20170312 - MCH St. Pat Parade (hrb)

All dressed up and ready to go, Holt Kepes, 20 from Ringwood, waits for the start of the St. Patrick's Day parade at McHenry East on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. Kepes was riding his bike with The Bike Haven during the parade. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald

The St. Patrick's Day parade makes it's way down Green Street on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald

Feeling the Irish in him, Cooper Olszewski, 7 from Lake in the Hills, keeps his eye out for candy as he waits along Green Street during the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald

Dancers from the Rebecca McCarthy School of Dance perform in the gazebo at Veterans Park after the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald

Shawn McDonald, from West Dundee, plays the bagpipe with the McDonald Family Pipe and Drum Band Plus One during the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald

Logan Beyer, center, 6 from McHenry, watches dancers perform at Veteran's Park with his mother Elizabeth and sisters Reagan and Morgan after the St. Patrick's Day parade on Sunday, March 12, 2017 in McHenry. The Beyer family was in the parade with St. Patrick's church. John Konstantaras photo for the Northwest Herald