March is busy month for community offered events

March is a busy month for area events.
Here is a listing of some of the events planned:
—An Elton John tribute show, “Bennie & the Jets,” will perform at the Morgan City Municipal Auditorium at 7 p.m. Monday.
Tickets for the show, part of the Morgan City Live Community Concert 2023-24 season, are $25 for adults and $5 for K-12 students. Season tickets are also available.
All tickets, subscription or single concert, are available online at www.morgancitylive.com or at the door.
Greg Ransom began playing the piano at age 10 and has been playing music and performing ever since.
In 1995, Ransom (piano, vocals), Dan Moraski (guitar, vocals), Bob Lija (drums, vocals) and Ken Walpurgis (bass) formed Bennie & the Jets – a group dedicated to honoring the life and music of the Elton John.
Morgan City Live Community Concert Association of Morgan City Inc., formed in 1947, continues to bring world-class entertainment to the Tri-City area of Morgan City, Berwick and Patterson — as well as the rest of St. Mary Parish and surrounding parishes.
—The Krewe of Dionysus will hold its 8th annual Irish and Italian Parade at 1 p.m. March 16 in downtown Morgan City.
This year, the krewe has decided to reverse its route. Participants will line up at the corner of Second and Everett streets and parade down Second Street to Belanger Street where it will disband.
This is a walking parade although golf carts are allowed.
An entry fee of $20 is needed and entrants must be at least 21. Registration and social hours are 10 a.m. to noon at Bourbon’s at the corner of First Street and Railroad Avenue.
—Junior Auxiliary of East St. Mary is holding a fundraiser, “St. Mary Denim & Diamonds Casino Night and Silent Auction,” March 16 at Nico Bella, 722 Front St., Morgan City. All funds raised are to continue to fund and expand numerous service projects, which benefit community children, with special focus on the most vulnerable of the population.
Event times are 6:30-7 p.m., cocktails; 7-10 p.m., event festivities including small plates and pass arounds; wine and beer, music, photo booth, table games, slot machines, silent auction and 50/50 raffle.
Tickets, $75, are online at givebutter.com/c/denim-diamonds-casino-night. Additional chip buy-in and cash bar available. Attendants must be 21 or over.
Junior Auxiliary is also seeking sponsors and donations for the fundraiser. Sponsorships available are Radiant — $1,500, eight tickets/150 chips per person, a reserved table, and sponsor signage/advertisements, etc.; Marquis — $1,000, six tickets/150 chips per person, sponsor signage/ads, etc.; Flare — $500, four tickets,150 chips per person, sponsor signage/ads, etc.; Bootcut — $250, two tickets/150 chips per person, sponsor ads. Also collecting monetary sponsorships and auction items.
For full sponsorship benefits contact JA. Donations are tax deductible. Donor’s names displayed on signs, brochures, social media and on auction items, if applicable. For information call 985-312-4489 or 985-221-3382.
—The public is invited to St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1011 First St., Patterson, for its St. Joseph Altar adorned with decorative cakes, cookies and specialty breads hand made by volunteers and derived from donated ingredients.
Blessing of the Altar is 6:30 p.m. March 18 with viewing until 8:30 p.m. March 19 festivities are opening Mass 9 a.m. with Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel; 10-11 a.m. procession of the saints for the meal; 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. public meal served (until all food has been served); until 4 p.m. altar viewing. Any remaining cakes and cookies donated to the needy of the area in keeping with spirit of the St. Joseph Altar.
—Pharr Chapel United Methodist Church in Morgan City is hosting a Free Community Fish Fry 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 29 in Lawrence Park in Morgan City.
In the event of rain, the distribution will take place under the U.S. 90 bridge between Second and Greenwood streets.
For information call 985-384-7984.
A story ran in the March 6 edition of the Morgan City Review with a list of Easter Egg Hunts. It can also be found online at StMaryNow.com.