IN PICTURES: REVELERS SHAMROCK ‘N’ ROLL IN THE STREETS OF KCB FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY

One of the Keys’ smallest cities cranks festivities to the max to celebrate the luck of the Irish. On March 17, families lined the streets of Key Colony Beach for the KCB Community Association’s St. Patrick’s Day parade, clamoring for trinkets and candy from golf carts, convertibles, boats, trailers, cop cars and fire trucks. First responders, Middle Keys businesses, elected officials, musicians and diehard fans of green, gold and cold beer – plus some celebrity dogs – filled the parade lineup under chairman Larry Smoot.

Photos by ALEX RICKERT/Keys Weekly

Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.

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