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Marysville 80th Annual

Strawberry Festival

2011

Covering both Arlington for 122 years and Marysville for 119 years.

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Jon Nehring Mayor Marysville

As Mayor, I invite you and your family to bring an appetite for fun as our community welcomes you to the city of Marysville, proud home of the Marysville Strawberry Festival and Twilight Grand Parade. The Strawberry Festival celebrates the annual berry harvest, and the colorful role that these famous berries have played as a part of Marysville’s rich agricultural heritage. This year’s festival promises to be more dazzling and pageantry-filled than ever.

The Marysville Strawberry Festival is one of the longest ongoing festivals in Washington State, and ranks among the most recognized strawberry festivals in the nation.

We invite you to join the thousands of families from around the Pacific Northwest and parts beyond who come to enjoy the full spectacle of summertime fun, food and events spread over several days.

The Strawberry Festival is about bringing people together as a community, and sharing that sense of belonging with all visitors. In that neighborly spirit of friendliness, we welcome you to our great city!

Mel Sheldon Chairman Tulalip Tribes

Caldie Rogers President/CEO Greater Marysville Tulalip Chamber of Commerce

Angie Miller President Maryfest

Welcome to the 2011 Strawberry Festival, the On behalf of the Tulalip Tribes, welcome to the We are rolling out the red carpet for the oldest festival in the state of Washington, founded 80th Annual Marysville Strawberry Festival, 80th annual Marysville Strawberry Festival!

“Berrywood”!

The Tulalip Tribes take great pride in our strong in 1932 — over 79 years ago!

The Greater Marysville and Tulalip communities partnership with Marysville, Everett and all of I am so excited to be able to invite you and your Snohomish County. Our people have been here are extremely proud to host this community families to join us June 9 through 19 for a week for thousands of years prior to the Point Elliot tradition which was founded, supported, and of events I am sure you will enjoy. Our volunteers Treaty of 1855 which brought the Snohomish, promoted by our hometown newspaper, The have been working very hard to make this Snoqualmie, Skykomish and other tribes and Marysville Globe. week memorable for everyone that attends. The bands together on the Tulalip Reservation.

This comprehensive Strawberry Festival Guide Strawberry Festival has something for everyone Tulalip and Marysville share much history. will help you navigate through a fun-filled week from the Grand Parade to the Kiddies Parade, the Together as friends and neighbors, we hope this of festival events. The guide gives meaning to the Market to the Carnival, the Adult Trike Races to festival offers a peek at the entertainment, culture, home in hometown and provides us with a real Kids Day and much, much more! sense of value to living in the “The Strawberry history and other opportunities our area offers.

A big thank you to all the board members and City” — our American hometown community. volunteers for all the planning and hard work During festivities, we invite you to visit our We applaud The Marysville Globe for founding they have put into this year’s festival. Also to nationally acclaimed Tulalip Resort Casino, outlet mall, amphitheatre and restaurants on the and supporting this beloved hometown tradition the city of Marysville, Tulalip Tribes, and all our west side of I-5. Your vital business and support by publishing the annual Strawberry Festival Guide sponsors, thank you for helping to make this year funds education, environmental restoration, social — a wonderful resource for both the community as outstanding! services, health care, law enforcement, and art/ well as guests of the “Strawberry City.” It will be I hope you will be able to come and enjoy all culture education for both Tribal membership and an invaluable resource we will continue to give our the food, events, and fun that this year’s festival visitors that will visit us at the Visitor Information has to offer. the surrounding region.

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Enjoy your stay and please come back soon…

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INDEX Welcome Letters ............................................................. 3 Grand Marshal ................................................................. 5 Senior Royalty.............................................................. 6-8 Junior Royalty ................................................................. 9 Entertainment Schedule ................................................ 10 Strawberry Festival Schedule ....................................... 10 Event Map ..................................................................... 11 Kids Day ....................................................................... 12 Carnival ......................................................................... 13 Fashion Show ................................................................ 13 Rose Planting ................................................................ 14 Talent Show .................................................................. 15 Adult Trike Race............................................................ 16 Market In The Park ....................................................... 16 Berry Run...................................................................... 17 Kiddies Parade .............................................................. 18 Grand Parade ................................................................ 19

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Virginia Carpenter named 2011 Strawberry Festival Grand Marshal Virginia Carpenter’s history with the Strawberry Festival goes back for decades, and this year she’ll be treating the youngest members of her family to the experience.

Carpenter, who recently retired as a and daughter knew before I did. director of the Tulalip Senior Center Carol invited me to a Christmas getafter nearly 20 years of service there, together, and the next thing I knew, was named the Grand Marshal of I was the new Grand Marshall,” she this year’s Strawberry Festival after laughed. working with longtime Maryfest Carpenter takes pride in never member Carol Kapua on behalf of having missed a Strawberry Festival Tulalip elders.

Grand Parade, “come rain or shine,” “It’s so precious to get to know the and expressed enthusiasm for all elders and to listen to their stoher favorite festival activiries,” said Carpenter, the sister ties, from the Adult of Tulalip elder Stan Jones Sr. Trike Races to the “Just being around them Market in Asbery is neat. When they pass Field. away, so much history is “I always try to lost.” sample a bunch of Carpenter brings her different things to own history to this year’s eat from the venStrawberry Festival, dors,” Carpenter said. which began “I’ve taken my with stints kids to the as a memStrawberry ber of the Festival, Strawberry then my Festival’s grandkids, Royalty and now, in both I’ll be 1952 and taking 1954. my great“We didn’t grandkids.” have to do a talC a r p e n t e r ’s ent portion back “I’ve traveled all over great-grandson then,” Carpenter Mike and greatand I can say there’s not laughed. “It was granddaughter a more beautiful place Melissa will based mostly on than Marysville.” who sold the most even get to join tickets.” her in this year’s — Virginia Carpenter While Carpenter Grand Parade, is quick to downpassing down play her accomher family’s conplishment by insisting that she made nection to the Strawberry Festival to it into the Royalty Court a second the next generation. time because “nobody else wanted to Although Carpenter has lived as run,” she wound up wearing a crown far away as California, in the end, again during the Strawberry Festival she knew she would move back to a few years ago, when she and her Marysville. husband were chosen as the king and “I had to come home,” Carpenter queen for the Tulalip Senior Center. said. “I missed the scenery, the views, “This really is an honor,” Carpenter the trees, the birds and even the sunsaid of her latest Strawberry Festival shine. I’ve traveled all over, and I can title as Grand Marshall. “I was real- say there’s not a more beautiful place ly surprised to be chosen. My son than Marysville.”

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Strawberry Festival Royalty Queen Louie Vital, a 16-year-old junior at the School for the Entrepreneur at Marysville Getchell High School, hopes that her time on this year’s court will help her perfect her public speaking skills.

The daughter of Laurente and Lucky Vital plans to study political science at the University of Washington, with an eye toward eventually becoming a lawyer or serving in either a legislative or a bureaucratic agency.

Although her brief time as a member of the Strawberry Festival Royalty has already treated her to some parades in which she’s spent half the day under an umbrella because of the rain and the other half of those same days getting sunburned when the skies cleared, Vital strives to project an infectious enthusiasm whenever she appears in public.

“It’s hard to fake having fun,” Vital said. “You really do have to be doing your best to have fun, no matter what.”

Vital’s hectic schedule already accommodates her membership in her school’s ASB and FBLA, as well as participation in the YMCA’s Mock Trial program.

She’ll returning to the Marysville Municipal Court as an intern to learn more about local city government.

Vital entered this year’s Strawberry Festival Royalty Pageant in part to overcome her fear of public speaking, and the positive interactions she’s had with many members of the public through the festival have aided in easing her anxieties.

“It’s so rewarding to see the faces

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For the talent portion of this year’s pageant, Vital performed a scene from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” and in the impromptu question-and-answer session that followed she warned against relying too much on the media to define one’s self-image.

“The need for belonging is an emotional one which makes us susceptible to depression,” said Vital, who deemed her greatest concern the under-appreciation of the importance of education.

“But we don’t need the media to tell us who we are or who we should be.”

Vital encouraged those who are already aspiring to become part of next year’s court to practice their own public speaking.

“Try to incorporate proper poise into everything that you do,” Vital said.

In the meantime, Vital invited the Marysville community to turn out in full force for all of the Strawberry Festival’s activities, including its Grand Parade on State Avenue.

“It’s nice to travel to all these other places, but it’s so exciting to think of seeing the faces of all our family members and friends in the crowds,” Vital said. “I’m looking forward to dancing and having fun with the people I know.”

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The son of Nola and Michael Kundu is already enrolled in the running start program at Everett Community College and plans to attend either UCLA or the University of Victoria to study law.

While Kundu is a goal-oriented young man, his early experiences as a member of the Strawberry Festival Royalty have already taught him to be a bit flexible.

“You have to expect the unexpected in multiple circumstances, like being able to jump-start a car,” Kundu laughed.

“After a while, you realize that you just have to have fun with it.”

Despite the distance of locations to which he’s traveled through the Strawberry Festival, as well as the diversity of groups he’s encountered in those places, Kundu has found more similarities than differences among them.

“Even when they’re so far away, so much remains the same,” said Kundu, who’s also traveled to Costa Rica, Jamaica, Germany and Denmark in previous years.

“Even among different cultures, we still share so many of the same festivities. The parades get everyone in the communities involved.”

During the talent portion of this year’s pageant, Kundu donned zombie face-paint and a single white glove to dance to the tune of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” following his speech in which he compared celebrities like Jackson

to legislators like former U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy.

“Entertainment doesn’t have the same value as politics or education,” Kundu said. “And yet, the salary of an NFL player is much higher than that of a teacher.”

During the impromptu question-and-answer session, Kundu identified cyber-bullying as a new permutation of a pre-existing problem, which he advised responding to in the same way as face-to-face bullying, by building up the self-esteem of bullying victims and discouraging bullies from engaging in their behavior.

Kundu advised any young people who are thinking of entering the Strawberry Festival Royalty Pageant next year to be themselves and enjoy the journey.

“Everything else will follow from there,” Kundu said. “Be proud to represent our community.”

It’s advice that Kundu has adopted himself as he looks forward to the much nearer future of this year’s Strawberry Festival.

“I can’t wait for all the things we’ll get to do that week, while we see our friends and family in the community,” Kundu said.

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Strawberry Festival Royalty Prince Erik Kundu, a 17-yearold junior at the International School of Communications at Marysville Getchell High School, entered this year’s pageant to try and get more involved in his local community.

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To lower high school dropStallcup is no stranger to busy out rates, she suggested schedules, between editing reminding students of her school’s newspaper how difficult the curand taking part in charrent job market can ity marathons throughbe even for those who out the state, usually as have degrees. part of a mother-daughter Based on her own team. She described herexperiences, Stallcup is self as a shy child and, already warning aspirlike Strawberry Festival ing participants in next Royalty Queen Louie year’s pageant not to proVital, sees the festival crastinate. as a means of gaining “It’s nice to get things experience in public done before you need to,” speaking.

Stallcup laughed.

Stallcup has appreciatUntil then, Stallcup ed the opportunities that encouraged Marysville the Strawberry Festival community members has afforded her to get to take advantage of acquainted with the celall the events that are ebrations of other comtaking place as part of munities and, in some this year’s Strawberry cases, the customs of Festival, with the other cultures.

Fashion Show, the “We saw the prayers Strawberry Shortcake at the Tulalip Tribal Eating Contest and the Elders Luncheon and got to Grand Parade ranking among her visit the Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival,” Stallcup said. “Everyone own favorites.

“Try to get your kids involved,” we’ve met has been so involved in Stallcup said. “There are so many their own communities.”

As part of this year’s Strawberry family-friendly activities going on.

Festival Royalty Pageant, Stallcup We want all the other towns to see demonstrated how to dress appro- how cool Marysville is.” priately for both casual and formal

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Strawberry Festival Royalty Princess Lauren Stallcup, a 17-yearold senior at the School for the Entrepreneur at Marysville Getchell High School, is striving to serve as a positive role model for her fellow young women in Marysville.

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Ever since their Feb. 26 coronation, it’s been a wear matching outfits at all of their official appearwhirlwind of activity for Strawberry Festival Junior ances together.

Royalty Princesses and sixth-grade students Denise Doty and Hedman echoed Jacobsen’s emphasis on Jacobsen of Marysville Middle School, and Kennedy the importance of prior planning, with Doty noting Doty and Sheridan Hedman of Cedarcrest Middle that mornings which start at 4 a.m. for her fellow School.

Junior Royalty Princesses start at 3:30 a.m. for her In their self-introductory speeches at this year’s because she lives further away. Fortunately, Hedman April Friesner Memorial Royalty Scholarship Pageant, and Jacobsen agreed with Doty that they enjoy each Doty expressed an interest in science because she other’s company. likes learning why things happen, while aspiring “I look forward to getting to know them more and actress Hedman recounted how her brother survived more,” Doty said. “It’s good to be around people you his battle with cancer, and like to be around.”

Jacobson showed off her The Junior Royalty Hedman encouraged skills as a future fashion other young people to designer by wearing a dress Princesses are proud enter the pageant, which she’d designed herself. All Jacobsen credited with three girls cited their ties to represent Marysville. introducing her to the to the Marysville commubroader Marysville comFrom left, Strawberry nity and described the role munity, beyond her of Junior Royalty Princess neighborhood and her Festival Junior Royalty as a lifelong dream, one church. which they each pledged Princesses Sheridan “This is a great comto carry out responsibly. munity,” Hedman said.

Hedman entered the Hedman, Kennedy Doty While Jacobsen was pageant to meet new peothe first to confess how ple, which she laughingly and Denise Jacobsen. much she’s looking foradmitted “makes me really ward to the Strawberry hyper,” while Doty fondly recalled her older sister Shortcake Eating Contest, all three Junior Royalty serving as a Junior Royalty Princess three years ago. Princesses gushed over how anxious they are to ride “It was a great experience for her, so I couldn’t wait their parade float in their home town. to try it out myself,” Doty said.

“I’m so excited for the Strawberry Festival,” Doty “I wanted to inspire little kids like how I was said. “I loved watching the parade on State Avenue inspired by the Royalty Princesses,” said Jacobsen, last year.” who acknowledged that she’s learned a lot about “Going to the other parades is great, but at our fesbeing prepared since her coronation, especially since tival parade we’ll get to see people we know waving she and her fellow Junior Royalty Princesses need to at us,” Hedman said.

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Asbery Field Friendship Rose Planting Ceremony Totem Middle School 10 - 11 a.m.

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This year will mark the third annual “Kids Day” for the Strawberry Festival.

The afternoon-long “Kids’ Party in the Park” will again be part of the festivities this summer.

Area children are invited to enjoy kid-friendly entertainment, booths and activities from noon to 6 p.m., on June 11, at Asbery Field, a week earlier and just across the street from when and where it took place last year.

“It’s just for kids,” said Linda Farrington, organizer of last year’s event. “There’s vendors and entertainment that’s geared toward kids. It’s lots of fun.”

While last year’s event included fewer vendor booths than its first year, it attracted more than 700 children who stopped by throughout the day.

“The grounds were full with attendees all the way back from the stage,” said Genie Brovold of Maryfest.

Farrington credited much of that day’s early turnout to Ronald McDonald and Scott Petersen, the Monroe-based “Reptile Man,” who returned to the Kids Day for a second year with several cases of scaly com-

Members of the Marysville Performing Arts Centre performed last year’s Strawberry Festival theme of “summer fun” at the 2010 “Kids Party in the Park.”

panions in tow. However, she noted that significant numbers of onlookers stuck around for stage demonstrations by the Marysville Performing Arts Centre, the Marysville YMCA’s Zumba for Kids program, and the instructors and students of Arlington’s Trinity Martial Arts.

Boston Pizza of Lakewood handed out free pizzas and Home Depot invited kids of all ages to color tiles, even as members of Rising Stars Gymnastics in Marysville demonstrated some moves while they waited to sign up for the Kiddies Parade.

“It’s always a flurry of activity,” Farrington said.

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Models take to Leifer Manor for annual fashion show

A model struts her stuff during last year’s Strawberry Festival fashion show. This year’s event takes place from noon to 1:30 p.m. on June 14.

Fans of clothing should be sure to check out one of the Strawberry Festival’s longestrunning events — the fashion show.

This year’s event, which takes place at its new date and time from noon to 1:30 p.m. on June 14, will again be held at Leifer Manor, located at 12511 State Ave. in Marysville.

Local models will sport styles from a number of Marysville-area merchants, and many of the clothing items on display will come from larger stores.

Models will wear clothing from Walmart, JCPenny, Kohl’s and Fred Meyer. The Tux Shoppe will be represented on the catwalk again this year and, as before, a number of Seattle Premium Outlet stores are also slated to participate.

Other contributors to the event include Details Home Decor & Gifts, Attic Secrets Tea Room, Linda’s Adult Family Home, Locals Espresso, Monica Berginc Photography, Curves, Cindy Chavez of Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Desert Sun Tanning Salon.

Hors d’oeuvres, appetizers and dessert will be provided by Pacific Northwest Catering.

Music will be provided by Ted Wright, of Gary Wright Realty and Coldwell Banker.

Tickets for the fashion show are $20 apiece, including food, and can be purchased by calling the Maryfest office at 360-659-7664

Funtastic shows is set to put on their carnival again at this year’s Strawberry Festival at Marysville Middle School.

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This year’s Strawberry Festival Rose Planting ceremony will again take place at Totem Middle School in Marysville.

Rose Planting Ceremony returns This year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival Rose Planting ceremony continues on in the venue it gained last year.

The annual ceremony — a tradition to commemorate the friendship between the Strawberry Festival and the Northwest Festival Hosting Association — will take place at 10 a.m., on June 18, at Totem Middle School,

located at 1605 Seventh St. in Marysville.

During the ceremony, which is slated to take about an hour, representatives from the Portland Royal Rosarians will plant roses in honor of individuals in the community.

This free event is open to all ages and light refreshments will be offered afterward.

The ceremony began

in 2001. It had previously taken place at the “Red Caboose,” which was located at the corner of Cedar Avenue and Fourth Street, but a fire in the summer of 2009 caused organizers to move the event to the middle school.

“They actually made a rose garden at Totem for us,” said Erica Bargmeyer, who organized the event last year.

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Talent show draws diverse crew of performers to M-PHS stage The Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show will return to the stage of the MarysvillePilchuck High School auditorium at 6:30 p.m. on June 16.

Talent Show Director Marcy Giesler explained that the judges for the talent show will all be different from the judges who sat in on the auditions on May 16-17, to avoid any potential biases.

The event is designed to

showcase the skills of vocalists, dancers, instrumentalists and other performers, from 4-yearolds on up to all ages of adults, and will award the first-, second- and third-place winners in each category. The categories are divided up by age groups and talents. Last year’s Talent Show packed 30 competitors into the M-PHS auditorium to show an audience of close to 500 what they could do.

Last year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty Princesses Ella Stefoglo, left, and Haley Otto, right, presented harpist Haley Downey with her gift basket as the first-place overall winner of the 2010 Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show.

Performers in previous years have included pianists, violinists, guitar players, belly-dancers, aspiring stand-up comedians, and both a jug band and a harpist last year, the latter of whom was named the overall winner of the 2010 Talent Show.

Giesler noted that it’s not uncommon to see first-time participants in the Talent Show sharing the stage with returning performers, although she added that making it into the Talent Show in previous years is no guarantee that you’ll be featured again.

“The talent that’s out there just gets better and better every year,” Giesler said.

The M-PHS auditorium is located at 5611 108th St. NE in Marysville, and doors open at 5:30 p.m. before the Talent Show starts.

Tickets are being pre-sold for $4 and will go for $5 at the door, and children under 7 years old will be admitted for free.

Sami Hall pranced away with a first-place win in the ages 18-21 vocal and dance category of last year’s Marysville Strawberry Festival Talent Show, for dancing to “Spanish Rose.”

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Trike Race makes obstacles fun The race may have changed, but the competitive spirit is still very much intact at the annual Adult Trike Race at Asbery Field.

The more-than-50-year-old competition, which is slated for June 17 at 7 p.m. on its usual hallowed ground at Asbery Field, features a little bit of everything, from modified trikes to a swimming pool full of strawberry jello.

But that’s not how it always started, as the trike race was originally a pub crawl on wheels, with loggers riding from one pub to the next along Speight Avenue.

With an average of 10-14 teams of four usually partaking in a course that takes anywhere from 90 seconds to three minutes per lap, spectators get their fill of entertainment at this mainstay of the Strawberry Festival.

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“Rotary does an absolutely wonderful job of setting this up every year,” Hiatt said.

Trike racers must be at least 18 years old and pay $10 each to participate.

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“We’ve got lots of returning vendors, plus a few more activities,” Hiatt said. “Of course, the bouncy house and the rock-climbing wall will be back. We’ll also have a mechanical bull and a bike that goes right when you turn its handles left, and vice versa. The owner has a bet that nobody can ride it 10 feet without crashing,” she laughed.

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ucts have ranged from wood puzzles to housewares such as kitchen towels and pot-holders over the years.

More than 90 vendors will be descending upon Asbery Field this year, with food vendors including Woodfire Pizza making their debut at the Market, and offering everything from bratwurst to frozen treats.

“This year, the Marysville Community Food Bank will have collection barrels scattered throughout the Market,” Hiatt said.

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lecting food donations from along the parade route as well. People in need aren’t just hungry on Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

The Market will run from 2-9 p.m. on June 17, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on June 18 and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 19 at Asbery Field.

On June 18, Asbery Field will also serve as the site for the Emerald City Car Club Car Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., as well as the Strawberry Festival’s annual Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest from 1-3 p.m.

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“With the Kiddies Parade, you never know how many participants you might have,” Carol Kapua said.

“We could have anywhere between 100-500 kids show up.”

With no pre-registration before its registration and setup time from 4-5 p.m. — followed by judging from 5-5:45 p.m., the parade lineup starting at 5:45 p.m. and the parade proper starting at 6 p.m. — the Kiddies Parade on July 18 offers a host of surprises each year, as entrants ranging from individuals to groups of 20 or more sign up for one of five categories.

“We have categories for individuals and groups, both in costumes,” Kapua said. “We also have an ‘animals’ category for pets from dogs to horses that people want to dress up, and for ‘floats,’ although those can’t have motors. The ‘wheels’ category includes everything from bicycles to wagons.”

Each of the five categories of entrants has its own staging area at the start of the Kiddies Parade route, at Totem Middle School on Seventh Street. The parade heads south on State Avenue until it reaches Fifth Street, at which point awards are given to all the participants in

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“We give trophies to the first-place winners and ribbons to everyone else,” Kapua said. “Everyone walks away a winner.”

Kapua delights in seeing the combinations of colors and designs that each year’s crop of children comes up with, and believes the event is as much fun for parents and grandparents as it is for their children.

“It becomes a family activity,” Kapua said. “It gives the kids a chance to show off their imaginations. Plus, it’s conveniently close to the Market in Asbery Field.”

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Grand Parade always popular The Grand Parade on June 18 struggles to stay within its twohour-plus running time each year, which is why its upper limit is slightly more than 120 entrants.

“We want to give everyone a chance to be on TV,” Carol Kapua said. “We’re also limited in how long we can keep Fourth Street closed, since it is a state highway.”

The Grand Parade officially starts at 7:45 p.m. on 76th Street, to ensure that entrants are rolling southbound on State Avenue in front of the TV cameras by 8 p.m. With any luck, the parade wraps up on Third Street and Alder Avenue by 10 p.m., just in time for the halfhour fireworks show.

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