The Glen Cove St. Patrick's Day Parade
Celebrating Irish Culture on the North Shore
We marched proudly behind Grand Marshal Danny Lane in our 25th Annual Parade.
The Presentation of Sashes to our Parade Grand Marshal for the 2014 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, John O’Connell, and his Aides, will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2013 at 7pm at St. Rocco’s Parish Hall, located at 18 3rd Street, Glen Cove, NY, followed by a real Irish “hooley”.
We had the idea of having a “hooley” last year, and it was a wonderful time. It’s like an old fashioned Irish house party, very informal and a lot of fun. We are asking everybody to bring your own food, bring your own beverages, AND to bring your own entertainment!” (and also to bring $20 for the parade).
Music breaking out at a hooley!
The “Hooley” is a fun word for the very lively, informal type of house party Irish people enjoy. It’s a tradition that dates back in Ireland and Irish America to the days before recorded entertainment, before radio and TV. It still lingers among people who understand how much fun it can be for friends and family to entertain each other.
The party centers around the idea of the “party piece”. A lot of people come to the party prepared with at least one party piece of entertainment – a song or a tune on an instrument, a stepdance, a poem, a recitation, or a joke or story to tell – for the enjoyment of everyone at the party.
Anyone can take a turn, or join in with someone else, or just listen. It’s a great way to get to know your friends and neighbors.
A hooley might break out spontaneously anytime friends are gathered at a neighbor’s house, usually in the kitchen, where everyone can share the food and drink brought along by the guests.
Ann Margaret Kelly is a 3rd generation Irish lass born and raised in Bellerose, New York to Thomas Kelly and Catherine Lydon Kelly, who were the proud parents of 9 children: Mark, Tommy, Joanie, Cathy, Kevin, Ann, Timothy, Maureen and Michael. She is proud to have 23 nieces and nephews and 6 great nieces and nephews. Ann’s proudest accomplishment is raising her beautiful daughter, Katelyn, who works as an Oncology Nurse @ Weil Cornell Medical Center.
Her paternal grandparents, John and Winifred Kelly arrived in New York from County Galway, settled in St. Anthony’s parish in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and had 5 children. Ann’s Mom, Catherine Lydon Kelly and her brother John were children of John and Bridget Lydon of Tourmakeady, County Mayo. They settled in St. Cecelia’s parish in Greenpoint. Bridget’s husband died when Catherine was 3; Bridgie aka “Nana” raised her two children as a single mother and gave many of the Lydon Clan “a start” in NY.
Ann went to St. Gregory the Great School, followed by Bishop Reilly High School and obtained her BSN from Hunter College. During her Nursing career, while living in Stuyvesant Town, Manhattan, she worked at Mother Cabrini, Bellevue Emergency ICU, NYU, St. Vincent’s CCU, and Beth Israel Heart Failure Clinic. From there she began her work in Clinical Research and Drug Development for Squibb, now, Bristol Myers-Squibb. She is happy to work toward a cure for many diseases, monitoring drug protocols prior to FDA approval.
She has been a parishioner of St. Patrick’s Parish since she moved from Manhattan to Glen Cove in 1996. Ann is ready and willing to volunteer with church and community projects including a few events at St. Christopher SCO; Annual Golf Outing, Fashion Show and the Shepherds Ball.
Ann is proud to participate with the Ladies AOH, a passionate group of women that come together to raise money for worthy causes and do charitable work in the community. Ann is one of the founding members of the LAOH Division 8 of Glen Cove. She has held the office of Financial Secretary for several terms. She has had the privilege to serve as the Chairperson for the St. Patrick’s Dance, their biggest fund raiser. A few of the LAOH charities include all the local Catholic parishes, Wounded Warriors, DSAF, AHRC, Momma’s House, Diabetes Research Institute, SCO, LAOH Scholarship Fund and Jr Girls Softball.
Ann is honored to be chosen as Aide to the Grand Marshal, for the 26th Annual Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade and has the privilege to walk beside Grand Marshall John O’Connell, and Co-Aides Ryan Doherty, Mary Jo-Walsh, and Mike Byrne.
The Presentation of Sashes to our Parade Grand Marshal for the 2013 Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Danny Lane, and his Aides, Lisa Forgione, Bob and Pam Pazenbeck, and Joe McDonald, will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2013 at from 6pm to 7pm at St. Rocco’s Parish Hall, located at 18 3rd Street, Glen Cove, NY, followed by a “hooley” from 7pm to 11pm! (see below) Click here for an event flyer
We are doing something special this year: we are planning to replicate an old-fashioned Irish house party, called a “hooley” which is very informal and a lot of fun. We are asking everybody to “bring your own food, bring your own beverages, AND to bring your own entertainment!” (and also to bring $20 for the parade).
Music breaking out at a hooley!
“Hooley” is a fun word for a very lively, informal Irish house party. It’s a tradition that dates back in Ireland and Irish America to the days before recorded entertainment, before radio and TV. It still lingers among people who understand how much fun it can be for friends and family to entertain each other.The party centers around the idea of the “party piece”. A lot of people come to the party prepared with at least one party piece of entertainment – a song or a tune on an instrument, a stepdance, a poem, a recitation, or a joke or story to tell – for the enjoyment of everyone at the party.
Anyone can take a turn, or join in with someone else, or just listen. It’s a great way to get to know your friends and neighbors.
A hooley might break out spontaneously anytime friends are gathered at a neighbor’s house, usually in the kitchen, where everyone can share the food and drink brought along by the guests.
Newsday, Sunday March 17, 2013 6:46 PM By Frank Posillico
Photo credit: Frank Posillico Glen Cove parade Grand Marshal Daniel J. Lane, right, is joined by Grand Marshal Aide Lisa Forgione, left. Lane is being honored after a lifetime of work as an Irish activist. (March 17, 2013)
A parade procession and about 80 years were all that separated the grand marshal and honorary grand marshal at the 25th annual Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday.Grand Marshal Daniel J. Lane, 89, a lifelong advocate for Irish culture and awareness, led the parade, and Honorary Grand Marshal Nicholas Pedone, 7, who was diagnosed with cancer last fall, sat in the fire truck that brought up the rear.
Parade organizers said both marshals show what it means to have a fighting Irish spirit.
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“This community seems to amaze me every day,” said Josephine Pedone, Nicholas’ mother, adding that Nicholas is still in and out of hospitals for treatment. “We just roll with the punches and Nicholas’ smile on his face as he goes through this torturous journey in his life.”
Josephine Pedone, of Glen Cove, was surprised and happy to have her son, who is fighting neuroblastoma, a malignant tumor that forms in nerve tissue, serve as the honorary grand marshal in the parade because she hopes he brings more awareness of his disease. The Glen Cove Fire Department picked up Nicholas and his father toward the end of the parade route, and they rode in the fire truck for the remainder of the parade.
Joe McDonald, an aide to the grand marshal, said that naming Lane grand marshal was an honor long overdue. He has been a resident of the Glen Cove community for most of his life, has served on multiple town boards and committees and has always been active in his Irish culture. He was one of the first members of the Inis Fada Pipers’ Band.
He hails from Ballydesmond in County Cork, Ireland.
“We never have a shortage of someone to honor,” Joe McDonald, an aide to the grand marshal, said. “It’s a celebration of our Irish culture.”
McDonald, who has been working with the parade for the past seven years, said he feels honored to march alongside a man like Lane.
“It’s a thrill to walk down the street and hear the cheers of your friends and neighbors all celebrating your heritage,” Lane said. “It’s a celebration of Glen Cove. It’s a celebration of heritage and culture.”
It is our custom each year to honor a person as “Grand Marshal” of the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade, and one or more additional individuals as “Aides to the Grand Marshal:
1989 John F. Sweeney Postmaster, City of Glen Cove 1990 P.O. Stephen McDonald Hero Police Officer 1991 Hon. Denis Dillon District Attorney, Nassau Co. 1992 Sr. Janet A. Fitzgerald President, Molloy College 1993 Joseph V. Buckley Restaurateur 1994 Rep. Peter King Congressional Representative 1995 Jack Ryan President, SEIU Local 74 1996 William V. Whelan President, Emerald Society, FDNY 1997 Brian Fitzpatrick Councilman, City of Glen Cove 1998 Michael McCormick National Historian, AOH 1999 Jack Irwin Governor’s Assistant for Irish Affairs 2000 Hon. Thomas R. Suozzi Mayor, City of Glen Cove; Nassau County Executive 2001 Patrick J. Lynch President, NYC Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association 2002 Mary Gilroy-Doohan, M.D. Director, Emergency Services NSUH Glen Cove 2003 Tony Jackson Irish radio personality WRHU-FM Radio, Hofstra Univesity 2004 Mary Ann Holzkamp Mayor, City of Glen Cove 2005 James McCabe Hibernian Activist 2006 The "Fighting 69th" 2007 Jack McDougal Police Sergeant 2008 John W.C. Canning Attorney and Public Servant 2009 Robert P. Lynch Attorney and Teacher 2010 Thomas J. Lilly Attorney and Pro-Life Activist 2011 Andrew Stafford Former Parade Chairman 2012 Maureen Basdavanos Glen Cove Deputy Mayor 2013 Daniel J. Lane Irish Activist
Danny Lane 2013 Grand Marshal
Back in the forties and early fifties, if you lived in the Irish Metropolis, the myth prevailed that if you weren’t a Dubliner, then you just had to be a “Corkonian”! The reason for this was that one of our early Prime Ministers – Willie Cosgrove – happened to be a Corkman, and his county and political patronage was more than evident. But despite this advantage, and to our own good fortune, our Parade Grand Marshal Danny Lane chose to emigrate in 1949.
Daniel J. Lane was born in Ballydesmond, County Cork, the second youngest of a family of six, four brothers and one sister. Arriving in the United States in 1949 he settled down in Manhasset. In 1952 he married Sally Daly, a County Tyrone colleen. Together they raised four children: Dennis, Patricia, Sioban and Danny Joe. He is a very proud grandfather of six: Roxanne, Anthony, Stephen, Kevin, James and Caitlin.
County Cork is steeped in a tradition of great hurlers and footballers, but above all, it is known as the county of great national heroes and freedom fighters, who much eulogized in song and prose: men like O’Donovan Rossa, Terence McSweeney, Thomas McCurtain and many more. These patriots were all idols of Danny’s. He was imbued with their spirit of patriotism. This was coupled with the fact that his late wife Sally came from one of the partitioned counties of Ireland. As a result, whenever and wherever Ireland’s cause has needed a helping hand no one has come forward more quickly, more generously or with better heart than Danny Lane.
He served as Chairman for “Full Freedom for Ireland Committee in 1959 and 1960, he has been actively involved with Irish Northern Aid since 1969 and he has been a member of the American Irish Congress.
In 1960 Danny was elected President of Local 447 of the Utility Workers Union and remained President until June 1979 when he resigned to take up a managerial position with Citizens Water Company. He also served on the Board of Directors of Eastern Water Works for a three year term, serving New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Our Grand Marshal is an active member of the Irish American Society which is where many have come to know and love the true Danny. When the Society purchased its present Center building and needed help with renovations, Danny Lane gave unselfishly of his time and talent. He served on the Board of Directors for two terms. Anyone familiar with his service there would venture to say that if Danny were asked what his greatest pride in the Society was, he would say, “Oh, that we have the great Inis Fada Pipers’ Band” – which he joined in 1958 and performed with until 1983. His moments of triumph and joy were when he played and competed all over the United States with the band and the many trophies and championships they won over the years he was involved.
On March 17th 2013, while Danny leads the Hibernians and marchers in the Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade we know that his heart will be overflowing with pride and joy for all the Hibernians who have honored him this day, and we know that, deep in his heart, his thoughts and memories will dwell, as always, on his homeland. There will be a yearning, a hope and a dream that someday in the not too distant future, he can lead a parade through the streets of Derry, Belfast, Newry or Armagh and that the pipers will be playing “A Nation Once Again”.
Go n-éirí an bóthar leat Domnaill – May the Road Rise to Meet You, Danny!
2013 Aide to the Grand Mashal – Lisa Forgione
Lisa Bartley Forgione is one the 4th generation of Bartley’s born and raised in Glen Cove to Lewis (Buzzy) Bartley and Rosemary (Reilly). Elizabeth Mary (Lisa) is joined by her sisters, Rosemary Helena and Catherine Patricia (Cappa).
Lisa’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Reilly arrived in New York from County Cavan and was the greatest gardener ever. He was known for his stories of “horses so big you could walk under them” home in Ireland. Paternal grandmother Mary McGinn Bartley came from County Sligo – with a never ending brogue and her little Irish quotes that she kept in her heart.
Lisa is a past CPR Instructor, Brownie, Girl Scout, Girl Scout Leader, PTA and SEPTA member in North Shore School District, was President of the All Saints Home School Association, worked her way up to President of LAOH Division 8 – followed her Grandmother Betty Delaney Reilly’s footsteps as she too was President of Division 8…way back when – Glen Cove Parade committee member, and the Publicity Chair for Nassau County LAOH.
While Lisa was President, Division 8 installed 20 new members, helped organize three very successful St. Patrick’s Day dances, hosted St. Brigid’s Day celebrations and a Major Degree Ceremony for the County LAOH. She led the Division in its celebration of their tenth anniversary. They participated in the New York State Convention, organized the refreshments for the Blessing of the Creche at Village Square, are sponsors St Boniface’s Feast on The Beach.
Lisa proudly led the Ladies of the St. Dymphna, Division 8 as they exemplified their Motto of “Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity” by their participation, love and care for others. Under Lisa’s leadership they have adopted twin boys for the holidays, donated gift cards to Long Beach families hit hard by Super Storm Sandy, filled the shelves of St Patrick’s Food Pantry and volunteered to help wherever there was a need.
Lisa worked for SCO Family of Services Development office for nine years, organizing volunteers, events, Thanksgiving dinners, holiday visits, picnics and parties for the children who reside at the Robert J. McMahon home for Children in Sea Cliff. Currently she is at the front desk at the Madonna Heights facility for troubled teen girls, where she has reached out to hug many of them.
Lisa was married for 30 years to Jimmy Forgione who passed away on March 15, 2009. Together they have three children Darla, Joseph and Lewanna, and two grandsons, Robert and Vincent James. The family recently celebrated the marriage of Darla to Robert Rivera. Jimmy is always by their side to help them continue to breathe and take one day at a time…..
Lisa is “thrilled and honored to be chosen as an Aide for the 25th Glen Cove St. Patrick’s Day Parade and has the privilege to walk beside Grand Marshall Danny Lane – Co-Aides Pam and Bob Panzenbeck, and Joe McDonald.”
“St. Patrick’s Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter’s dreams into summer’s magic.” By Adrienne Cook
St. Patrick, St Brigid and St Dymphna, Pray for Us
2013 Aide to the Grand Marshal Joe McDonald
Life is full of chances and many times a chance meeting or event can be life changing.
That is what happened with 2013 Aide to the Grand Marshal Joe McDonald.
Back in 2002, a chance event allowed him to acquire the Mets Online Fan Forum, allowing him to break into the sports industry and as a byproduct, learn web designing and development. Two careers were spawned from that, as the former stockbroker became a professional sports writer and a web developer.
Then in 2007 a chance meeting with Glen Cove Hibernians led Joe to joining the Mike Moran Division eventually leading to an AOH tenure where he served as Division President, the first Online Editor of the Hibernian Digest, and in his current positions as National, New York State and Nassau County Webmaster.
Chance has always been part of Joe’s life. It started with his birth on March 28, 1970, he was put up for adoption at Our Lady of Victory Homes in Lackawanna, NY. Three months later, Joseph Benedict McDonald and Catherine Ann (nee Cleary) McDonald took a chance and adopted baby Eric, renamed him Joseph Gerard, and moved him to Bay Ridge Brooklyn.
Joe was raised in the Borough of Churches, graduating from Our Lady of Angels Grammar School in 1984, Xaverian High School in 1988 and then Fordham University four years later.
Joe took a chance in 2004, moving to Long Island from Brooklyn, looking for a change from city life.
Another chance was taken in 2010 when then National Editor Keith Carney in 2010 asked Joe to design the first Online Hibernian Digest in AOH history. Joe’s Division Presidency, from 2011 to 2012 saw not only the naming of the first-ever two National Life Members from Division 8, but also the naming of two Division members, he and John O’Connell, to the AOH National Board.
As National Webmaster, Joe built the first online national application, first online national division directory, the first national social media pages, and is overseeing the building of the new AOH member management system. He has also provided web design for a large number of other Irish organizations and businesses.
Being part of the AOH has allowed Joe to get in touch with his Irish roots. At the age of nine, he played his grandfather’s Irish button accordion and picked up that instrument again a few years ago. He has won prizes for his music at Feiseanna and also an award winning Irish soda bread, taking second place this past year at the Nassau County Feis.
The risk taking paid off for Joe, since he was able to build two businesses. As a sportswriter for the last nine years, Joe has worked for Fox Sports, ESPN, New York Sportscene, the Blueshirt Bulletin, Tennis Now Magazine, and his own company, Sportsday Publishing. He has, covered such high profile events as the MLB Playoffs, the World Series, the US Tennis Open, the US Golf Open, and the Stanley Cup.
Applying his web design expertise, Joe opened Damocles Designs Web Services and has a growing business in that industry.
The biggest chance effecting Joe’s life was taken by Elizabeth (Liz) Curtin, who married Joe and they have two children Joseph Patrick, age nine and four year-old Jamie Ann. They live in West Hempstead, NY – Liz’s hometown – and attend St. Thomas the Apostle Church.
Bob was born in the Bronx—the first son in a family of eight boys—to Bob and Eileen Panzenbeck. His maternal grandparents, Thomas J. Martin and Mary McGovern Martin were both natives of Couty Galway
Spending most of his childhood in Syosset, Bob attended Syosset public schools and St. Dominic’s High School. From there he attended the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
After a five year stint in management for UPS, Bob made a career change to insurance/financial planning in the early 1980s. Bob is currently a Principal in Robert J. Panzenbeck, LLC in Glen Cove.
Bob has been married to Pamela Donaldson Panzenbeck for 32 years and is the proud father of 3 adult children, Bobby, Billy, and Laura.
Bob and Pam have been active St. Patrick’s parishioners for over 30 years. Together they have been involved in the Baptism Preparation and Pre-Cana programs. Bob served as coordinator of the St. Pat’s CYO for 15 years and continues to referee on Saturday mornings. He also chaired the Parish Spring Fling for 10 years. He recently became a member of the Legion of Mary.
Bob has been a member of AOH Division 8 for almost 15 years.
