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"When Mal's St. Paddy's Parade kicks off Saturday, it will mark the 32nd year of the event that draws tens of thousands to Jackson.The parade has steadily grown in popularity over the years and drew an estimated 75,000 people last year.Click here for videoMalcolm White got it all started with the first parade in 1982.\"Everybody is welcome. I've always called it the people's parade. You don't have to be a member of a club or join an organization -- you just decide you want to participate,\" White said.This year, Cotton Baronich is the parade's grand marshal. A longtime bartender at Jackson's George Street Grocery and elsewhere, he is now 84 years old and retired.The parade is about more than just fun and ringing in the spring season. It also raises money for the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The hospital uses the money raised to treat any child, whether their family can afford it or not.\u00A0The parade will start at 1 p.m. Saturday on State Street where it intersects with Court Street and then will head north and turn west on Pearl Street. Then it will head south on Lamar Street and east on Court Street before returning to State Street.The 16 WAPT &amp; BankPlus Children's Festival will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday on South Lamar Street in front of the Museum of Art. It will be followed at 10 a.m. by the MARL Pet Parade and the 11 a.m. Children's Parade.Upload your pictures of Mal's St. Paddy's Parade to u local.24814524\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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