St. James Celebrates St. Patrick's Day Parade - Saturday, March 14

St. Patrick’s Day Parade Saturday- March 14, 2015 - 1pm

2015  Grand Marshals, Princesses & Princes For the 31th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade In St. James

Grand Marshals - The Caliguri Family

The St. James Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that The Caliguri Family has been named the Grand Marshalls, of the 31^th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in St. James.

Caligiuri’s Restaurant first opened in 1956 on the corner of 347 and rt. 111. Opened by our grandfather who came from Italy in the 1930’s. After it sold in 1971, we bounced around a while; my dad had about 5 other pizza restaurants but finally settled in St. James in 1977. My parents Jean and Amedeo Caligiuri bought patio pizza, and with the help of their children Laura, Guy, Teddy, and Dawn, became the Patio Pizza of today. Probably only a handful of businesses have been around St. James as long. I don’t think any have seen a wider variety of people either.

We love St. James! We love sharing stories with customers or welcoming new ones who have just moved in. I feel like we are in the fabric of the town, we have been touched by so many lives, shared memories, and really have enjoyed serving the people of this town. Happy St. Patty’s Day!

Make sure to stop by Patty-O-Pizza for a fresh slice!

Kerry Maher, the Director of the Parade and a Board Member of the St. James Chamber of Commerce, The Caliguri Family is a well deserved family to receive this honor on behalf of the Chamber and his community!!

“On behalf of the St. James Chamber of Commerce and our great Community of St. James, we want to give you the honor in our parade to say THANK YOU for all your time and service” Congratulations on being chosen for our 31^h Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in St. James Grand Marshalls.

“With my diligent parade staff that has worked very hard to kick off this year’s planning for the parade, it will be a great turn out!! Participating this year we have local businesses, clubs, organizations, bands!

St. Patrick’s Day Parade the Parade Route:

We kick off our shamrocks at 1:00pm starting at the Smithtown High School East Parking lot next to the Track on Woodlawn Avenue. We traveled down Woodlawn Avenue to Lake Avenue to make a left onto Lake Avenue…following all the way down to the St. James  Gazeobo right by the St. James Railroad Station. That’s where our Grand Marshalls and our Princes & Princesses will watch the parade from the review stand.

We hope you can attend the best and biggest parade around!!!

 Princesses

Emma Campbell - Emma Campbell is 5 years old and is very excited to be starting Kindergarten in the fall at St. James Elementary. She’ll be joining her big sister, Katie who is in the 2nd grade. Emma resides in St. James with her mom, dad, big sis Katie and puppy, Molly. She enjoys dancing at Chorus Line and is honing her swim skills at Saf-T-Swim.

 Victoria Dawson is 6 years old and in kindergarten at Mills Pond Elementary. Her older sisters, Cassandra & Shannon, along with mom and dad are very proud of her accomplishments and ambition. Victoria is currently involved in soccer with the Smithtown Kickers, basketball and St. Patrick’s, gymnastics at Apex and a Girl Scout Daisy. She loves being active, part of a team, playing with friends, and always willing to lend a helping hand. We love you Victoria!

Sarah Emily Feeney is a 5-year-old princess. A St. James resident since birth. Her Nana, Bridget, was born and raised in Co. Donegal Ireland, where her family still resides in Ballyliffin. Her papa’s family is from Co Roscommon. She has an older brother, Brayden (9), her older sister Katelyn (7), and a younger sister Brianna (2). Sarah wishes to follow in the footsteps of her older sister and feels privileged to represent St. James as an Irish princess on the St. Patrick’s Day parade this March 14^th.

Isabella Jones, who was born here in St. James, just turned 7 years old and is a top student at Saint James Elementary. She is very active at school and the neighborhood. She had been a member of the Smithtown Kickers Soccer League for 3 years now and even plays through the winter. Besides the normal things young ladies enjoy she is excellent at computers and her new hobby of making movies. She also competitively plays her favorite online game of Minecraft with her teenage sisters and their friends.

Olivia Lane- is a fun, outgoing 3 year old that loves her baby sister Gia . Olivia loves playing with play doh and watching play doh eggs on her iPad . Olivia loves singing and dancing to Taylor swift and Katy perry. Olivia attends St. James Lutheran pre school .

Josephine Loughlin, 5 years old, attends Kindergarten at Saint James Elementary School.  She likes gymnastics and her dance classes. She enjoys to color and draw pictures, and loves her puppy Tinker Bell. Every year Josephine watches the St. James parade and is so thankful to be chosen as Princess

Princes - 

Carmine Abbate is 9 years old and a third grader at Mills Pond Elementary School.  He has been training in martial arts for the past 3 years and enjoys learning new self defense techniques and skills at karate class. Carmine is a Bear Cub Scout in Pack 228. His favorite scouting activity is the Pinewood Derby and he enjoys designing and racing his car each year.  He loves spending time with his family and playing with his two rambunctious dogs. Carmine’s biggest dream is to one day become a video game maker. 

Oliver Augier is 6 years old. He enjoys participating in sports, learning new things and spending time with his friends and family.

Braden McCormick is 8 years old but will be 9 on St. Patricke’s day! He loves flag football, basketball and baseball, is an excellent student at Mills Pond Elementary School, a great son and little brother. He is always lucky and always smiling.

Sonny Smith is 6 years old. He loves playing soccer, baseball, and basketball! He has one brother, Rocco, and my dog Olive! In the summer I love to go to the beach and out on the boat.