sentences:  The Parade is sponsored and organized by the St. Patrick's Day Parade Association of Lackawanna County.Attendance for the 2008 parade, which featured appearances by Bertie Ahern, Hillary Clinton, and Andy Buckley of "The Office", was estimated to be as high as 150,000 people.The parade usually involves about 12,000 participants, including bagpipers, Irish stepdancers, high school bands, local organizations and other Irish groups.