SEQUIM — It’s time for the Irrigation Festival and officials are hoping the sun shows everyday during of the two-weekend event.
The “granddaddy” of community festivals in Washington state begins its 108th year Friday with a variety of events for children and adults.
Its the oldest continually held festival in the state.
Weather played a big role during the opening weekend of last year’s event and festival Chairwoman Marie Angier is hoping there won’t be a repeat performance.
Chilly high winds kept attendance down during last year’s opening weekend and raised havoc with some tents at the arts and crafts show, she said.
“I’ve been talking to the weatherman for a year,” Angier said Monday, pointing out that while opening weekend weather last year was dismal, parade day turned out absolutely perfect.
“I traded in some chips for that one,” said Angier, who was parade chairwoman last year, before moving into the festival’s top leadership position.
While this weekend’s festival-goers might need to occasionally pop open umbrellas, the weatherman isn’t predicting wind or cool temperatures, she said.
The forecast is for highs in the upper 50s.
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