important to tell all, all vendors are pre-approved with a valid license and health card if serving food. Any vendor that does not have those two items when applying as a vendor, are not approved by the committee.

Several no approved vendors arrived to set up and were asked to leave, otherwise the police would be notified. A few of those vendors went on private property which does not fall under the committee's permit.

Licensing was out verifying licenses and health cards. I am aware of 5 $100 fines issued to vendors who had individuals handling food without a health card, or with a health card expired ----one within 3 days, who was still issued a $100 fine. All individuals with health card are aware of standards for cooking and handling of food. Like some restaurants, patrons pick and choose, The majority of the St Patricks Day vendors were the regulars at Jump Up, boat parade , etc.....

The vendor feedback is important to the committee, ie income from vendors generates half of the funds to operate the parade. Most were in same spots they were in for years. Handling the vendors, I tried to keep all vendors from blocking the sidewalks.......to allow parade goers the opportunity to walk back and forth off the street. Generally, this worked.

Next year we are planning a family section and hope to do other new ideas for our parade attendees to make it better for them.

We encourage all to let us know of ideas, recommendation for 2015 grand marshall and why(ie one year I nominated a friend of mine for fan of the year for a football team, a fan who had season tickets for over 30 years, maybe missed 5 games over the 30 years, married his 3 wife at the stadium before and on the day of the game........HE RECEIVED THE AWARD). My point is, we must have someone out there who has attended and even now might not leave on St Croix, but travels and plans visits to St Croix just for the parade.

thanks for listening about the vendor set up.

We could not believe they let the vendors set up on the main parade route!
That's what the side streets are for! Dangerous, taking up great viewing spots, ridiculous!

My first thought was, super soaker squirt guns and HOT OIL don't mix....

Thanks for taking this into consideration!