SEQUIM –– Princesses, monster trucks and loggers will take over the final weekend of the 119th Sequim Irrigation Festival today through Sunday — although not at the same time.
Royalty for Washington’s longest continuing festival will sit atop Guy Horton’s rolling re-creation of the Dungeness Valley, which exemplifies the “Mountains to Sea . . . A Pristine Place to Be” theme of this year’s celebration, during the Grand Parade at noon today (Saturday).
Carrying Queen Katey Tapia and Princesses Judi Villella, Kaylee Ditlefsen and Kristina Holtrop, the float was awarded the Spirit Award in Tacoma’s Daffodil Parade last month.
Joining the royal court in the parade through downtown Sequim will be Grand Marshals Gary and Jan Smith, Grand Pioneers Jack Stevens and Dorothy Daniels Ludke, Honorary Pioneers Mabel Sorensen and Glen Greathouse, and junior royalty from Helen Haller and Greywolf elementary schools, as well as dozens of floats, marching bands and classic cars from around the state.
The parade will snake its way down Washington Street beginning at noon, moving westward from Dunlap Avenue to Seventh Avenue.
Sound Community Bank and the city are asking parade-goers to bring jars of peanut butter to be collected along the parade route for donation to the Sequim Food Bank.
Logging Show
A rugged roster of events will take over the Blake Avenue lot south of Carrie Blake Park today.
Loggers, lifters and lawn mowers will try to top each other as the 26th edition of the Logging Show opens at 10 a.m. today and goes on in earnest at 2 p.m., with contestants vying for the tops spots in ax throwing, pole climbing, hand bucking and more, including pole falling.
Some 25 lawn mower races will whip around the field for races starting at 11 a.m. today, and souped-up trucks from all over the Northwest will begin the tractor pull at noon.
Logging Show events are free, but donations are encouraged.
Other events
Throughout the festival, a carnival will keep everyone whipped into shape in the Fir Street field west of the Sequim High School at 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Davis Shows Northwest’s carnival, which opened Thursday, will operate from noon to 11 p.m. today and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The Sequim Juried Art Show, which opened May 2, will continue through Sunday at the Bell Creek Plaza at Blake and Washington streets.
The show opens each day at 10 a.m. and goes on until 5 p.m. today. It closes at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The Thunder Roll Car Cruzz will roll down Washington Street starting at 10:45 a.m. today and end at the Walmart parking lot, 1110 W. Washington St., for a car show from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information, visit www.irrigationfestival.com.
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Sequim-Dungeness Valley Editor Joe Smillie can be reached at 360-681-2390, ext. 5052, or at jsmillie@peninsuladailynews.com.
