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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students
and seniors, and $6 for kids aged 10 & under.<span>  </span>Online tickets are available online at <a href="https://sober17.brownpapertickets.com" target="_blank">https://sober17.<wbr>brownpapertickets.com</a>
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10, 2018<span></span></span></b></p>

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immediate release<span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact:
Jack Kilroy at <a href="mailto:sober17th@gmail.com">sober17th@gmail.com</a> or 440-759-1253</span></b><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Irish Singer James Kilbane headlines St. Patrick’s Day party
in Avon Lake</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span></span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A <u>sober St. Patrick’s Day party</u>,
sponsored by Sober Seventeenth, Inc., returns to Avon Lake’s elegant Ahern’s
Banquet Center to offer a family friendly, rip-roaring good time from 5pm to
8pm on Saturday, March 17th, 2018 for the fifth consecutive year in the Greater
Cleveland area.  </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"> </span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It's a new
party, a new way that has emerged as one of the biggest and best St. Patrick's
Day celebrations in Northeast Ohio.<span>  </span>The
Sober Seventeenth St. Patrick's Day Party has no alcohol but it offers an
abundance of enjoyment through authentic Irish culture. The event offers:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span>●<span style="font:normal normal normal normal 7pt "Times New Roman"">     </span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Back by popular demand and directly
from Ireland is James Kilbane, noted for the 2005 “You’re a Star” televised
competition, who has gone on to achieve multi-platinum sales of his recordings
and become County Mayo’s number one singer.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span></span></span></p>

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international favorites for every taste and appetite including: Corned beef,
Swedish meatballs, Italian sausage, cheese crackers and veggies, fresh fruit
display, chicken lollipop (gluten free), mini hamburgers, pasta marinara and
pasta Mediterranean, tea, coffee and soft drinks.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">The award-winning Burke School of Irish
Dance will showcase authentic Irish culture through the performance of young
Irish step dancers, always a crowd favorite.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span></span></span></p>

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</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Fun for kids, including a high-energy
performance of amazing feats by the St. Ignatius Circus and a St. Patrick’s Day
theme coloring contest with prized donated by Pat Catan's</span><span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">"It's all fun," explained Jack Kilroy, President
of the nonprofit Sober Seventeenth, Inc.<span> 
</span>"But seriously, we help people in recovery prevent relapse, we
provide a counterpoint to the pervasive drunken Irish stereotype and we give families
a chance to show their children authentic Irish culture away from the sea of
alcohol that has flooded the day meant to honor the patron saint of
Ireland."<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Admission includes food and great entertainment.<span>  </span>Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students
and seniors, and $6 for kids aged 10 & under.<span>  </span>Online tickets are available online at <a href="https://sober17.brownpapertickets.com">https://sober17.brownpapertickets.com</a>
and paper tickets are available at Casey’s Irish Imports in Rocky River, Ohio.<span></span></span></p>

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Jack Kilroy at <a href="mailto:sober17th@gmail.com">sober17th@gmail.com</a> or 440-759-1253<span></span></span></b></p>





<br></div>-- <br><div class="m_6404034832205750910gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jack Kilroy </div><div>Tel. <a href="tel:(440)%20759-1253" value="+14407591253" target="_blank">440-759-1253</a></div><div><br></div><div><font face="Lato, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:15.5555562973022px;line-height:20px"><i><span style="background-color:rgb(242,244,245)"> </span>People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.</i></span></font></div><div><font face="Lato, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#333333"><span style="font-size:15.5555562973022px;line-height:20px">  (George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer)</span></font></div>
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