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If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life."
~ Mike Ditka
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The 2018 Spokane Lilac Festival Week is Here!
Come "Swing Into Spokane" With Us!
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We are well underway in the 2018 Spokane Lilac Festival week. We still have numerous and exciting events that we are hosting and partnering with other organizations. Below is a list what is coming up. And check out below pictures and news from our events earlier in the week.
We are so proud to celebrate our 80th Anniversary, and we hope to see you at as many of these celebrations as possible!
- Thursday, May 17th:
- Past Royalty Reunion, 5:00pm Luigi's Restaurant Downtown
- Friday, May 18th:
- 11:30am – Queen’s Luncheon, Historic Davenport Hotel
- 5:30pm – Spokane Lilac Festival Gala, Historic Davenport Hotel
- Saturday, May 19th:
- 9am-4pm – Float Viewing, 4th Ave. at Jefferson Under the Freeway
- 10:00am – Rose Planting Ceremony, Manito Park Rose Garden
- 10am-6pm – Pre-Parade Events, Riverfront Park
- Cruizin’ the Falls Car Show, Spokane Falls Blvd.
- Dreamship, Lilac Bowl
- Kids Area, Clock Tower Meadow
- Hillyard Kiwanis Beer Garden, Near Ice Ribbon Area
- 7:45pm – 80th ANNUAL ARMED FORCES TORCHLIGHT SPOKANE LILAC FESTIVAL PARADE, Click Here to Purchase Bleacher Seats; 2018 Parade Route
- Sunday, May 20th:
- Farewell Breakfast, 8:30am, Historic Davenport Hotel
- Lilac Century Family Fun Bike Ride
If you have any additional questions about any of these events, please contact the Lilac Office team.
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2018 Lilac Royal Court at City Hall for the Lilac Festival Proclamation
(From Left) - Princess Sophie (Mt. Spokane), Princess Hayden (Ferris), Princess Kennedy (Lewis & Clark), Queen Halle (North Central), Princess Marley (Freeman), Princess Grace (Mead) (not pictured - Princess Sam of Rogers)
Photography by Kristy Hamby
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Royalty Watch
It's here, it's finally here! Festival week is off and running and so are the ladies of our Royal Court. The seven young women have attended nearly all of our events this week and some of our partners' events! This includes Monday's proclamation ceremony down at city hall to officially kick off Festival Week!
Before they kicked off Festival Week, they joined the eight Jr. Lilac Princesses for the Jr. Lilac Parade for a beautiful Saturday morning downtown. Our Jr. Princesses were selected by drawing during our Royal Tea Parties last month. What an amazing time the ladies of our court had and don't forget all our volunteer and Directors that came out to walk beside...or even drive...the float with them.
Tomorrow, they will be welcoming visiting Royalty members that are attending the festival as well as other community members at the Queens Luncheon. Also at the luncheon, they will be honoring their teachers that they selected as their school's recipient for the Spokane Lilac Festival's Teacher of the Year program, which is generously sponsored by STCU.
They are then off to meet and greet dignitaries, visiting festival guests, military personnel and members of the community at the Spokane Lilac Festival Gala. At the Gala, the ladies will lead off the dancing portion of the night with the routines they rehearsed a couple of weeks ago.
For Saturday, these amazing young ladies will be non-stop from sunrise to past-sun down. They start with the annual Rose Planting at Manito Park with our friends from the Portland Rosarians. Then they are off to host a Royalty Reception with visiting royalty. And then it is show time! They will ascend on top of our amazing 2018 "Swing Into Spokane" float!
We want to thank all of our hard working royalty members, their chaperones and fearless leader, Kim Johnson (VP Royalty), for their amazing commitment these past few months and coming months! You ladies are wonderful representatives of everyone here at the Lilac Festival. Good luck this weekend!
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Top Row Left:
Princess Kennedy helps her Jr. Princess get secured in her chair as they prepare to head down the Jr. Lilac Parade route.
Top Row Right
: VP Area Relations Sandy Brown walks along side the Jr. and Sr. Court on "the wedge" for the Jr. Lilac Parade.
Middle Left
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Queen Halle speaks in front of the City Council to officially proclaim the start of the 2018 Spokane Lilac Festival.
Bottom Right
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Queen Halle and Princess Marley hand out programs at the "Lilac City's Got Talent" show Tuesday night. For more on the talent show, see below.
Photos Courtesy of Kristy Hamby & Hawkinson Photography
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Spokane Lilac Festival Nominated
for a Visit Spokane
2018 Tourism Award
The Spokane Lilac Festival is proud and honored to announce that the 2017 Armed Forces Parade has been nominated for the "Mega Event, Mighty Impression" 2018 Tourism Award presented by Visit Spokane.
We are extremely proud of all those who made the 2017 parade the great success it was and are ecstatic that the community is recognizing those efforts.
The winners will be announced on Tuesday, May 22nd at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena from 2:30-5. For more information on the event,
click here
.
Although the competition is tough, our fingers are crossed. Please join us in congratulating and wishing our team the best of luck!
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2018 "Lilac City's Got Talent!"
What an amazing group of talented young adults the Lilac City has! Our first annual, "Lilac City's Got Talent!" Show was a fantastic success.
We were entertained by 10 amazing performances from some of Spokane's most talented High School Seniors. It was an extremely difficult task for our judges!
Thank you to our generous sponsor, BECU, we truly appreciate what you have provided for our community and it's youth. Thank you also to the Ferris HS Leadership class and their fantastic leader, Karissa Jacobson, for organizing and hosting the show!
We want to congratulate our winners and all of the finalists. Job well done and we can not wait to see what next year's class has in store for us! Thank you for all those who attended and we'll see you again next year!
2018 "Lilac City's Got Talent!" Winners
1st Place
(Winner of $500 & VIP Guest in the Parade)
David Hoblitt, Ferris
2nd Place (Winner of $300)
Joel Waggoner, Ferris
3rd Place (Winner of $200)
Maggie Ruffcorn, The Oaks Academy
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Top Row Left:
Maggie Ruffcorn of The Oaks Classical Christian Academy accepts her 3rd Place award from Princesses Sam and Marley
Top Row Right
: Ferris' Joel Waggonner holds his 2nd Place award with Princesses Sophie and Kennedy
Bottom:
1st Place winner, David Hoblitt of Ferris beams with Queen Halle and Princesses Hayden and Grace
Photos Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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Artists From Left
- Lindsey Johnstone-Reeves, Nancy Reid Isaak, Rozella Ehrler, Joyce Wilkens, Derek Marx and Tammy Hansen
Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow
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2018 Lilac Festival Juried Art Show
For those who came out for our 3rd Annual Art Show, we were all treated to some amazing artwork and getting to know all the talented artists that submitted their pieces this year. We had 11 beautiful art submissions this year that were all creative and unique.
Once again, our judges had a large task at hand in picking our grand prize winner and runner ups!
Thank you to our hosts, Paint & Pints for the fun venue and refreshments as well as our caterer, chef Caleb from CH Catering.
Congratulations and thank you to all those who submitted artwork! We look forward to next year and even more art to enjoy!
2018 Art Show Winners
1st Place
(Winner of $150, Parade VIP Tickets &
Named the 2019 Lilac Legacy Artwork Artist)
Lindsey Johnstone-Reeves
"Lilac Profusion"
2nd Place (Winner of $100 & Parade VIP Tickets)
Lisa Hill
"Fragrant Lilacs"
3rd Place (Winner of $50 & Parade VIP Tickets)
Nancy Reid Isaak
"Start the Parade"
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Grand Price Winner and the 2019 Lilac Legacy Artwork Artist
Lindsey Johnstone-Reeves
Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow
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2018 Coloring Contest Winner Entry
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2018 "Color Me Lilac" Coloring Contest Winners
Wow! The Spokane community really came out in full force for this year's coloring contest. We received
over 100 entries
and our Directors had quite the time narrowing them down and eventually picking the winner.
Although every one of the entries were amazing, below our the 2018 winners. They will be featured in Saturday's Spokesman-Review but you can get a sneak peek by
clicking here
. The winners and several honorable mention entries are currently being displayed down at River Park Square through festival weekend.
Thank you everyone who submitted an entry or spread the word for us. We can't wait for next year!
Grand Prize Winner
18+ Category
Holly Hyndman
Spokane, WA
18+
Donna Fuller
Spokane Valley, WA
13-17
Miranda Stewart
Spokane, WA
8-12
Paige Strom
Spokane, WA
5-7
Daiva Ingels
Spokane Valley, WA
4 & younger
Antonio Quiroga
Spokane, WA
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2018 Community Parade Participation
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2018 Lilac Royalty Court, Volunteers & Directors at the Jr. Lilac Parade
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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We are always looking for as many Directors and Volunteers as we can get to join and walk the various community parades with us. If you are interested in joining and of the events below, please contact the Lilac office.
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The Spokane Lilac Festival wishes our friends with birthdays in May& June
a Happy Birthday!
May:
- Gloria Fox 5/2
- Ron Hardin 5/5
- Sharon Meier 5/14
- Darla DeCristoforo 5/17
- Robert Altmaier 5/18
- Guy Perham 5/20
- Patt Hooker 5/25
June:
- Dawn Altmaier 6/6
- Angela Wray 6/11
- Bob Hull 6/12
- Dan Ver Heul 6/14
- Tracei Scofield 6/22
- Patt Cadagan 6/26
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May:
- Thursday, May 17th:
- 7:00am - Let Freedom Ring Breakfast - Historic Davenport Hotel Click Here for More Info & Tickets
- 5:30pm Parade Krewe Meeting - Longhorn BBQ-Airway Heights
- 5:00pm - Past Royalty Dinner Celebration - Luigi's Downtown, $25 Contact Office to RSVP
- Friday, May 18th:
- 11:30am - Queens Luncheon - Historic Davenport Hotel Click Here for More Info & Tickets
- 5:30pm - Spokane Lilac Festival Gala - Historic Davenport Hotel Click Here for More Info & Tickets
- Saturday, May 19th:
- 9am-4pm – Float Viewing, 4th Ave. at Jefferson Under the Freeway
- 10:00am – Rose Planting Ceremony, Manito Park Rose Garden
- 10am-6pm – Pre-Parade Events, Riverfront Park
- Cruizin’ the Falls Car Show, Spokane Falls Blvd.
- Dreamship, Lilac Bowl
- Kids Area, Clock Tower Meadow
- Hillyard Kiwanis Beer Garden, Near Ice Ribbon Area
- 7:45pm – 80th ANNUAL ARMED FORCES TORCHLIGHT SPOKANE LILAC FESTIVAL PARADE, Click Here to Purchase Bleacher Seats
- Sunday, May 20th:
- 8:30am - Farewell Breakfast - Historic Davenport Hotel Click Here for More Info & Tickets
- Lilac Century Fun Bike Ride, Various Start Times - Downtown Spokane Click Here for More Info
- 8:00 - Float Clean Up, 8:00am - Float Barn
- Saturday, May 26th - Moses Lake Spring Festival
- Tuesday, May 29th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6:00pm - SLFA Office
June:
- Tuesday, June 12th - Directors Meeting, 5:30pm - Location TBD
- Saturday, June 16th - Slippery Gulch Parade, Tekoa, WA
- Tuesday, June 26th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6:00pm - SLFA Office
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Spokane Lilac Festival
3021 S. Regal, Suite 105
Spokane, WA 99223
509.535.4554
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