Hup, two, three: We are marching our way out of the freezing months of indoor psychosis. Although we enjoyed an unusually warm February, March is normally the first decently eventful month of the year. The old adage says, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.” At least according to the calendar spring begins March 20th.
Even on March days when the sun shines hot the wind often blows cold. Charles Dickens described it as “days when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.”
Here are our John Philip Sousa choices for shopping, dining and entertainment to join ranks shoulder to shoulder as the month’s cold and warm days keep marching by:
3 March the kids — boys and girls K to 8th grade — over to Infinity Park and get them enrolled in spring after school rugby March 1-April 7 on Tuesday and Thursday from 4:30-5:45 p.m. Information: 303-639-4713.
3 Keep in step with Junior League’s works at their fundraiser Journey in the Hyatt Convention Center March 4, 6 p.m. Information: 303-692-0270.
3 Drum up friends and attend Ten Thousand Villages grand re-opening and 35th birthday bash on Clayton St. March 4-6. Information: 303-316-8773.
3 If you can’t get the gang up for a breakfast march, order it delivered to your home from Mici Handcrafted Italian. Information: 303-322-6424.
3 No blarney: Don’t miss the Irish dance phenomenon Riverdance playing at the Buell Theatre in the DCPA March 8-13. Information: 303-892-4100.
3 Hear St. Martin’s Chamber Choir sing passion carols on Palm Sunday weekend at St. Andrew’s March 19-20, 7:30 and 3 p.m. Information: 303-298-1970.
3 See quality, depth and diversity of work by Colorado artists at Art of the State show in the Arvada Center March 27. Information: 720-898-7200.
3 Far more than a march, the 54th annual Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade downtown March 12 is an extravaganza. Get out your four leaf clovers and green outfits and join the throngs lining the streets beginning at 9:30 a.m. Adrian Farrell, Consul General of Ireland, is Grand Marshal of this year’s parade, largest west of the Mississippi. You’ll see marching bands, dancers and floats. Information: 303-368-9861.
Keep it up, two, three four: March is a month without mercy for rabid basketball fans. There will be no such thing as a “gentleman gambler” when the Big Dance rolls into the Pepsi Center for the first- and second-round games March 17 and 19. Two teams will advance from the NBA rounds here into the “Sweet 16” regional competition.
This month has prospects for seeing the sun and winning some money. The winds will blow in a wee bit of green tint by St. Paddy’s Day and chase away the winter blues.
Single file by the ranks march ahead to National Goof Off Day March 22. Hark to the cheering, as this is a holiday for everyone, no brains or brawn required. Keep on stomping to the cadence because March 26 is Make Up Your Own Holiday. Listen to the crowd’s roar since spring begins this month and we can all march to our own drum.
— Glen Richardson
The Valley Gadfly can be reached at newspaper@glendalecherrycreek.com.