Today through Sunday comprises the BIGGEST week-end of the year in
Wenatchee, Washington. It is the final week-end of the Annual
Washington State Apple Blossom Festival. There are lots of events going on, the grandest of them all being the Grand Parade starting tomorrow morning at 11:00 a/m at the Apple Bowl.
If you are new to town (and don't know how popular this event is), let me warn you to bring your chairs at LEAST 2 hours before the parade starts! Be prepared to park a ways from the parade route.
The parade is LONG, with
120 entries this year. Some of these are not single entries but a group, like the Classical Glass Corvette Club, the Wenatchee Valley Antique Auto Club, and the Wenatchee Valley Street Rods.
The Grand Marshals this year are two (locally grown) world class athletes... Laura Valaas is a member of the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team and Tyler Farrar is a cyclist on the Slipstream/Chipotle Pro Team. In 1994, as 4th graders at John Newbery Elementary School, Valaas and Farrar were on the same Junior Ridge to River Relay Team. Anyway, plan on 3 hours or more for the parade.
If you want to get a sneak peak at all the floats, go to the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast at Triangle park. After breakfast you can wander around the park and check out all the cool floats while they are getting set-up and being judged.
Here is a complete line-up of activities for the week-end (as taken from today's online edition of the
Wenatchee World newspaper):
Today's events:
Arts & Crafts Fair: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Memorial Park
Food Fair: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Memorial Park
Carnival: 5 p.m., Riverfront Park
Michael Carlos Band: 6 p.m., Memorial Park
Classy Chassis Parade: 6:30 p.m., Eastmont County Park
"Jesus Christ Superstar": 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee
Fathappy: 8 p.m., Memorial Park
Appleland Promenaders Square Dance: 8 to 11 p.m., Vale Elementary School, Cashmere
Saturday's events
Downtown Kiwanis 47th Annual Pancake Breakfast: 6:30 to 10:30 a.m., Triangle Park
Apple Blossom Run: 8 a.m. registration, 9:50 a.m. start time, Triangle Park
Apple Blossom Book Sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wenatchee Library
Apple Blossom 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Walla Walla Point Park
Radio Control Airplane Fly-In: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Red Apple Flyers R/C, East Wenatchee
Classy Chassis Car Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastmont County Park
Appleland Promenaders Square Dance: 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Vale Elementary School, Cashmere
Stemilt Growers Grand Parade: 11 a.m., Triangle Park
Ride the Miniature Train: 1 to 5 p.m., Wenatchee Riverfront Park
Slack Daddy: 1:30 p.m., Memorial Park
Cabin Fever: 3:30 p.m., Memorial Park
Standing Room Only: 5:30 p.m., Memorial Park
"Jesus Christ Superstar": 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center of Wenatchee
Miles From Chicago: 7:30 p.m., Memorial Park
Sunday's events
Apple Blossom 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Walla Walla Point Park
Radio Control Airplane Fly-In: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Red Apple Flyers R/C, East Wenatchee
Appleland Promenaders Square Dance: 10 a.m. to noon, Vale Elementary School, Cashmere
Arts & Crafts Fair: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Park
Food Fair: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Memorial Park
Carnival: Noon, Riverfront Park
Miles From Chicago: Noon, Memorial Park
Ride the Miniature Train: 1 to 5 p.m., Wenatchee Riverfront Park
Costco Apple Pie Eating Contest: 2 p.m., Memorial Park
Stemilt Growers Ultimate Apple Pie Bake-Off: 2 p.m., Memorial Park
Closing Festivities: 3:30 p.m., Memorial Park
HAVE FUN !!!
Ken Blodgett, a major figure in the evolution of the Wenatchee riverfront development planning has put 4.7 acres up for sale for 3.5 million dollars. This is property that was slated for condos.
