Hundreds lined up at 10:30 a.m. on 4th Street to watch the parade as floats filled with crews flinging beads to the crowds sailed by. High school bands, animal shelter staffers and St. Fabian churchgoers were among those represented in the parade.

Prior to the festival, a 5K Run/Walk took place March 18 at the Southern Miss Gateway of the Longleaf Trace. On March 19, a Celtic mass at St. Thomas began at 4 p.m., and the festival ran from 5-10 p.m.

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