[NEohioPAL] Sober Seventeenth reclaims the day with top Irish culture and entertainment

[Jack Kilroy via NEohioPAL]

Sober Seventeenth reclaims the day with top Irish culture and entertainment

Contact: Jack Kilroy at 440-759-1253 or sober17th at gmail.com

A sober St. Patrick’s Day party, sponsored by Sober Seventeenth, Inc.,
returns to Avon Lake’s Ahern’s Banquet Center to offer a family friendly,
rip-roaring good time from 5pm to 8pm on Friday, March 17th, 2017 for the
fourth consecutive year in the Greater Cleveland area.


*Tickets are on sale now at http://sober17.brownpapertickets.org/
<http://sober17.brownpapertickets.org/>*


Noted civic leader William Denihan, Executive Director of the Alcohol, Drug
Addiction, and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County has attended
each of the three previous events and described the celebration as “A new
party, a new way,” Denihan added, “Sober Seventeenth breaks the binge
drinking stereotype by offering the best of Irish culture and entertainment
in a family friendly and alcohol free setting.”

Sober Seventeenth President Jack Kilroy, a local attorney, said that many
friends, upon hearing of his plans for a sober St. Patrick’s event, asked,
“have ye gone mad?”  But the first two sober St. Patrick’s Day parties,
Kilroy said, “were sold out successes and, unfortunately, we had to turn
people away.”  He added, “People came early, stayed late, and left
smiling.”

“The liquor industry hijacked a day that started in Ireland as a religious
feast and, what developed with the early parades in America, as a
repudiation of anti-Irish bigotry.  They turned it into an excuse of binge
drinking, which only brings back anti-Irish stereotypes.  We’re taking it
back and reclaiming the day for families and our Irish culture.

“It’s a great day for families and we offer a chance for parents to expose
their kids to Irish culture in a safe and enriching setting. Those in
recovery or who just don’t want to be around binge drinking are no longer
doomed to sit at home as we offer a great alcohol-free party.  Anyone who
wants to experience Irish music, dance, and culture in a fun affordable
setting is welcome at the Sober 17th St. Patrick’s day party," Kilroy added.

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The Northern Ohio event is sponsored by Sober Seventeenth, Inc., a
nonprofit corporation with support from the Lorain County Alcohol and Drug
Addiction Services (LCADA) and the Cuyahoga County ADAMHS Board.

Tickets are $20 per person, $15 for seniors and students, and $6 for
children 10 & under. Admission includes food, entertainment and free
parking. Tickets are available for purchase at www.sober17.org

The entertainment is headlined by The James Kilbane Band, featuring award
winning singer-guitarist and multi-platinum recording artist James Kilbane,
direct from Ireland backed up by bass, fiddle, and drums.  James Kilbane is
a versatile and energetic performer who will present an array of old Irish
favorites and lively popular Irish music for all ages.


The St. Ignatius Circus will highlight special programing for kids. The
award-winning Brady-Campbell School of Irish Dance will demonstrate the art
of traditional Irish dance.

http://sober17.brownpapertickets.org/
-- 
Jack Kilroy
Tel. 440-759-1253

* People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing
it.*
  (George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer)

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