Green day

AUBURN - A sold-out crowd of about 900 people filled the East Middle School auditorium Thursday night, turning it into a sea of green shirts, hats and scarves proudly displaying leprechauns and shamrocks and other Irish symbols.

The occasion was the Forever Irish Concert to benefit St. Joseph's School in Auburn. Cheryl Foster, who along with Cindy Clark and Marnie Fessenden, was one of the event's co-organizers, said the idea of having a fundraiser with an Irish theme was an obvious choice.

“I'm Irish,” Foster said. “We have a big Irish population here in this community and it is almost St. Patrick's Day, so this fits right in with this time of year.”