patrick's day we could not do without the united irish society. they are doing all of the work.t i would like to bring up john lynch, the vice president to address everyone. come on up, john. >> i hope i am half as exciting as the last performance. good afternoon everyone. welcome to the 169th st. patrick's day season serving our communities. i am the vice president of the united irish society of san francisco and member of carpenters 22. thank you to the mayor for hosting us today for hosting us. welcome to the general of ireland and vice council. thank you for coming today. i would like to thank the san francisco irish pipers, murphies school of dance and the dance academy and the beautiful sounds of the voices. thank you for your continued effort working with the mayor in coordinating this event. thank you to the supervisors for hosting the post reception event, i think. a tremendous amount of work goes into the st. patrick's day season. thank you to the united irish society board and volunteers and sponsors that make this all happen. thank you. also, thank you to the city ag