{"id":3000,"date":"2019-03-15T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2019-03-15T09:48:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T14:48:24","slug":"top-10-reasons-to-march-with-the-barony-in-the-st-patricks-day-parade-tomorrow-3-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Reasons to March with the Barony in the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade Tomorrow (3\/16)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You can win the Skirmish of Grant Street in the Great Battle for Pittsburgh!<\/li><li>You don\u2019t actually have to walk\u2026 ride on the float and wave to the crowd!<\/li><li>Guys. Guys\u2026. We are between the Jimmy Buffet fan club, the Ghostbusters cosplayers, and the Derby Brats \u2013 under 17 Roller Derbyers\u2026 doesn\u2019t get much better than that.<\/li><li>Selfies with WWII veterans!<\/li><li>When the drunk folks shout a certain beer slogan at you and our whole float shouts back \u201cDILLY DILLY!!\u201d watch them\u2026 Lose. \u00a0Their. \u00a0Minds.<\/li><li>Blowing kisses to the toddlers, and their sweet little faces staring in awe.<\/li><li>The BALLISTA! Even better, watching the tipsy revelers freak out and duck when you swing it around to point at them!<\/li><li>No one will ever cheer louder for you when you win your battle than a drunk Pittsburgher.<\/li><li>Possible tipsy guest appearance by Svava\u2019s mom!<\/li><li>You don\u2019t want your Baroness to be guarded solely by mercenary scum*\u2026 do you\u2026?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BONUS<\/strong>! <em>Free pizza<\/em> and revelry afterwards at Bella Notte! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some Details<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Meet in the strip district at 20<sup>th<\/sup> and Liberty between 9 -9:30am <br>(There\u2019s actually quite a bit of parking in that area\u2026 There\u2019s a bunch at 21<sup>st<\/sup> and Smallman, and look around 18<sup>th<\/sup>-21<sup>st<\/sup> streets, Penn Ave, and the side streets, Liberty will be closed. You\u2019ll need to walk a couple blocks to the float)<\/li><li> Wear garb of course, but you can deck yourself out with green and shamrocks, too \u2013 we \u00a0encourage it!   <\/li><li> Very family friendly. Every kid that has come with us has enjoyed themselves \u2013 and sometimes people throw candy! <\/li><li>More details (and some rules) <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/debatablelands.org\/events\/2019-03-16%20St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day%20Parade%20and%20Demo.php\" target=\"_blank\">HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li>Facebook event is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2173090882944669\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE <\/a><\/li><li>Many thanks to Lord Yingerz, the organizer of this demo, to Lady Kit Fixis, and to Clovenshield for their strong support of this parade activity!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/BMDL-St-Pat-Float-5.png 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See you there!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*This list item approved by Clovenshield (Ying said I could say it!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can win the Skirmish of Grant Street in the Great Battle for Pittsburgh! You don\u2019t actually have to walk\u2026 ride on the float and wave to the crowd! Guys. Guys\u2026. We are between the Jimmy Buffet fan club, the Ghostbusters cosplayers, and the Derby Brats \u2013 under 17 Roller Derbyers\u2026 doesn\u2019t get much better &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/?p=3000\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top 10 Reasons to March with the Barony in the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade Tomorrow (3\/16)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[249,250,246,248],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demos","tag-ballista","tag-clovenshield","tag-parade","tag-st-patricks-day-parade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3003,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/3003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debatablelands.aethelmearc.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}