Sean Harbison Jr. and his aunt Gina Hiller.
They were very nearly spilling out onto St. Vincent Street on Sunday afternoon as a fund-raising party for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade attracted a huge crowd to the Mayfair Community Center in the Northeast.
This year’s grand marshal Seamus Boyle, national president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, held court as his hard-working brothers and sisters at the Philadelphia County Board and AOH and LAOH Division 39 kept the whole thing rolling.
Guests were well-fed and watered (or beered, depending on how you look at these things), and the stage was occupied by a hard-charging band. The party also featured the toe-tapping girls of the Celtic Flame Irish dance school.
A few nights later, at the great little pub at 17th and the Parkway, Con Murphy’s, yet another fund-raising party took place. Guests noshed on hors d’oeuvres, chatted with friends and clapped to the music of Slainte.
Yes, folks, the St. Patrick’s craziness is starting in style.
