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Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.
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—William Cullen Bryant
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Top Row:
The 2020 pins and boards before the fun began. President Dan VerHeul, Ben Snow, Co-VP Parade Sam Snow and Co-VP Community & Military Angela Wray get started on their pin boards.
Bottom Row (clockwise):
President Elect/Co-VP Alan Hart, Co-VP Hosting Jasmin Davis, Skyler Davis, Chase, VP Merchandising Karen Montague, Co-VP Royalty Monika Hawkinson and Michael Hawkinson move quickly with their pin boards.
Photos Courtesy of Cecelia Stephens
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Thank you to everyone who came out to help put together the 2020 pin boards. With such a great turn out, we were able to get them assembled in no time!
Keep on the lookout for the pin boards around the community starting in January!
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2020 SLFA Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Applications
Now Open!
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Color Guard at the 2019 Torchlight Parade
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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Our Parade team has already been busy bees! Applications for our 2020 Parade participants are NOW OPEN! Click the link below to access the application.
Submission deadline is March 15, 2020
. For more information about the Parade and what is required to participate, please visit the
Parade page
on our website.
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August Corppetts - 2017 Queen
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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We are so happy to announce that we have our first Intern of the 2020 year and it is none other than Past Queen ('17), August Corppetts! August is now a junior at Gonzaga University majoring in Political Science, concentrating in Women's and Gender Studies & Race and Ethnic Studies.
August will be helping out with our Office & Social Media team. We are extremely grateful to have not only someone so knowledgeable of all things Lilac, but a very talented young leader who has the ability to influence her generation and beyond.
Welcome, August!
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Intern/Volunteer Opportunities
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We are still on the look out for more college level interns or Volunteers of any age that can help us out in two very important areas.
- Social Media/Office - assists with the Festival's social media accounts as well as misc. office help.
- IT - occasionally, we need assistance making sure all of our computers and other office equipment are in tip-top shape.
If you, or you know of anyone, who is Social Media or IT savvy,
please contact the Lilac Office team
. This is a great opportunity for someone, especially students, looking to boost their work experience on their resume. However, as an all Volunteer organization, we welcome any and all help we can get!
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Save the Date!
2019 Holiday Party
Sunday, December 8th
3pm-5pm
Location TBD
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The recent snow got us all thinking about the Holidays, so we have set the date for our annual holiday party! Although more details are to come, mark your calendars for Sunday, December 8th from 3-5pm!
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2020 Executive Committee
Spotlight
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2020 Executive Committee
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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In the next few weeks, we will be highlighting our newly installed 2020 'Destination Spokane' Executive Committee.
Last week
, we introduced you to our 2020 Co-VP Parade & President Elect, Alan Hart. The Lilac Festival is an all Volunteer organization and we are extremely fortunate to have a group of leaders that dedicate their precious time to continuing this great tradition and bringing it into the future successfully.
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Kristy Hamby
2020 VP Float
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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Kristy has been with the Lilac Festival for 9 years serving as President ('19), Vice President of Community and Military and lending a hand on multiple committees from the Finance and Bylaws Committee to Parade and Royalty.
She has an Elementary Education degree from Florida State University and was "Beginning Teacher of the Year" for all of Okaloosa County, FL in her first year as a teacher. Kristy currently is a REALTOR with Windermere where she serves as the manager of the Airway Heights branch.
Kristy is also on the Board of Directors with the Spokane Association of REALTORS and is a 4 year Sterling level Major Investor, a Champions Club member and an Alternate Director for the WA REALTORS.
Kristy is the proud mother of two daughters, Jacqueline and Rachel, and the wife of, newly appointed Director, Brad.
This year, Kristy is tackling a new role as VP of Float. With the help of Brad and the Float Toads, we know this is going to be one amazing float! Thank you Kristy for your continued dedication towards the Festival!
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2020 'Destination Spokane' Executive Committee
President - Dan VerHeul
President-Elect - Alan Hart
Treasurer - Russ Brown
VP Area Relations - Shelley Sholl
VP Communications - Lon Gibby
Co-VP Community & Military - Dan North & Angela Wray
VP Corporate Development - Mike Cressey
VP Float/Immediate Past President - Kristy Hamby
Co-VP Hosting - Jasmin Davis & Deb Koch
VP Merchandising - Karen Montague
Co-VP Parade - Alan Hart & Sam Snow
Co-VP Royalty - Monika Hawkinson & Kim Johnson
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2019 Royalty Court & Candidates at Coronation
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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Our VP's of Royalty are hard at work. This week they caught up with President Elect/Co-VP Parade and budding reporter, Alan Hart, to talk all things Lilac Royalty. Check out the video by clicking the link below.
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Our 2020 Royalty Orientations are quickly approaching in just a couple of weeks. See below for meeting dates. We encourage all high school senior women interested in the program to
visit our website.
School coordinators are now able to complete the Intent to Participate form online. This form's purpose is to give our VP's of Royalty a confirmation that a particular school intends to submit a Candidate for the Lilac Royalty program. If you are your schools' coordinator or can pass a long the message to them, please share with them the
website link.
We can not wait to start meeting the up and coming young leaders of Spokane that we hope to get to know more and to eventually become our 2020 "Destination Spokane" Royal Court.
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- North Valley - Wednesday, Nov. 6th, 6pm - Argonne Library (4322 N. Argonne Rd.)
- South Hill - Thursday, Nov. 7th, 6pm - Moran Prairie Library (6004 S. Regal)
- Northside - Sunday, Nov. 10th, 2pm - North Spokane Library (44 E. Hawthorne Rd.)
- South Valley - Monday, Nov. 18th, 6pm - Spokane Valley Library (12004 E. Main)
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The Spokane Lilac Festival wishes our friends with birthdays in
October & November a Happy Birthday!
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October:
- Kim Johnson 10/5
- BJ Sebo 10/5
- Wilma Engstrom 10/7
- Lon Gibby 10/23
November:
- Gary Bumgarner 11/3
- Christy Snow 11/4
- Cecelia Stephens 11/5
- Dennis Borton 11/6
- Mary Cressey 11/6
- Elisabeth Hooker 11/6
- Krystal Jaeger 11/10
- Alan Hart 11/17
- Bev Stenson 11/21
- Leanne Brown 11/29
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October:
- Tuesday, October 22nd - Executive Committee Meeting, 6pm, UW Center (201 W. Main Ave.)
- Tuesday, October 29th - Finance Committee Meeting, 6pm, Lilac Office
November:
- Monday, November 4th - Hosting Committee Meeting, RTP 5:30pm & Hosting 6pm, Lilac Office
- Wednesday, November 6th - Royalty Orientation Meeting, 6pm, Argonne Library (4322 N. Argonne Rd.)
- Thursday, November 7th - Royalty Orientation Meeting, 6pm, Moran Prairie Library (6004 S. Regal)
- Sunday, November 10th - Royalty Orientation Meeting, 2pm, North Spokane Library (44 E. Hawthorne Rd.)
- Tuesday, November 12th - Directors Meeting, 6pm, Round Table Pizza South (4510 S Regal St)
- Monday, November 18th - Royalty Orientation Meeting, 6pm, Spokane Valley Library (12004 E. Main)
- Tuesday, November 26th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6pm, Location TBD
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Spokane Lilac Festival
3021 S. Regal, Suite 105
Spokane, WA 99223
509.535.4554
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Videos Produced & Provided by Gibby Media Group
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