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For the second time, Dublin, Ohioearned the International Festivals&EventsAssociation (IFEA)
“WorldFestival andEvent
City”award
. Thisdesignationputs theCity in the international spotlight as adesirabledestination.
Anestimated
27,000guests
watchedasGrandLeprechaunMichael Blackwell ledDublin’s“Greenest, Grandest Parade”– the
St.Patrick’sDayParade
– through the streetsonSaturday,March15. Blackwellwas the rst to rideon thenewGrand
Leprechaun oat, oneof 108paradeunits. Aparade spectator toldTheColumbusDispatch, “For us, thisday is about family
andcommunityand thisparadehere inDublincaptures that better thananything.”
GrandMarshal JanRozanski led theday-long
IndependenceDay
festivities inDublinonFriday, July4. From theparade to
the reworks, steadycrowds celebratedour nation’s freedomwith friends and family. DublinSciotoHighSchool graduate,
LeahPhillipp, sang thenational anthem. The legendaryband
Earth,WindandFire
packedCo manHighSchool for the
IndependenceDayeveningcelebration.
The
“LargestThree-Day IrishFestivalonthePlanet”
expanded its footprint from29 to38acres inCo manPark. Anew
bridgewasdedicated inhonorof theFestival Foundersanda record-breaking13,000guestsentered thegatesonSundaybefore
11:00a.m. Inexchange for freeadmission, theseearlybirdsdonatednearly8.7 tonsof foodandmore than$10,000 to theDublin
FoodPantry.The rst-everBlackFriday ticket salespromotiongeneratedmore than$5,500 innew, non-weatherdependent
revenue.More than$114,000was returned tocommunityorganizations through theSharin’O’theGreenprogram.Volunteers
numberedmore than1,300under the inspired leadershipof 2015HonoraryChairBrianFerrierofGiant Eagle.
Anestimated7,000guests attended the
2014HalloweenSpooktacular
onThursday, October 14. JoeandBethStarrett
were selectedKingandQueenofHalloweenand ledaparadeof costumedcharacters fromFrozenaswell as superheroes.
Theever-popularTrunkorTreatTrail featured33participatingorganizations and small businesses.
