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Wallingford Family Parade Seeks Volunteers

Jordan Jordan June 24, 2015 3 Comments

Diane writes:

Wallingford Family Parade Needs Your Help on JULY 11, 2015!!!

pix-1-wall-kids-1950-web1Be a valued volunteer for the Wallingford Family parade!  We need people to help:

  • Manage street closure barricades and help keep people safe
  • Deliver water and messages between muster and judging site
  • Help set up tables and chairs at 8:30 am
  • Help tear down tables and chairs at 12:30 pm
  • Manage parade participants at muster site
  • Set up and collapse no parking signs

Community service credit available for high school students! Contact [email protected]

The Wallingford Family Parade is the new (and decidedly less creepy) name for what was formerly the Wallingford Kiddies Parade, a “Seafair sanctioned event” (not sure what that means, but perhaps it will save us from pirate attacks). The parade is the longest running Seafair parade, held every year since 1950. Thousands come from all over Seattle to watch the parade, which starts this year at 11 am at Interlake and N 45th and runs east to Bagley. Drill teams, marching bands, and other “family oriented organizations” will be strutting their stuff.

The theme of this year’s parade is “Route 66!” Participants with costumes that demonstrate the spirit of Route 66 and the 66th year of the event are encouraged.

The parade is followed by a “festival”. In past years, this has featured vendors with booths, bouncy houses and the like, but it seems this year will be a bit more restrained. According to the festival web site, “the 2015 festival’s focus is on Wallingford merchants. Local businesses are encouraged to create fun and enticing ways for parade goers to visit and learn about their establishments.”

(Photo nicked from the great Paul Dorpat‘s web site and courtesy of Stan Stapp.)

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3 Comments

  1. Meg Solley
    June 24, 2015 at 7:54 am

    Nice theme

    • Eric Eric
      June 24, 2015 at 9:33 am

      Thanks Meg, I fixed the article.

  2. Michelle I
    June 24, 2015 at 8:49 am

    I have loved the parade for decades but the “festival” has been a challenge for the past few years. When it moved from Wallingford Ave to the grounds of the Good Shepherd Center, it became a lot less fun to maneuver. I thought I saw something about a change in the festival location – does anyone have any info on that?
    Thanks!

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