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The following information is provided for our members and associates who need information about out of town festivals and their hospitality packet / hotel information. This information provided by Daffodilian Rob Wekell, Vice President, Foreign Affairs. For additional information please contact Rob Wekell at rob@northstarglove.com
Page updated on 07/17/2008 02:29 PM
*** DAFFODIL FESTIVAL SUSPENDS OUT-OF-TOWN TRAVEL ***
On July 14, 2008 the Daffodil Festival Board of Directors suspended all travel for the remainder of the 2008 festival season. The Board was faced with a funding shortfall for the 2008 budget, therefore the Board's only course of action was to suspend all out of town festival appearances for the remainder of the season. Although travel to other festivals is a small portion of the festivals overall budget, the lack of additional funding sources required this drastic action. The Board of Directors are busy exploring new avenues of funding and reviewing if a lack of community support means the festival may need to change directions or reduce activities. Currently the festival helps to attract regional and national attention to the Pierce County/Puyallup Valley area and welcomes and hosts dignitaries and guests from other area festivals. The Daffodil Royalty program also provides scholarship opportunities and allows the Royalty to act as Ambassadors for all of Pierce County as they make appearances throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Recognizing the changing financial climate the Festival Board recently hired a part-time Funding / Community Relations Director to help rebuild the festival's budget for the 2009 festival year. The Board is hopeful this new position will help rebuild the festival program and assure the festival continues for years to come.
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Click on the Tabs to view a specific Festival
NOTICE: Prices and Hotel
information are also subject to change so contact the individual festival to
confirm packet/hotel prices. The links below will take you off
the Daffodil Festival Web therefore we can not be responsible for the accuracy
of the other organization's web sites.
Wenatchee Apple
Blossom Festival - Wenatchee, Washington
Parade @ 11:00 am on Saturday, May
3rd, 2008
Their Applarian CONTACT is "Tim & Jackie Heidlebaugh,
509/663-2019, timandj54@verizon.net "
Apple Blossom is a Packet Festival - Packet info is on-line
at Apple Blossom Web site.
Festival Website:
www.appleblossom.org
For additional info click on "Wenatchee Applarians" for their
Festival contact person.
Hotel is "Coast Wenatchee Center Hotel - downtown Wenatchee
next to the Convention Center -
509/662-1234 Hotel Web:
www.wenatcheecenter.com
Sequim Irrigation
Festival - Sequim, Washington
Parade @ 12:00 Noon, Saturday May
10th, 2008
Sequim Irrigation Festival is a Day parade only-
The Daffodilians usually have lunch after the parade at the
7 Cedars Casino
Hotel Info: Day parade only.
Website:
www.irrigationfestival.com
Spokane Lilac Festial -
Spokane, Washington
Parade @ 7:45 pm, Saturday May
17th, 2008
NO Daffodil Float will be Attending
Lilac is a Packet Festival - Festival Office: 509/535-4554
FAX: 509/535-4644
Lilac Festival Email:
office@lilacfestival.org
Festival Website:
www.lilacfestival.org
Hotel: The Davenport, 10 S Post St.,
Spokane,WA - 800/899-1482
Hotel Web:
www.thedavenporthotel.com
Rhododendron Festival
- Port Townsend, Washington
Parade @ 11:00am Saturday May
17th, 2008
Daffodil Float will be attending
No Packet - Day Parade Only.
HYACK Festival,
New Westminster,BC, Canada
Parade @ 11:00am. Sat. May 24th, 2008
Hyack is a Packet Festival - Packet info on-line at Hyack
Festival Website
Festival Contact: Don Swindells - 604/720-5170 Email:
dswindells@shaw.ca
Festival
Website:
www.hyack.bc.ca
Festival Hotel: The INN at New Westminster QUAY (800/663-2001)
Hotel Web:
www.innatwestminsterquay.com
Alternate Hotel: Best Western @ Coquitlam BC -
604/931-9011
Forest Festival,
Shelton, Washington
Parade @ 11:00 am, Saturday May 31st, 2008
The Forrest Festival is a Day Parade Only.
Festival Website:
www.masoncountyforestfestival.com
Starlight Parade,
Portland, Oregon
Parade @ 8:30 pm Saturday May 31st, 2008
Beautiful televised Night Parade. - Daffodil Float not
attending this year - Conflict w/another parade
Note: Perhaps a group may want to travel via AMTRAK train
with an overnight hotel stay?
Rose Festival,
Portland, Oregon
Parade @ 10am. Sat. June 7th, 2008
The Rose Festival is a Packet Festival (Daffodil will not
have Float).
Packet Info will be On-Line at the
Rosarian Website:
www.royalrosarians.org
The
Knighting Ceremony
for President Simchen is on FRIDAY the 6th in Washington Park.
Festival Website:
www.rosefestival.org
Festival Hotel: Doubletree at Lloyd Center - Portland, OR
97232
Hotel Phone: 503/281-6111 (Booking #RR9)
Hotel Website:
www.doubletree.com
Strawberry Festival,
Marysville,
Washington
Parade @ 8pm. Sat. June 21st, 2008
Strawberry is a Packet Festival w/On-line Packet via the
Festival Website
Great hosting packet.
Festival Contact: Maryfest, Inc. 360/659-7664
Fax: 360/651-9854
Festival Website:
www.maryfest.com
Festival Hotel: Holiday Inn Express, 3606 35th Ave,
Marysville, WA
Phone: 360/530-1234
Hotel Website:
www.hiexpress.com
Loggers Rodeo,
Buckley, Washington
Parade @ 11am. Sat. June 28th - No Float - Possibly a Car
w/Princesses.
Buckley is a Day Parade only.
Town Website:
www.buckleychamber.org/fun_things_to_do.htm
(NO Packet).
Logger's Rodeo: Don't miss Buckley's famous Loggers Rodeo,
held the last week of every June.
Fathoms of Fun Festival,
Port Orchard, Washington
Parade @ 6:00 pm, Saturday June 28th, 2008
Fathoms of Fun is a Day Parade Only w/Float
Festival Website:
www.fathomsoffun.org
Note: For a fun time do lunch or dinner at restaurants
near the waterfront and close to
parade lineup.
Fourth of July Parade, Eatonville,
Washington
Parade is @ Noon on Friday July 4th, 2008
Day Parade Only w/Daffodil Float & other Festival Vehicles.
Great patriotic parade (wear “USA” Ties?)
Staging is behind the High School
Stadium. Bring friends and family and
stay for the POTLUCK
PICINC after the parade in Glacier View Park.
Daffodilian Host: Daffodil Festival Office
Chamber of Commerce website:
www.eatonvillechamber.com/events.htm
Picnic Location:
Glacier View Park – 211 Fir Ave. N.
- Eatonville, WA 98328
Cornucopia Days, Kent,
Washington
Parade @ 2:00pm. SUNDAY July 13th, 2008 w/Daffodil Float
Kent is a Day Parade Only. Fun summer afternoon parade in nearby Kent
Staging is off Valley Freeway 167, to the East on Willis St., and parade ends at
the North end of
downtown. Lots of arts & crafts booths and fun events around
town.
Stay perhaps for an early dinner?
Festival Website:
www.kcdays.com
Capital lakefair, Olympia,Washington
Parade @ 5:00 pm on July 19th, 2008 w/Daffodil Float
Lakefair is a Packet Festival - Contact Lakefair On-line or Daffodil
Festival for Packet Info
Festival Website:
www.lakefair.org
Festival Contact: Brigitta Endler 360/352-0333
Email: brigittabe@msn.com
Festival Hotel:
Little Creek Casino/Hotel on Hwy. 101 near Shelton
Packet includes meals, lodging & transportation to
Parade from Hotel. Formal Banquet on
Friday evening. Should be a fun weekend, or come for the evening parade.
Staging area
is on Capitol Blvd. S.W. as it passes over I-5, and ends in downtown Olympia.
Seafair
Torchlight Parade, Seattle, Washington
Parade @ 7:30 pm on Saturday July 26th, 2008 w/Daffodil Float (this is a Great
Night Parade)
Seafair is a Packet Festival.
Packet Contact - Seafair Commodore Laurent Martin
206/909-4900
Email:
laurent.martin@live.com
Staging is East of the Space Needle on 5th. at Mercer St., parade
then winds through downtown
and ends at the Seahawks Stadium.
Packet Price: pending
Hotel: Quality Inn Suites, 225 Aurora Ave N. - 206-728-7666 -
Group Reservation #100963
Hotel Web:
www.qualityinnseattle.com
Commodores website:
www.seattlecommodores.com
Seattle SEAFAIR website: www.seafair.com
Astoria
Regatta, Astoria, Oregon
Parade @ 12 Noon, Saturday, August 9th, 2008 w/Daffodil
Float
Astoria is a Packet Festival. Contact Dan Arnoth 503/338-0799
Email: danarnoth@charter.net
Festival Website:
www.astoriaregatta.org
Festival Hotel:
Holiday Inn Express - 866/270-5100 or 503/325-6222
Hotel Web:
www.hiexpress.com
Milton
Days, Milton, Washington
Parade @ 11:00am. Saturday August - Date Pending
Milton is a Day Parade Only - With Lunch after at the
Daffodil Float Barn?
Staging is at the school on top
of the hill near Surprise Lake (main street to Edgewood
and Meridian Ave.), and
ends in downtown Milton.
Milton Days website:
www.cityofmilton.net
Western
Washington Fair Rodeo Parade, Puyallup, Washington
Parade @ 10:00am, FRIDAY Sept. 5th, 2008. NO
Daffodil Festival Float
Royalty to ride in horse drawn carriage.
Help kick off the Puyallup Fair with their “cattle drive” through
downtown Puyallup on opening day
W.W.Fair website:
www.thefair.com
Autumn
Leaf Festival, Leavenworth, Washington
Parade @ 12:00 Noon on Saturday, September 27th, 2008 -
w/Daffodil Festival Float
Autumn Leaf is a Packet Festival - Contact Claire Burlingame
509/548-7143
Email: cburl@verizon.net
Packet Price: Contact Autumn Leaf Festival
Festival Website:
www.autumnleaffestival.com
Festival Hotel: The Enzian
Inn - 509/548-5269 or 800/223-8511 (Starting at $129) - Group
Reservation # 7629
Wonderful Bavarian hospitality. Come enjoy the early
Fall colors in the surrounding hills
and possibly drive home a different route than when you came (either
Stevens Pass or
Snoqualmie/Blewett Passes).
Salmon
Days, Issaquah, Washington
Parade @ 10:00 am, Saturday October 4th, 2008, w/float -
Travels along Gillman Blvd.
Salmon Days is a Packet Festival
Salmon Days Website:
www.salmondays.org 424/392-0661 Fax: 425/392-8101
Festival Hotel: Pending
Veterans
Day Parade, Auburn, Washington
Parade @ 11:00am., Saturday Nov. 8th, 2008
Day Parade Only - with Daffodil Float
Honor our military Veterans in a good sized
parade.
City of Auburn website :
www.ci.auburn.wa.us
Sumner / Puyallup Santa Parades,
Sumner & Puyallup, Washington
Parade Date: Saturday December 6th, 2008
w/Daffodil Float.
Parade Times: Sumner - 2:30 pm
Puyallup - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy the fun and
wear Santa scarf's and hats etc.
The Festival Princesses for the 2008 season will also be in
attendance.
Whitefish Winter Carnival, Whitefish, Montana
Festival: February 5th to 9th, 2009, by Train with the
Wenatchee Applarians
Festival Website:
www.whitefishwintercarnival.com
Festival Hotel: Pine Lodge - Whitefish, Mt 800/305-7463
Hotel Website:
www.thepinelodge.com
Applarian contact: Tim & Jackie Heidlebaugh 509/663-2019
Email: timanddj54@versizon.net