INDIANOLA — In the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day, members of the Friends of Miller Bay will be pulling out their green clothing and soup ladles — all in an effort to raise their own pot of gold.

And though they may not be able to locate a leprechaun on the luckiest day of the year, the group is hoping supporters will join it in a celebration to find some “green.”

“As (FOMB member and event organizer Nancy D’Archangel) said to me, with the luck of the Irish, we’ll get it,” said FOMB member Niki Quester, who will be helping during the dinner.

The Friends of Miller Bay has been working to repay Kitsap County for the five acres it purchased for the group’s environmental preserve in September 2004. The property marks Phase II of the Cowling Creek Project. Phase I involved buying 13 acres, southwest of Miller Bay Road, from the county for $150,000.

The county purchased that land in 2003. The five acres cost $110,000, and FOMB has until October to raise the roughly $47,000 remaining.

“People have expressed a good amount of interest in this event,” D’Archangel said. She added all the elements of a good St. Patty’s Day celebration will be present, including Irish stew, Irish soda bread, the best beer the Hood Canal Brewery has to offer and green lemonade for those younger than 21.

The musical section of the evening will provided by Blackthorn Stick, made up of Don Downing on the penny whistle, Miranda Taylor on the fiddle and erhu (a Chinese version of the fiddle) and Carl Sander on guitar and lead vocals.

“I’m friends with Virginia Cowling, and I know the whole deal with the Cowling Creek Project,” Downing said. “The other band members agreed to do a concert for them. The Indianola Clubhouse was available on St. Patrick’s Day, and Friends of Miller Bay thought, ‘Gee, let’s jump in on that.’ So they’re providing the food.”

Blackthorn Stick plays about two thirds Irish music, and the rest American folk tunes and Irish and American folk tales. Cowling, being a music aficionado, will more than likely be at the concert, even though she’s 90 years old, Quester said.

“You know, she married her husband because he could dance,” she said. “I expect she will be there.”