The crowd starts to gather along the parade route in Downtown for Pittsburghs annual St. Patricks Day Parade on Saturday, Mar. 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Alison D’Addieco, left, and Jeanne Hartig of Carlow University help mascot Sam D’Addieco put on his costume before the start of Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Svea Johanson, 5, left, of Venetia and Siobhan Wadhwa, 4 of Squirrel Hill are keeping warm with a blanket prior to the start of the Pittsburghs annual St. Patricks Day Parade on Saturday, Mar. 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Allegheny County Police pipe and drum band starts Pittsburgh’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday morning, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Bishop David Zubik waves to the crowd while walking in the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day parade along the Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh firefighters march in the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day parade along the Boulevard of the Allies in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)The Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance members perform in the middle of the Boulevard of the Allies during the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day parade in Downtown Pittsburgh Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Pam Panchak/Post-Gazette)Shelley Sullivan, 36, of Erie, celebrates her birthday with her friend Brooke McKissock, 39, by attending the Pittsburgh annual St. Patricks Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Paradegoers watch Pittsburghs annual St. Patricks Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Members of Shovlin Academy of Irish Dance perform a traditional Irish folk dance at the Pittsburgh annual St. Patricks Day Parade Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)Kyle Niemiec, 24, of Somerset, celebrates with a dance at the Pittsburgh annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 11, 2017. (Lake Fong/Post-Gazette)
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