Our 17th annual party was held on September 15. We had another good weather day and a great time as usual. For the first time in many years, we didn’t have a parade, so the band members had a fairly-leisurely setup time earlier in the day.

We had our usual good food from the hot-dog cart and pretzel machine to the hot food buffet donated by Fogarty’s Restaurant in Bronxville. Thank you, John! Great music was provided again by Morning Star (Mary Courtney, Bernadette Fee, and John Whelan), and Jerry O'Sullivan accompanied them for a couple of sets on the Uillean Pipes.

We had a smaller crowd this year, but certainly no less fun. Thanks to all our band members, family, friends, and supporters. The basket raffle was a success again, with the band members making a competition of it to see who could come up with the best one. The jury is still out on the winner. They were all great!

Special thanks to Briann Dillon, daughter of piper Barney, who comes every year and handles our merchandise and 50/50 raffle sales and Chris Delaney who prepared the special Blackthorn Candy Bar raffle.

Click on the Photo Album link to see pictures of the event. Hope to see all the regulars again next year and, hopefully, some new faces.