Tulip Festival 2018 Skagit Valley

2018 SKAGIT VALLEY

Tulip Festival A Supplement to the Skagit Valley Herald and the Anacortes American

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35th Anniversary of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival!

Marking the 35th anniversary of this special agricultural event, the 2018 Tulip Festival kicks off on Thursday, March 29, with the Gala presented by Judd & Black Appliance and Peoples Bank. To help celebrate the milestone “We are working on telling the story of 35 years of tulips,” said the festival’s Executive President Cindy Verge. A student intern is producing a video chronicling the festival from foundation to present and the festival’s marketing team is encouraging Tulip Festival enthusiasts to share past favorite posters, memories and pictures on the official Facebook page. Visitors are also encouraged to participate in the 2018 Photo Contest sponsored by North Coast Credit Union; winners in each category will receive a signed 2018 Official Tulip Festival poster.

Skagit Valley welcomes tourists from all 50 states and countries all over the world each spring to enjoy hundreds of acres of colorful blooms. Visitors are greeted with a wide array of activities for the whole family, spread throughout the area over the month of April.

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est day was Easter Sunday when over 1,300 people visited the fields with a weekend total of over 2,500.

Over the years the Tulip Festival has received many accolades. Last year SCRAPS, a new A & E show about cooking with what might otherwise be waste, filmed in the tulip fields.

The show aired in the summer of 2017.

The mission of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival is to coordinate and promote a countywide spring celebration of the tulip bloom, in commemoration of the valley’s annual tulip harvest and to be an advocate for Skagit Valley agriculture.

“The festival wouldn’t be possible without our volunteers and sponsors,” said Verge. The Tulip Festival depends on hundreds of donated hours from students and other community members and sponsorship money from more than 200 local

businesses and organizations. During April of last year, the festival had 28 community volunteers donate some 500 hours, plus several hours donated by local high school students and staff at 12 Fortiphi, one of the newer sponsors. The volunteer program enjoys moral and financial support from Creekside Continuing Care Community in Burlington.

Local media also plays a big role in getting the word out about the festival including Skagit Publishing that doubles as a sponsor.

Tulip Festival History In the early 1980s, then Mount Vernon Chamber of Commerce directors Jerry Digerness and Joan Houchen recognized that thousands of people were coming to visit the tulips of Skagit Valley. They decided to form the official Tulip Festival and created a weekend of events and festivities meant to entice and enhance visitors’ trips to the area during the month of April. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival was officially inaugurated by the chamber in 1984 and was run through that office until 1994 when the festival became its own entity. In 2002,

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separation from the chamber was completed when the organization moved to its own offices.

Cindy Verge has been working for the Tulip Festival since 1999 and has been its executive director since 2003, working alongside a 19 person volunteer board of directors.

She has a BA in Communications from the UW. In addition, Cindy has earned the title “Certified Festival and Event Executive” from the International Festival & Events Association (IFEA).

Over the decades the festival has grown in length. The event began as a three day weekend; jumped to 10 days, then 17 and has been a full 30 days since 2003. With the unpredictability of the weather, the full 30 days means that the tulips have a greater chance of blooming during the festival.

dation and ongoing success of the festival from festival founders, tulip growers and a past president.

Tulip Festival College Internships

Social Media

Tulip Festival college interns play an important role in each festival.

“Our student interns take care of projects that we need done while gaining work experience relevant to their studies,” said Cindy Verge.

Megan Fox from the Multimedia program at Skagit Valley College worked on designing the Tulip Ambassador Event program. She also took pictures of tulip fields in all their stages (from soil to full bloom) to be posted to the official website.

Marissa Conklin from Running Start and the Journalism/Multimedia program at the Burlington-Edison High School produced a video to commemorate 35 years of the Tulip Festival. To accomplish this she interviewed over a dozen people who have been integral to the foun4

Rayleen Hall from the Multimedia program at Skagit Valley College designed the 2018 Gala invitation.

The Tulip Festival would welcome a spring intern as well.

The official website and Facebook pages have become integral to the festival’s ongoing success.

Skagit Publishing supports the Tulip Festival by creating, hosting and maintaining the festival’s mobilefriendly, official website. Activity on the website remains strong, with 443,375 unique users generating just over 1.6 million page views in the past year. Visits from mobile devices continue to rise, accounting for over 70 percent of the traffic. Said Cindy, “We have had a tremendous response to our new mobile-friendly website so we are working on adding more points to the interactive map and keeping the website fresh and relevant with updated pictures and events.” Sponsored by Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railway, the map has points linking users to loca-

tions, hours and websites of some of the event’s sponsors.

Facebook exposure continues to grow, with over 53,000 followers to the official page. The page is used throughout the year to welcome new sponsors, share information about events in the Skagit Valley and keep festival enthusiasts informed about the flower fields.

During April the page is very active as fans post pictures, respond to posts and check in with the Tulip Festival. Particularly popular during the 2017 festival were almost daily updates on how the blooms were doing, changes to the hours for tulip fields and travel tips.

What to See & Do The 2018 Tulip Festival will run from April 1-30 but with warmer temperatures back the tulips could begin blooming the last week of March. Tulipfestival.org has a wide range of information to help you navigate the festival including a calendar of events, maps and places to stay, eat and shop.

Said Cindy, “We are always working to keep the festival current and

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Tulip Field Map

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2018 Official Poster & Artist

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Tulip Festival Suppliers

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Mount Vernon Downtown Association Tulip Festival Street Fair

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Tips on Touring the Festival

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Economic Boost

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Special Events

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Peoples Bank/Judd & Black Appliance Gala Dinner Swinomish Casino & Lodge Key Bank Ambassador Event Children’s Museum COUNTRY Financial Tulip Fairy Party Woodfest Weekend Kiwanis Salmon BBQ Art in a Pickle Barn Azusa Farm & Gardens

6 Anacortes Brewery 6 Anacortes Quilt Walk Puget Sound Refinery 6 Anacortes Spring Wine Festival 6 Anacortes Vintage Market 6 Orcas Eclipse Charters 6 Seabear Smokehouse 7 Taylor Shellfish Farms 8 South Fork Farms 9 Eagle Haven Winery/Woodfest 9 English Tea/Woodfest 10 Scrapbooking, Crafts & More 10 Kid’s Giant Garage Sale 11 Downtown Mount Vernon Street Fair 11 Forte Artisan Chocolates

11 Lincoln Theatre 11 Skagit River Brewery 11 Garage Sale, Antiques & More 11 Annual Used Book Sale 11 Valley Shine Distillery 11 SICBA Home Show 12 Have a Heart Run 13 Daffodil Festival 13 Tulip Pedal 13 US Bank Parade 13 La Conner Sculpture Tour 13 La Conner Brewing Company 13 Museum of Northwest Art 13 Pacific NW Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum

13 Skagit County Historical Museum 14 Pasek Cellars Winery 15 Warren Jewelers 16 Fidalgo Island Quilters Show 17 Tulip Run 17 Heritage Flight Museum 17 Spotlight on Skagit 2018 17 Chuckanut Brewery - South Nut Taproom 18 Bethany Covenant Spring Concert 19 Skagit Valley Gardens 20 Padilla Bay Estuarine Reserve 21 The Skagit Casino Resort

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entertaining. This year’s events will feature an expanded Woodfest, the new Skagit Farm to Pint Festival and 2K/5K Family Fun Run. The festival keeps growing in scope; this year there are more than 40 Tulip Festival sanctioned events and activities. The events are spread throughout the valley in cities from Sedro-Woolley to Anacortes, Mount-Vernon, Burlington and La Conner. Many events are fundraisers for local charities including the Kiwanis Salmon Barbecue (March 31- April 22 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. daily at Mount Vernon’s Hillcrest Lodge). Visit the events page on tulipfestival.org for a complete list of new and classic events.

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Marsh Road) and Tulip Town (on Bradshaw Road).

Be sure to visit Christianson’s Nursery, Schuh Farms and tulip growers RoozenGaarde and Tulip Town. You will be able to order bulbs, buy cut flowers and mementos, eat, take photos and much more.

The festival is a driving tour with events miles apart. Pick up a brochure with a map or visit on the website tulipfestival.org/map; note that the map identifies locations but is not to scale.

Festival Tips

Tulip fields are usually muddy.

Wear rubber boots and clothes that you don’t mind getting wet/dirty.

Bring garbage bags for dirty clothes and muddy boots and a change of clothes and footwear.

Avoid the crowds by planning a mid-week trip or arrive by 9 a.m.

When traveling to the festival use Highway 20 and take exit 230 in Burlington. From there the side roads will provide easier access to the tulip fields with decreased traffic congestion compared to the main roads.

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Pets are not allowed in the gardens.

Tulip crops rotate every year and blooming fields vary based on weather conditions. Before you go check tulips.com/bloommap or call

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Official Tulip Festival Tours Are you looking for a small group tour of the tulips led by a knowledgeable local guide? Bring your camera and enjoy a day centered around the glorious tulip fields without having to plan the whole trip on your own. Roads 2 Tulip Adventures is the official local tour operator and sponsor of the 2018 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. They feature five tour options with an informative guide. The company has 14 passenger vans and supplies as many vans and drivers as needed for pre-scheduled bookings. All costs are included: lunch, coffee, water,

parking, van, driver/guide, farm and museum entry fees plus a discount book for La Conner merchants and an ice cream, chocolate or cookie treat at the end of the tour.

Day Tour 1 (most popular): Meet for pick up in La Conner, depart and drive through daffodil and tulip fields with a stop at Tulip Town or Roozengaarde. Continue with another drive through fields and return to La Conner. Stop at Seeds Bistro for hosted lunch then on to the Skagit County Historical Museum that showcases a specially prepared tulip and daffodil display including information on the Skagit County tulip and daffodil industry (historical and current information). Then a drive tour of La Conner including the parks, the bridge and Shelter Bay. The tour wraps up with a walk of downtown and a treat.

Day Tour 2: Same as tour 1 except pick up is in Mount Vernon at the Train/ Bus station.

Day Tour 3: Same as tour 1 except pick up is arranged from a designated site within a 60 mile radius of La Conner. This is for groups in multiples of 10 to 14.

Local Group Tour: A condensed tour for Skagit County groups in multiples of 10 to 14. This is for tourists who only want to see and visit the flower farms. The tour is about three hours long and includes only the farm entry fee, van(s) and guide.

Customized Group Tour: Customize a tour for your group. Sufficient advanced notice is required.

Use the contact form on the www. roads2tulips.com website to ensure availability for booking and confirm pricing.

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2018 Official Poster The Tulip Festival officially begins in November; at the official poster unveiling celebration at Skagit Valley Gardens. Sponsored by Heritage Bank, the event is the first opportunity to see the new poster and products for the upcoming Tulip Festival.

Each year a committee of community volunteers selects a local artist to create an official poster, which is unique to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Local artists submit their applications and the winner is free to choose their medium and style in a way that will interpret their vision of the festival and the tulips of Skagit Valley. In a testament to the quality of the art, the 2017 poster received the Gold Pinnacle award from the International Festival & Events Association.

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Certificate from the Art Institute of Seattle, and a Web Design Certificate from Bellevue College, Melissa started her career as a graphic designer and marketing professional before seriously pursuing her art in 2001. She joined local art groups and participated in juried group and solo shows and art fairs. Current art associations include Women Artists of the West, American Impressionist Society, Plein Aire Washington Artists, Northwest Artists in Action, and Woodinville Arts Alliance. She is currently represented

by Fairweather Home & Gallery in Seaside, OR, and Scott Milo Gallery in Anacortes, WA.

painting up to the viewer to decide, but the styles of art I’m most interested in are impressionist and postimpressionist... My favorite artists are Pierre Bonnard, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, and Paul Cezanne… their work really resonates with me

Melissa created her Tulip Festival poster painting with oils on a smooth, acrylic-primed masonite board. Said Melissa, “I will leave the style of the

because of their use of color, representation of light and looseness of style.”

The tulip farms and Tulip Festival are a real treasure for us here.

—Woodinvile artist Melissa Jander

of visiting the tulip fields to create her painting. She said, “It’s a wonderful experience every visit. I do quick sketches and paintings out in the fields; and take photos as well in all kinds of weather. The sunny days are great for the contrasts in light and shadow, but overcast days can’t be beat for seeing the powerful, rich color of those blooms. Then at home I combine my resource material into an idea for a painting. It starts with several sketches and composition ideas, then after deciding on a favorite I do a larger sketch and move it onto a larger canvas or panel.”

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Melissa used inspiration from years

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I was so thrilled to be invited to paint the 35th anniversary poster! I have hoped to contribute to the SVTF poster in some way for many years… but it took a long time of learning skills, practice,and life experience before the time was right to pursue it further. I appreciated the opportunity to meet and work with the Tulip Festival committee and the tulip farm owners because many of us around here have been the beneficiaries of all of their hard work over the years…

The tulip farms and Tulip Festival are a real treasure for us here.”

Meet the artist: Jody Bergsma of Bergsma Gallery worked with Jander to transform her

painting into the Tulip Festival poster.

Bergsma will also be designing official apparel and many other products using the poster art.

Melissa will be available to meet and sign posters and other pieces on Saturdays and Sundays in April from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.:

RoozenGaarde, 15867 Beaver Marsh Road, Mount Vernon on April 8, 14, 22, 28

Tulip Town, 15002 Bradshaw Road, Mount Vernon on April 7, 15, 21, and 29 Melissas’s small original paintings and the official poster will be available at Tulip Town and RoozenGaarde gift shops during the festival. The poster is also available at the Tulip Festival Office, 311 W Kincaid St., Mount Vernon.

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Tulip Festival Suppliers Festival Merchandiser Bellingham artist Jody Bergsma returns as the 2018 official Tulip Festival merchandising supplier. Jody was hired in summer 2015 because of her experience creating and producing merchandise for other tulip festivals and her vision for the Tulip Festival’s merchandise offerings.

Jody’s Bellingham based merchandising company creates and manufactures all the festival’s souvenirs. Each year she refines and expands the product offerings based on demand and merchandising trends. This year she added a glass cutting board and pot holder and is working on an embroidered baseball cap. Traditional merchandise includes posters, cards, magnets and

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to the 34th Annual Downtown Mount Vernon Tulip Festival Street Fair!

We have a wonderful weekend in store for you! South First Street is lined on both sides with delightful, independently-owned small businesses that offer authentic products, delicious dining options, and personalized services. The center of the street is where you will find hundreds of tents, showcasing over 140 juried artists and artisans. You will discover a bounty of one-of-a-kind items, whether you are shopping for yourself or seeking special gift items. Our artists hail from 7 different states and British Columbia this year, with many long-time favorites returning, as well as more than 20 new offerings.

Satisfy your taste for culinary adventure at the 13 visiting mobile food vendors scattered throughout downtown. Enjoy live entertainment every day at the Rick Epting Memorial Stage in Pine Square, as well as our featured artists in the central food court area: Quichua Mashis. Be sure and check out the booths of the generous sponsors who help us bring you this wonderful event and visit also with our non-profit organization guests doing amazing work to improve the lives of so many in our community.

There is much to appeal to our younger visitors as well. In addition to a variety of vendors offering products for youth, Jules the Juggler, Uncle Stinky’s Magic and Wapo the Clown will be on hand all weekend, as well as the face-painting fairies of Chelle Beautiful. The henna handiwork of Glittergore and customized caricatures of Over the Line Art are fun for all ages!

The Downtown Mount Vernon Tulip Festival Street Fair serves to do more than attract thousands of visitors to our Main Street district to welcome spring. The Street Fair is the primary fundraiser for the Mount Vernon

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Downtown Association (MVDA). The mission of the MVDA is to promote a vibrant and prosperous downtown through celebrating our historic character. As a nationally accredited and Washington State-certified Main Street community, we use the guidelines of the National Main Street Program as the road map for the work we do in economic revitalization and historic preservation in the heart of our community.

In addition to the Tulip Festival Street Fair, the MVDA produces several events throughout the year designed to bring locals and visitors alike downtown in support of our businesses. Among these events are the Annual Christmas Parade, Ladies’ Night Out, Downtown Safe Halloween Trick-or-Treat, the July Sidewalk Sale, and a series of Downtown Art Walks including February, and April through September. For the most current information about our activities, follow our Facebook page and visit our website www.mountvernondowntown.org.

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Jody began visiting the beautiful Skagit Valley tulip fields as a child, brought her children there in the 1980s to take pictures in the fields and continues to this day. Said Jody, “As a person of Dutch heritage I am doubly privileged to create the merchandise for the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Not only am I able to spend the entire month of April among my favorite flowers, it also gives me the opportunity to promote Skagit County; which is one of the most beautiful places on Earth.”

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Fresh Flowers & Exceptional Gifts! Tulip Suppliers Come visit RoozenGaarde’s beautiful Display Garden this spring!

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Buy 4 bunches and get the 5th bunch FREE! Take home a bouquet of fresh-cut flowers, stroll our Garden planted with 1/4 million blooms, and enjoy the beauty of our valley!

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Washington Bulb Company/ RoozenGaarde Flowers & Bulbs Washingtoon Bulb Company is one of the largest employers in the Skagit Valley, the biggest tulip-bulb grower in the country and the primary tulip supplier to the Tulip Festival. They ship over 70 million cut flowers across the United States each year along with tens of millions of bulbs throughout the U.S. and Canada. RoozenGaarde grows tulips year round inside 15 acres of greenhouses with tours open all year.

Tulip Festival hours are 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. daily through April or when the tulips stop blooming. The five-acre display garden is re-designed every year with 90 plus varieties of tulips and over 150 other flower varieties including daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, muscari and other specialty flowers. This year’s design will feature plenty of unique patterns, brilliant color combinations,

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and the always popular flowering rivers of deep blue muscari! A 25-acre tulip field and 22-acre daffodil field sit next to the display garden.

Festival admission is $7 per person, $6 with military I.D., free for kids five and under.

Parking is free: the lot is on Beaver Marsh Road. RoozenGaarde also operates official pay parking located by the tulip fields. Parking in official pay lots is included with a paid RoozenGaarde admission (show your ticket stub) OR if you park in an Official PAY lot, the ticket stub is good for one admission to RoozenGaarde. (Admission/parking must all occur on the same day.)

Don’t forget the gift shop and fresh cut flowers.

Please visit tulips.com for more company information.

RoozenGaarde History Washington Bulb Company was purchased by William Roozen in 1955 from two of the area’s original bulb growers. He had emigrated from Holland in 1947 with years of tulip bulb experience and dreams of growing a flourishing bulb business in America.

William’s skills were a family tradition;

the Roozens had been tulip farmers for at least six generations dating back to the 1700s. In 1985, William Roozen handed the business down to his five sons and a daughter, who passed away in 1996. William Roozen passed away on July 13, 2002, with five sons and 35 grandchildren to keep the business in the family. His five sons are the company principles.

The company ships over 70 million cut flowers and tens of millions of tulip, daffodil, hyacinth and other specialty

Today the business farms about 2,000 acres of land including other crops such as daffodils, iris and wheat.

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Tulip Town Owned and operated by longtime Skagit Valley tulip growers Tom and Jeannette DeGoede, Tulip Town is the second largest tulip supplier for the Tulip Festival. The 2018 show gardens will officially open to the public Saturday, April 1, but with indications that blooms may be ready the last week of March the gardens could open early.

Tulip Town will be open through the end of April (depending on how long the blooms last) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; later when weather permits. Ad-

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Admission is $7 per person; cash only (ATM on-site). Children five and under are free.

Trolley rides on the revamped trolley are great fun for kids and the whole family, weather permitting. Roll through our tulip fields with 70 tulip varieties, past our barns and underneath professional kite flying (you can also bring your own kite or buy in the art gallery). Rides cost $2 per adult and $1 for kids.

the DeGoedes in Holland. Beautiful, new varietals this year include Candy Curls (apricot, white and cream), Fringe Rhapsody (yellow, orange and red blended into petal), and Monet’s bouquet (cream, apricot and yellow).

The Tulip Town team has been busy working on a new entrance that incorporates the artistry of Jennifer Bowman. It will resemble an old fashioned town street and allow customers to move through the entrance more quickly.

Tulip Town has beautiful, unique tulip pots with decorated lids (small $5, large $8) for Easter Sunday and all of April. Don’t forget the art gallery, gift shop and face painting. There is also a children’s coloring table MondayFriday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

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DeGoede managed the Neal Noorlag Bulb Farm until 1983 when he and Jeannette purchased the business; now known as ‘Lil Tulip Town. Tulip Town sold the first official Skagit Valley tulips to the public shortly afterward with a borrowed strawberry stand. Over the years, more and more people took notice of their flowers and began driving

from Seattle and beyond to walk the fields and buy the colorful blooms. As traffic grew, law enforcement gave the business a push to build a parking lot.

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2001; espalier apple, pear and cherry trees serve as car dividers. The DeGoede’s have four grown children, five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; many of whom participate in Tulip Town.

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Economic Boost to County The local tourism industry looks forward to the month of April with crowds of 250,000 to 400,000 coming to see the tulip blooms each year; an estimated 75 percent come from outside the area.

With an average group size of three people, local restaurants, lodging and shops all benefit.

In order to assess the economic impact that the Tulip Festival has on the businesses in Skagit County, festival officials contracted with the International Festival and Events Association to conduct a study of the 2012 festival.

These results combined with yearly sales tax revenue indicate a sizeable economic boost to the county over the month of April. The main takeaway

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percent. Another important takeaway was that eight percent of festival guests spent an average of two nights in local lodging. This translated to large gains in lodging tax revenues, with SedroWoolley and Anacortes showing a 44% and 47% gain respectively.

“This study highlights some things we’ve long known; that the Tulip Festival is a major player in bringing new revenue to our area. We anticipate even greater attendance in 2018 as we celebrate our 35th annual festival,” said Cindy Verge, Executive Director of the Festival.

Skagit County business owners sometimes refer to the accompanying economic boost as “Christmas in April”; cross promotion is common as local businesses and organizations use the festival’s draw to attract people to

their events. Local charitable organizations also greatly benefit from their ties to the Tulip Festival. Charities such as the Kiwanis Club of Mount Vernon who hosts an annual Salmon Barbecue and the La Conner Rotary Club who sells tulips during the festival raise impressive amounts of money each year. Research by board

member Alice Collingwood found that non-profits collectively raised approximately $200,000 over the 2017 festival; all money that gets re-invested right back into the community in the form of scholarships and funding for important local organizations such as Friendship House, Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA and literacy programs.

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Tulip Festival Events The Tulip Festival is proud to announce two new Tulip Festival sanctioned events for 2018. Be sure to see the full list of events at tulipfestival.org under Events & Attractions. There is something for everyone!

Expanded Woodfest – Timber to Tech, April 14 & 15 Woodfest is expanding this year with student technology exhibits and concurrent activities at other local venues. The goal is to make Woodfest a hub of the Tulip Festival.

Sedro-Woolley High School will host students showcasing their skill in wood working and technology (NEW this year) on April 14, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and April 15, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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NEW: Have a Heart 2.5k and 5k Family Fun Run – April 28 at 9 a.m.

This newly sanctioned Tulip Festival event is the ninth annual family fun run benefitting Community Action of Skagit County. Proceeds go to helping people find the tools and support they need to get out of poverty. Create a team, raise pledges and help inspire hope. www.haveaheartrun.org. Race location: Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon.

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Children will enjoy meeting and taking pictures with Tinkerbell, get a special tulip cookie and juice, be read a story, get an autographed photo, build a fairy garden, plus more. Ticket price includes admission to Children’s Museum.

Parents must stay during the event; free entry and coffee available for parents.

COUNTRY Financial will be awarding door prizes. Tickets: $15 each child.

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Guild members display 200 traditional, contemporary, modern quilts and wearable art. Featured artists, vendors, FIQ Boutique, quilting demonstrations, fashion show and much more. $7 donation. Event starts April 20 at 10 a.m.

Fashion Show Saturday at 1 p.m. Visit the guild website www.FidalgoIslandQuilters.com for more information.

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Congratulations to the 2018 Tulip Ambassadors Ava Luif and Henry Windler; ten-year-old fifth graders from Alison Skjei’s class at Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon.

To generate interest in the audition, Cindy and her Tulip Festival team make presentations to 800 plus children at local elementary schools from mid-January through the end of January. This year’s try-outs attracted The Tulip Festival youth competiabout 70 local school-aged applicants; tion began as a “Little Miss Tulip” which was one of the larger turnouts, contest. Today the event is open to all according to Verge. children currently attending fourth or fifth grade in Skagit County and has The event was held on a stage at become a search for “Tulip Ambasthe Cascade Mall the evening of sadors.” Two official Tulip AmbasThursday, February 8. Per tradition, sadors are chosen each February by each student was asked two quesa five-panel judging team from the tions: the standard question is why Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Board of he or she would like to be a Tulip Directors. The Tulip Festival organiAmbassador and a surprise question zation works to make the try-outs a such as what they would like to be special occasion for the kids. “When I when they grow up or what is their go to the classroom, it is so much fun. favorite movie or book. Henry anYou talk to the kids in Skagit Valley swered that he wanted to “inspire the and they are so proud of where they world about tulips” and Ava said “I live.” said Tulip Festival Executive Director, Cindy Verge.

love being up in front of people and entertaining people. (Being a tulip ambassador is) a great reason to get out of the house.”

Once named, Tulip Ambassadors are given a variety of tasks including greeting visitors at the annual PACCAR Technical Center open house (April 14 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.), appearing at local radio stations, riding in the start of the LaConner US Bank Parade (April 14 at 2 p.m.), meeting the governor and attending the Tulip Festival Gala (March 29 from 5:30 p.m. – 9 p.m.). The ambassadorship is a great opportunity for students to get involved in their community and share their pride with visitors. The ambassadors will represent the Skagit Valley and the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival for an entire year.

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