The Library Shall Lead It

Though it may not seem possible, this winter will someday come to an end. An early indicator is Friday’s announcement by the Amagansett Chamber of Commerce that it has named a grand marshal to lead the eighth annual Am O’Gansett Parade, a lighthearted take on St. Patrick’s Day festivities that is scheduled for March 12.

The Amagansett Library, which is marking its 100th anniversary, will lead this year’s parade, which will start at 12:01 p.m. and conclude a few minutes later. The parade, whose organizers claim it is the world’s shortest, begins on Main Street outside Mary’s Marvelous and proceeds to the Mobil gas station at the corner of Main Street and Indian Wells Highway.

“They are celebrating their centennial this year,” Joi Jackson Perle, the director of the chamber of commerce, said of the library. “Their grand marshal duties are another part of that yearlong celebration.”

Plans for post-parade activities are still being developed. During and after the event, the chamber will sell commemorative mugs and T-shirts, a practice introduced last year to support its initiatives.

The library follows Michael Clark, the owner of now-defunct Crossroads Music at Amagansett Square, who with his sons led the festivities as grand marshal during last year’s rain-soaked parade. Students and faculty of the Amagansett School led the 2014 march.