Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday’s Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday’s Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

Rhody parade

The 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade cruised through Port Townsend on Saturday afternoon. About 40 floats and pedestrian groups, from the North Olympic Orca Pod to the Sequim Irrigation Festival, flowed down Lawrence Street in the procession, postponed from last May.

Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday’s Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend.

The crew of Cake Picnic volunteers brought up the rear of The Cake Picnic then capped the festivities with free cake, music and games at Pope Marine Plaza downtown.

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” carried festival royalty who are, from left, princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and Queen Hannah Hampton.

The crew of Cake Picnic volunteers brought up the rear of the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday afternoon in Port Townsend. About 40 floats and pedestrian groups, from the North Olympic Orca Pod to the Sequim Irrigation Festival, flowed down Lawrence Street in the procession, postponed from last May. The Cake Picnic then capped the festivities with free cake, music and games at Pope Marine Plaza downtown. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

The crew of Cake Picnic volunteers brought up the rear of the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday afternoon in Port Townsend. About 40 floats and pedestrian groups, from the North Olympic Orca Pod to the Sequim Irrigation Festival, flowed down Lawrence Street in the procession, postponed from last May. The Cake Picnic then capped the festivities with free cake, music and games at Pope Marine Plaza downtown. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” rolled through Port Townsend in the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. The royalty, from left, are Princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and Queen Hannah Hampton. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float, whose theme is “A Place for You to Rome,” rolled through Port Townsend in the 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. The royalty, from left, are Princesses Allie Gale, Zoee Kuperus and Sydney VanProyen and Queen Hannah Hampton. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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