1:35 PM: The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is just wrapping up downtown – and the three local school bands that marched in it turned out to be the only school bands in the parade. First, Chief Sealth International High School:
(Added: Video)
Then Denny International Middle School:
(Added: Video)
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One more West Seattle sight – the Seattle Police Mounted Patrol, which is based next to Westcrest Park in Highland Park:
From Highland Park, the @SeattlePD Mounted Patrol pic.twitter.com/Ab49Wy20rz
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) March 12, 2016
The parade began with sights and sounds best known for summertime parades, the SPD Motorcycle Drill Team …
… and the Seafair Pirates, whose first two cannon blasts are on our short Twitter video:
And two cannon blasts from the @SeafairPirates !! pic.twitter.com/MfFgDRR4YW
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) March 12, 2016
This year’s Grand Marshal was SPD Chief Kathleen O’Toole.
(Added above: Photo with, from left, Chief O’Toole, husband Dan, local journalist Casey McNerthney, and retiring Congressmember Jim McDermott.)
5:35 PM: Updated with video of all three marching bands. Yet to come: Photos to replace the early ones we added from our as-it-happened tweeting.
9:22 PM: Photos added, as well as substituted for the bands’ Twitter images that we had originally included.
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