SEQUIM: 106th Irrigation Festival Schedule of Events

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Monday, May 7 and Tuesday, May 8:

9 a.m.-4 p.m. — 25th anniversary celebration of Sequim Museum & Arts Center, open house, displays and refreshments, 175 W. Cedar St.

Tuesday, May 8 and Wednesday, May 9:

7 p.m.-9 p.m. — Seventh annual Festival of the Stars local talent show, Guy Cole Convention Center, Carrie Blake Park.

Thursday, May 10:

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Arts members’ art show and sale, open for public viewing, ongoing art demonstrations, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 595 N. Fifth Ave.

1 p.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Prairie Garden Club’s Silver Tea, Sequim Prairie Club House, Pioneer Memorial Park.

1 p.m.-5 p.m. — 32nd anniversary celebration of Peninsula Driftwood Artists’ Juried Show, demonstrations and past winners’ exhibit, Pioneer Memorial Park.

5 p.m. — Funtastic Carnival, Sequim High School green field.

Friday, May 11:

7 a.m.-9 a.m. — Crazy Days Pioneer Breakfast, Sequim Elks Club, Port Williams Road.

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. — Art Flair art show and sale, proceeds benefit school volunteer art program, Greywolf Elementary School, Carlsborg.

8:30 a.m. — Irrigation Festival Golf Tournament, shotgun start, Dungeness Golf and Country Club, Woodcock Road.

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. — Grandparents Day, Greywolf Elementary School, Carlsborg.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Prairie Garden Club’s Silver Tea at Sequim Prairie Club House, Pioneer Memorial Park.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — 32nd anniversary celebration of Peninsula Driftwood Artists’ Juried Show, demonstrations and past winners’ exhibit, Pioneer Memorial Park.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Arts members’ art show and sale, open for public viewing, ongoing art demonstrations, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 595 N. Fifth Ave.

3 p.m.-5 p.m. — Past Royalty Luncheon, Oak Table Cafe, 292 W. Bell St.

5 p.m. — Funtastic Carnival, Sequim High School “Green Field.”

5:30 p.m. — Pioneer Dance, Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, Mcleay Road.

7:30 p.m. — “Oliver” operetta, Sequim High School Performing Arts Theater.

Saturday, May 12:

Dawn-dusk — Annual Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society Bird-A-Thon and Washington State Migratory Bird County Weekend.

6:30 a.m.-11 a.m. — Sequim Valley Lions Club’s Pancake Breakfast, Guy Cole Convention Center, Carrie Blake Park.

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. — Art Flair art show and sale, proceeds benefit school volunteer art program, Greywolf Elementary School, Carlsborg.

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. — 2001 Irrigation Festival Stamp Cancellation and Cachet Envelope Sales, Sequim Avenue and Washington Street.

9 a.m.-6 p.m. — 13th Annual Logging Show, Truck and Tractor Pull, sponsored by Sequim Valley Lions Club and Budweiser, with lawnmower races, truck engine show, early time gas engine display, food and arts and crafts.

Admission is by donation and the event is held on the Blake family property, south of Carrie Blake Park.

10 a.m.-3 p.m. — VIP Soroptimist Luncheon, all visiting royalty and float personnel, Key Bank, Dunlap at Cedar streets.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Prairie Garden Club’s Silver Tea, Sequim Prairie Club House, Pioneer Memorial Park.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — 32nd anniversary celebration of Peninsula Driftwood Artists’ Juried Show, demonstration and past winners’ exhibit, Pioneer Memorial Park.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Sequim Arts’ members art show and sale, open for public viewing, ongoing art demonstrations, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 595 N. Fifth Ave.

10:30 a.m. — 23rd Annual Fun Run, sponsored by Olympic Peninsula Sports Club, 10-kilometer and 2-mile run or walk, registration at 9 a.m., Historic Dungeness School House.

10:30 a.m. — Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, memorial ceremony remembering veterans who settled in eastern Clallam Bay and honoring Sequim’s present-day veterans, Civil War rifle salute, Pioneer Memorial Park.

Noon — Funtastic Carnival, Sequim High School, `Green Field.”

Noon — 106th Irrigation Festival Grand Parade, organized by Rotary Club of Sequim, Washington Street between Dunlap Street and Fifth Avenue.

7:30 p.m. — “Oliver” operetta, Sequim High School Performing Arts Theater.

Sunday, May 13:

Noon — Funtastic Carnival, Sequim High School, `Green Field.”

Noon-4 p.m. — Sequim Arts members’ art show and sale, open for public viewing, ongoing art demonstrations, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 595 N. Fifth Ave.

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