2010 NEWS ARCHIVE
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May 25, 2010 - HANDY POCKET SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Wondering what, when or where to go during Strawberry Festival week? We've got you covered! Click onto this link for a pocket sized schedule of events that you can print out at home to help you and your family plan your week and it's small enough to carry along with you so that you can better enjoy the Strawberry Festival experience!
May 20, 2010 - ARMED FORCES TORCHLIGHT PARADE PHOTOS Last weekend your wandering traveling float crew ended up in Spokane for the 2010 Armed Forces Torchlight Parade - the first evening parade of the season. It is part of the Spokane Lilac Festival. Pictures from the parade are available for viewing here.
May 11, 2010 - APPLE BLOSSOM PARADE PHOTOS Pictures from the 2010 Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Grand Parade in Wenatchee from Saturday, May 1st are now on the site and available for viewing. The Strawberry Festival Traveling Float picked up our first award of the season, the Golden Apple Award at their parade. To see the pictures, please click here.
May 8, 2010 - FASHION SHOW READY TO GO! DATE/TIME CHANGES! The Fashion Show Committee is all set to go...but there are a few changes that show-goers should be aware of. First, the Fashion Show will now be held on Wednesday, June 16th and it will now start at 4:30pm instead of the traditional luncheon format. Committee Chairperson Kerri Jorgensen states that it will continue to be held at the fabulous Leifer Manor out in North Marysville and that the cost will also still be $20 per ticket which will gain you entrance, a delightful hors d'oeuvre and dessert. For more information, please click here.
April 28, 2010 - VERIZON WIRELESS & TULLY'S COFFEE TO SPONSOR GRAND PARADE Maryfest is pleased to announce that Verizon Wireless and Tully's Coffee will be co-sponsors of the 2010 Marysville Strawberry Festival Grand Parade. Both companies are new to the Festival this year and have significant presence in community events and relations in the Pacific Northwest.
The Tully’s sampling tour is visiting the Marysville Strawberry Festival bringing the rich, slow-roasted taste and aroma of Tully’s coffee for you to enjoy. We invite you to linger over a cup of our delicious coffee and see why Tully’s is worth discovering. Our booth will be located over in the Market in the Park at Asbery Field on 6th Street & Alder Avenue where all of the vendors will be!
The Tulalip Resort & Casino continues to be the Title Sponsor of the Marysville Strawberry Festival and is the Festival Headquarters for the visiting guests during our grand week.
April 28, 2010 - GOT STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE? Strawberry time is almost here again. If you're one of us that can't get enough of this delectable fruit, here's an opportunity to enjoy all you can eat. The Marysville Strawberry Festival folks will again sponsor the "Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest" on Saturday, June 19th, at Asbery Field in Marysville. For more information, please click here.
April 26, 2010 - ADULT TRIKE RACES READY TO GO AT ASBERY FIELD On Friday, the 18th of June the Adult Trike Races will once again terrorize Asbery Field with their crazy escapades through the obstacle course set up by the Marysville Noon Rotary Club. Sponsored once again by North County Bank and announced by KRKO North Sound 1380 Radio this zany event never fails to please the crowd. Entry deadline is Monday, June 7th. For more information on how to enter, please click here.
April 26, 2010 - KIDDIE PARADE - SATURDAY, JUNE 19th - 6PM The committee for the Kiddies Parade is excited to have the event again as a pre-parade event before the Grand Parade on State Avenue. Registration takes place at Totem Middle School at 4:00pm. There are awards given out in five categories: floats, costumes, pets, wheels and groups. For more information on this event, please click here.
April 23, 2010 - BOARD APPOINTS WILCOXSON TO POSITION The Board of Directors appointed Rhonda Wilcoxson to serve out Bo Vieweg's position on the Board at Tuesday's regular monthly meeting. Rhonda has served as a volunteer for the Strawberry Festival, she has also had two daughters that has been past Royalty for the Festival, Queen Kristi in 2005 and Queen Danielle in 2008. Bo is leaving the Board as he has accepted a new employment opportunity in South Carolina.
This is the third Director appointment made this year, with Sheila Thompson replacing Troy Van Horn and Linda Farrington replacing Janet Cavalli. Both Van Horn and Cavalli resigned due to family commitments. The Festival thanks Bo, Janet and Troy for their service!
April 22, 2010 - FOOD CONCESSIONAIRES APPLICATIONS FOR MARKET ARE CLOSED The Market Committee have decided today to close the application process for Food Concessionaires ONLY for this year's Strawberry Festival as they have received more than their quota for quantity and variety. They are still taking applications for arts & crafts vendors, commercial vendors and student artisans. They would like to thank everyone for applying and considering the Strawberry Festival Market in the Park as one of their festival stops this summer. For more information on the Market, please click here.
April 19, 2010 - 2010 ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE RELEASED The Entertainment Committee has secured their acts for this year's Strawberry Festival. While a couple of the acts are familiar faces, Marysville Performing Arts centre and Magazine Band - several new acts have been brought in for your enjoyment. On Friday, hypnotist Ron Stubbs and the DK Stewart Band will be here. On Saturday, the Magazine Band, Strandyd and the Bullet Creek Band make appearances. On Sunday, Marysville Performing Arts Centre and the Totem Middle School Marimba Band will close out the Festival weekend. For information and times on these acts, please click here.
April 19, 2010 - KIDS PARTY IN THE PARK II The second year of the Kids Party in the Park brings entertainment acts from Reptile Man, Ronald McDonald and the Marysville Performing Arts Centre. It is on Saturday, June 19th from 12 noon until 5 pm at the Totem Middle School Courtyard area. This free event is for kids only! For more information, click here.
April 18, 2010 - MEET OUR JUNIOR ROYALTY! Our Junior Royalty has just completed their biographies. These young ladies will fill in for our Senior Royalty whenever needed and will visit community festivals around the Puget Sound region. Would you like to know more about these upcoming and coming talents for the Senior Court? Click onto this link to the Royalty page for more information about Junior Royalty Princesses Cassie, Piper and Cassy.
April 16, 2010 - QUEEN KAIJA WELCOMES YOU TO STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL! Queen Kaija has issued her "Official" welcome letter to participants and spectators of this year's Strawberry Festival. To see her letter, click here.
April 15, 2010 - FRIENDSHIP ROSE PLANTING LOCATION AND DATE SET The 2010 Friendship Rose Planting will be hosted this year by Portland's Official Ambassadors - The Royal Rosarians. The location has been moved to Totem Middle School as the former location at Maryfest Office (Caboose) was destroyed this past year due to a fire. President Angie Miller, at press time had not yet announced her choice for her rose to be planted. For more information about the Friendship Rose Planting, please click here.
April 15, 2010 - CAR SHOW DATE SET The 2010 Emerald City Car Club Car Show will be held on Saturday, June 19th from 10am - 5pm at Asbery Field. This event is free to spectators. For more information about the Car Show, please click here.
April 14, 2010 - BERRY RUN COMMITTEE READY FOR RACE The 2010 Berry Run Committee has finalized their plans for the race at the Smokey Point Plant Farm. It will be held on Saturday, June 12th and you can view the race information and get an application for the race by clicking here.
April 13, 2010 -
FESTIVAL GOES TO DAFFODIL FESTIVAL PARADE!
The Strawberry Festival was in Pierce County last weekend for our first parade outing of the season at the Regionally renowned Daffodil Festival. The Daffodil Festival takes place in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting. To see pictures from this all day event, please click here.
April 12, 2010 - MEET OUR SENIOR ROYALTY! Our Festival just completed our first four parades - yep, four, during the Daffodil Festival in Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting last weekend. And our Senior Royalty performed their very first ambassadorial duties remarkably well! Want to know more about the ladies that will represent us all year long? Well, first up - the Senior Royalty. Click onto this link to the Royalty page for more information about Queen Kaija, Princess Haley and Princess Ella.
April 5, 2010 - DAFFODIL PARADE FIRST UP FOR THE FESTIVAL SEASON! The 2010-2011 Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty Court will get their very first "Royal appearance" as a Court at the Daffodil Festival Parade this Saturday, April 10th in the cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner and Orting. This season's kickoff is a four-city event that starts at 10:15am in Tacoma and ends with a 5:00pm parade in Orting.
Follow their travels this Spring and Summer around our Great Pacific Northwest here, on www.maryfest.com.
Their next parade will be on May 1st in Wenatchee for the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.
April 1, 2010 - APRIL EDITION OF BERRY PATCH NEWSLETTER NOW ONLINE Our very own newsletter for the membership, the Berry Patch, written by Vice President Elect Jodi Hiatt, is now available online for viewing. We apologize for for not having any issues the last few months as we didn't have very much information to report. To see April's edition of the Berry Patch, please click here.
March 31, 2010 - GOT TALENT? APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED! Applications for this years 2010 Strawberry Festival Talent Show - presented by Marysville Performing Arts Centre are now available! This event requires that you tryout for the finals and the tryouts are held on Tuesday, May 11th and Wednesday, May 12th. The deadline for entries is Friday, May 7th. Contestants that move on to the Finals will showcase their talents during Strawberry Festival Week on Thursday, June 17th at the MPHS - Auditorium. For more information, please click here.
March 21, 2010 - WILCOX CROWNED AS 2010 FESTIVAL QUEEN! Kaija Wilcox, a Senior from Marysville-Pilchuck HS, was crowned Queen of the 2010-2011 Marysville Strawberry Festival Royalty Court. Ms. Wilcox was selected based upon her scores for public appearances and her performance in the April Friesner Memorial Royalty Pageant. Joining her on the Royalty Court this year is First Princess Haley Otto, a Junior from Marysville-Pilchuck HS and Second Princess Ella Stefoglo, a Senior at Lakewood HS. For more, please click here.
March 9, 2010 - 2010 GRAND PARADE GRAND MARSHALS SELECTED The 2010 Marysville Strawberry Festival Grand Parade Grand Marshals have been selected -and they are Nancy and Jack Bell from Spee Bi Dah, Tulalip. Nancy, the current Treasurer for the Festival is a 26 year volunteer for the Festival and her husband, Jack, has also served in various capacities behind the scenes for the Festival for that amount of time also. Their fifty years of volunteerism will be honored and celebrated at the Grand Parade, Saturday, June 19th at 7:45pm. The Grand Parade will be televised "live" on Comcast Channel 26 and be streamed "live" on this website too. For more information about Nancy and Jack, please click here.
February 26, 2010 - FESTIVAL MARKETING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES MEDIA PARTNERS FOR 2010-2011 Genie Brovold, Marketing Committee Chairperson for the Festival announced today that the Festival has come to agreements with the North County Outlook, KRKO 1380 AM Radio and KZOK 102.5 FM Radio for media partnerships in 2010-2011.
The North County Outlook (Marysville) will be the "Official" program publisher for the Festival while KRKO 1380 AM Sports Radio (Everett) and KZOK Classic Rock 102.5 FM Radio (Seattle) will market the Festival and do some on site broadcasting. On Saturday, June 19th, legendary radio personality, Spike O'Neill from KZOK will be doing a "live" remote from Asbery Field from 12 noon - 2:00pm. Be sure to visit him!
February 25, 2010 - GRAND PARADE APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED! Applications for consideration for acceptance into the 2010 Strawberry Festival Twilight Grand Parade have now been posted online and are available! The deadline for entries is Saturday, May 1st. Maryfest Parade Committee organizers expect over 200 entries for approximately 120 slots in the parade. To read a letter from the parade co-chairs and then move onto the application process, please click here.
February 24, 2010 - NWFH HOSTING WEEKEND SCHEDULE AND PACKET NOW AVAILABLE TO NWFH MEMBERS The Hospitality Committee has finalized details for the Hosting weekend of our Festival. Our hosting headquarters will be once again at the magnificent Tulalip Resort and Casino - longtime Title Sponsors of our event. To view the schedule and to secure a form to fill out for attending this event, please click here.
February 24, 2010 -
2010-2011 THEME AND FESTIVAL LOGO
SELECTED!
The Board of Directors have
selected the theme for the
79th Annual Strawberry Festival and it will be "Summertime Fun" and the logo for
the "Official" collector pins and T-shirts
are shown here. Please contact the Festival office to purchase a pin or T-shirt.
They will be made available soon. Prices have not been determined at this press
time.
The traveling float will replicate a park setting with a picnic outing and a gathering of various animals and insects.
February 23, 2010 - PRESIDENT ANGIE MILLER WELCOMES YOU TO STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL 2010-2011! To read Angie's Welcome Letter, please click here.
February 16, 2010 - 2010-2011 PAGEANT CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED! The 2010-2011 April Friesner Memorial Royalty Pageant candidate field has been filled and to see a listing of who will be vying for a spot as this year's representatives for the Festival, please click here.
February 16, 2010 - 2010-2011 PAGEANT DATE SET! The 2010-2011 April Friesner Memorial Royalty Pageant will be held Saturday, March 20th at 7:00 pm at the MPHS Auditorium. Tickets are $10 or $5 for students at the door with a valid school ASB card. We have 9 young ladies running for Senior Royalty and 13 young ladies (all 6th graders) running for the Junior Royalty. For more on this, click here.
February 15, 2010 - NORTH COUNTY OUTLOOK SELECTED AS OFFICIAL PROGRAM PUBLISHER FOR 2010-2011! President Angie Miller announced today that the North County Outlook was selected as the Official Program publisher for the 2010-2011 Marysville Strawberry Festival. She asks on behalf of the Festival that you please support the North County Outlook when making your advertising decisions during our Festival season. Over 100,000 people will participate in some form in all of the events that we have to offer. You can reach them in the North County Outlook! For Angie's letter announcing the Festival's decision, please click here.
February 5, 2010 - 2010 TRAVELING FLOAT SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED The traveling float will make its rounds throughout the Pacific Northwest this year to 26 community parades at press time. We return to Spokane and Portland's Starlite Parade this year as well as going to new cities like Prosser and Odessa. We will also be in British Columbia twice - New Westminster (annually) and Kelowna. To see the rest of the traveling float's schedule, please click here.
January 7, 2010 - FIRST ANNUAL WINE TASTING EVENT FUND RAISER The Marysville Strawberry Festival is proud to announce its first annual wine tasting event on Thursday, February 4th from 5-8pm at Winestyles (6608 - 64th Street NE #A, phone # 360-658-4850) in Marysville! Please join us at this event to increase community awareness of the Strawberry Festival on the third week of June and to raise money for the royalty scholarships and events!
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $25 per person or $45 per couple by contacting Kerri Jorgensen at kerri.jorgensen@gmail.com or (425) 232-6656. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $25 per person.
January 2, 2010 - STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD OWN FLOAT THIS YEAR In the December 2009 Board of Director's meeting, it was voted to build our 2010 traveling float in-house. There were several factors that led to this decision. For more on this story, click here.
