Cleveland area gets dueling ethnic parades

March 3, 2010 at 2:06p.m.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Anyone who loves a parade will be treated to a pair of dueling ones May 2 in the Cleveland area.

Rival parades marking Polish Constitution Day will take place in the city and its biggest suburb, Parma.

Polish-Americans in Cleveland’s Slavic Village are upset that the annual parade was moved to Parma, so they’re planning they’re own celebration.

The Cleveland parade gets the blessing of the mother church of the Polish Catholic community, the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus.

The Parma parade two hours later will feature the Parma, Valley Forge and Normandy high school bands and TV personality “Big Chuck” Schodowski.