With Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade and Road Race canceled for second straight year, businesses face a difficult season
Updated Jan 09, 2021;
Posted Jan 09, 2021
Members of the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band perform at the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke s coronation ball at the Log Cabin on Feb. 15, 2020. (Frederick Gore Photo)
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HOLYOKE The economic jolt businesses see from the annual St. Patrick’s celebrations begins long before hundreds of thousands of people descend on the Paper City for the parade and road race in mid-March.
During St. Patrick’s season, the Log Cabin becomes a second home for the parade committee, which hosts a series of elegant events that attract local, state and national dignitaries. Each year the banquet and meeting facility is the site of the Grand Marshal’s Reception in January, followed by the Grand Colleen Coronation Ball in February.