This past Saturday was a day that I and the guys have looked forward to all year. It was the 17th Annual McKelvey St. Patrick’s Day Bash in Sewickley Pennsylvania. This was the third year that we provided the musical entertainment and fun does not begin to define the evening!

You see, seventeen years ago Dave and Melanie McKelvey started this tradition based on an annual event they did in college. The party would begin at 9am and go well into the night. I am told that for several years they and 60 of their closest friend would rent a school bus that would take them into downtown Pittsburgh where they would celebrate most of the day then return to Dave and Melanie’s to finish the night.

Well, somehow Dave found out about a U2 tribute band from Ohio and thought that the addition of his favorite band’s music would augment the day’s festivities…and a wonderful relationship began. The excitement and synergy at the parties are amazing…like a mini U2 concert, but with all the party goers wearing their favorite green apparel and hats. We are truly ”One” during our last set as the energy heightens through all the classic college tunes of Cheap Trick, The Cure, Cars, Kinks etc into the final stretch with “Streets”, “Pride”, “All I Want Is You/With Or Without You” and “I Will Follow”…WOW! We also kept the tradition of getting shut down by the police three years running now. But I’m not sure who called them because I think Dave’s whole neighborhood was at the party (there’s always that ONE “neighbor”)! 

Anyway, our spirits are definitely knit together with our McKelvey friends. Dave tells me that his St. Patrick’s Day bash is continuing to grow in notoriety throughout the greater Pittsburgh area so I won’t be surprised if they have a bunch of party crashers next year. Stay tuned for a possible McKelvey Poolside Summer Bash! Thanks Dave, Melanie, Beth, Lynn, Eric, PJ and the rest o’ yins!

-Greg