Fun-filled Grand Finale set for competition’s 131st 12 months

After enjoyable within the solar for Family Fun Days, Sequim Irrigation Festival goes into its Grand Finale Weekend with one other slate of occasions for all ages May 7-10.

Popular occasions stay largely unchanged with the Grand Parade set for midday marching throughout West Washington Street, the Classic Car Show shining brilliant at Security Services Northwest, and the annual operetta “The Wizard of Oz” ending its two-week run with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee.

The Logging Show, now a separate nonprofit occasion that runs parallel to the competition, returns to the Blake Property, 200 S. Blake Ave., south of Carrie Blake Community Park on Friday and Saturday.

Fireworks are set to start at nightfall on Friday evening.

New this 12 months, the competition’s Run Series shifts to a two mile Bubble Run with Strait Up Foam Fun arrange on the finish of the occasion.

Sequim Community Orchestra additionally hosts its free spring live performance at 7 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave., Sequim.

For a full schedule, registration, and extra concerning the competition, go to irrigationfestival.com.

For extra concerning the Sequim Logging Show, go to sequimloggingshow.com.

Grand Parade marches on

Organizers report 118 entries will go the approximate one-mile trek from Dunlap Avenue alongside Washington Street to simply earlier than Seventh Avenue. The parade begins at midday, Saturday, May 9.

Featured will likely be Sequim Pioneers, the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s royalty float, native and regional teams, bands, dance troupes, and extra.

Organizers warning that Seafair’s float that includes fake cannon pictures may be loud for spectators.

The parade is co-organized yearly by the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club and competition volunteers.

Classic Car Show revs up

With greater than 200 automobiles in attendance final 12 months, organizers anticipate one other huge 12 months for the Classic Car Show.

It returns May 9 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday to 250 Center Park Way in Sequim off East Washington Street at Security Services Northwest.

Pre-registration is obtainable on the competition’s web site irrigationfestival.com and prices $15 upfront or $20 on the present.

Entry on the present takes place from 8 a.m.-10 a.m. with no late entries as a result of street being closed for the Grand Parade.

The present additionally options meals, leisure and present merchandise.

Run Series options bubbles

This 12 months’s Run Series encompasses a family-friendly two-mile Bubble Run.

The stroll/run begins at 11 a.m. Saturday on the Shipley Center’s new parking zone at 651 W. Washington St., and goes alongside the Grand Parade route earlier than turning round in Pioneer Park and coming again to the parking zone the place Strait Up Foam Fun will likely be on the end line. A digital run sign-up can also be provided. Cost is $40. To join, go to irrigationfestival.com.

Oz’s final weekend

Sequim High School presents “The Wizard of Oz” at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, May 8-9, and a couple of p.m. Sunday, May 10. Tickets are $12 for college kids and $18 for adults. They’re out there on the present’s door or at sequimschools.org.

Walking Tours provided

The Heritage Walking Tour begins at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave. The occasion takes about 45 minutes and goes to downtown Sequim and again for a advised $5 donation.

Logging Show primed for enjoyable

The Sequim Logging Show has actions set all through Friday and Saturday, May 8-9 on the Blake Property.

On Friday and Saturday, tractors pull from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, and vans 6 p.m.-dusk Friday, and three p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. Entries value $25 for vans and $20 for tractors.

The Loggers’ Ball options Haywire with Denny Secord from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday adopted by fireworks at nightfall.

On Saturday, the Logging Show takes place from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. with a reside public sale beginning at 3 p.m.

Admission to the Logging Show is by donation. See extra info at sequimloggingshow.com.

Community Orchestra performs Saturday

Sequim Community Orchestra’s spring live performance options Frescobaldi’s “Toccata,” Telemann’s “Viola Concerto” carried out by Phil Morgan-Ellis, and Mozart’s “Symphony Number 40.” The present begins at 7 p.m. Saturday in Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave. It options newbie musicians from across the Peninsula, and gives three free-to-the-public concert events a 12 months. Donations accepted.

Other notables

• Volunteers proceed to be wanted for the competition with a “volunteer” button discovered on the competition’s web site.

• A carnival, final held in 2019, stays unavailable because of numerous circumstances out of the management of the competition, organizers mentioned.

Michelle Rhodes, the competition’s government director, mentioned she referred to as all carnivals out there to function in Washington and none had been out there. She mentioned they’ve both downsized, the journey is simply too far and too expensive, and/or they don’t have sufficient staffing.

Rhodes mentioned it was a big fundraiser for the competition, they usually’ve tried partnering with the Rhododendron Festival, and taking away competition charges they usually nonetheless couldn’t usher in a carnival operator.

• The competition is run by volunteers and stays Washington’s longest working competition within the state.

For extra info, go to irrigationfestival.com.

Schedule of occasions

Sequim Irrigation Festival Grand Finale Weekend May 7-10

Thursday, May 7

• Historic Walking Tour, 11 a.m., 1p.m. Thursday, May 7, Sequim Museum and Arts, 544 N. Sequim Ave.

Friday, May 8

• “The Wizard of Oz,” 7 p.m., Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

Saturday, May 9

• Run Series, 11 a.m., 651 W. Washington St.

• Classic Car Show, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 250 Center Park Way

• Grand Parade, midday, Dunlap Avenue to 651 W. Washington St.

• “The Wizard of Oz,” 7 p.m., SHS

• Sequim Community Orchestra, 7 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave.

Sunday, May 10

• “The Wizard of Oz,” 2 p.m., SHS

For extra info, go to irrigationfestival.com.

Sequim Logging Show

Friday-Saturday, May 8-9

Friday, May 8

• Truck and tractor pulls, noon-6 p.m.

• Logger’s Ball with fireworks at nightfall, 7p.m.-9 p.m.

Saturday, May 9

• Truck and tractor pulls, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• Logging Show, 2 p.m.-6 p.m.

• Live public sale, 3 p.m.

More info at sequimloggingshow.com.