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Framingham High Marching Band Invited to Holyoke's St. Patrick's Day Parade

Parade is Sunday, March 18 and is one of the 10 largest St. Patrick's Day parades in America.

The School marching band was invited to march in the Holyoke's St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 18.

This is their first year marching for the Flyers.

Holyoke welcomes around 300,000 spectators to its parade of some 20,000 participants, equivalent to half the city's population

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Interested in making the trek to Western Massachusetts to watch the 61st annual parade, here is a link with parade details: www.holyokestpatricksparade.com/content/2012-parade-line 

Parade starts at noon and route is 2.65 miles long. Spectators behind line up very, very early in the morning.

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Framingham High School's Marching Band competed in the finals M.I.C.C.A. Festival last fall.

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