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2013 Daffodil Queen Kenna Erhardt Rogers High School
Taylor Friend Bonney Lake
Bobbi McGinnis Franklin Pierce
Bri Pedicone Puyallup
Noelle Kaku Bethel
Grace Collins Fife
Kayla Williams Orting
2013 Daffodil Festival Royal Court
Suga Iopu Clover Park
Mikayla Flores Chief Leschi
Kayla Prewitt Curtis
Annie Litzenberger Eatonville
Cierra McMahon Emerald Ridge
Kabrina Kidd Cascade Christian
Amy Bernstein Graham-Kapowsin
Anna Kessner Spanaway Lake
Carly Knox Stadium
Marissa Gregg Sumner
Lexi Reyes Washington
Jessie Gamble White River
Zoë Mix Wilson
Shelondra Harris Henry Foss
Helena Laubach Lakes
Tara Harris Lincoln
Angelica Maria Mt. Tahoma
businesses and local organizations, all hold strong ties to the streets they march, walk, and ride over in the pa-rade. It is for this reason that the Daffodil Festival still flourishes. This Festival thrives, when Pierce County is at its strongest; when the support and spirit of its diverse communities come togeth-er. When they share their talents, and take part in a grand tribute to the land they live in, magic happens. That’s the Parade, showcasing a community at its best. The Daffodil Festival has been newly replanted in this rich, fertile ground in Pierce County, with a new direction and purpose. It has a fresh start, plenty of water, and a solid support structure. So, while the fields from which this Festival grew may be taken over by residential areas and storefronts, this Festival isn’t going anywhere. Only, as it stands today, it’s not just the bulbs and the yellow pet-als, but instead, homes and schools and entire communities, who them-selves contribute to the very Festival that so strongly supports them. And just like daffodils, both the Festival and its fans keep coming
FOCUS: Supplementing 78 years of tradition with well-trained young women that understand their purpose in the community BY SAVANNAH FRY
The Daffodil Festival originated in 1934 as a celebration of the agri-culture industry in the Puyallup and Sumner area. Soon, it became an annual event where the community gathered, with the daffodil serving as the unifying symbol of the hard work and dedica-tion of the local farming industry. The celebration gradually blos-somed into a beautiful Grand Flo-ral Parade, which still winds its way through four Pierce County cities in a single day, in a stream of golden yel-low. Despite the gradual loss of the daffodil farmers throughout the years, Pierce County is still fertile ground, continuing to sprout new ideas and ways of thinking, ingenu-ity, industry, and innovation. The parade still hosts the beau-tiful golden flowers, but the true celebration continues to revolve around the community from which it originates, and the people whose hands have built the festival ground up, from the very beginning. The high school bands, floats,
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The 2013 Royal Court visit Knutsen Farms and then head out to pick da!odils in the Sumner fields. Da!odil Princesses pick da!odils from a similar field in 1940.
The 1934 Royalty (above) pose before the parade and a Flinstone float from the 1968 parade in Tacoma. (below)
The 1936 Royalty (above) pose in Tacoma.
A band plays in the 1947 parade in Tacoma.1934
TRADITION: Balancing history and tradition while adapting to a changing community BY SAVANNAH FRY
back year after year. Many thanks to the roots of the Daffodil Festival, Pierce County: to a golden past, a brilliantly blooming present, and an even brighter (yel-low) future!
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Grand Marshals have shaped the area’s culture and beauty
The Daffodil Festival Parade returns to prime time
Leading the 80th annual Daffo-dil Festival Grand Floral Parade is not an honor bestowed lightly, but when the time came to choose which com-munity leader would both serve as a representative of the community, as well as give insight into this year’s Festival theme, “The Magic of Mu-sic,” there was only one man for the job. The man chosen to kick off the parade, and lead its winding journey through the four cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, and Orting, is one well known throughout the area for his music ability. However, while the Festival’s theme leans more towards the rock ‘n’ roll band side of the musical spec-trum, he is more familiar with the orchestrations of slightly more gran-diose musical talent: the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, to be precise. Harvey Felder, the conductor of the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, will be riding in the lead of the pa-rade, most likely just as well as he has lead the Orchestra for the past ten years. Felder will be stepping down as conductor after the close of the 2013-2014 season, so his part in the parade is a unique way to ac-knowledge his importance to the arts in the community and Pierce
Exclusive television partnership with KING 5 Television brings The Daffodil Parade to Western Washington viewers The 80th annual Daffodil Festi-val Grand Floral Parade will be held on Saturday April 13th. This year, the parade audience will grow past the 40,000 people that normally line the streets of Puyallup. The parade will be filmed during the second of the four legs and aired in prime time on KONG 6/16. The telecast will begin at 7:30PM and last for 90 minutes. The Daffodil Parade is presented by the Emerald Queen Hotel & Ca-sino. The program will be aired with limited commercial interruptions from three television sponsors: Em-erald Queen Hotel & Casino, Puget Sound Energy and the Washington State Fair. “This fantastic opportunity wouldn’t be possible without the tre-mendous support of our television sponsors,” said Daffodil Festival Ex-ecutive Director, Steve James. The Emerald Queen Hotel & Ca-sino has been a consistent sponsor of the Daffodil Festival, but the addi-tion of Puget Sound Energy and the Washington State Fair made televis-ing the parade a possibility. “The sponsors of this telecast are giving a huge boost to our organiza-tion and making a commitment to the people of Pierce County,” James said. Airing the program later the same night will allow the parade
PARADE: Felder and Van Lierop honored for their years of service BY SAVANNAH FRY
County as a whole, before his time as maestro comes to an end.
COMMUNITY GRAND MARSHAL
As the Daffodil Festival contin-ues to grow into a community ser-vice organization, they are introduc-ing a Community Grand Marshal in the 2013 Parade. Neil Van Lierop will be joining Felder, to lead the four parades, as the first Community Grand Marshal. Van Lierop is the titular owner of Van Lierop Bulb Farm and Gift Shop in Puyallup, one of the last daffodil growers in that area, whose pictur-esque fields survived this long as a significant remnant of the plentiful fields after which the Festival was named, and whose business has re-cently announced in February that it will be closing at the end of May. His participation in the Parade is a great way to honor that last-ing legacy from which the Festival originated, of the beautiful fields of flowers that so inspired the people of the Puyallup Valley, that they made it into a county-wide celebration of all the great things growing in their community.
participants and attendees to return home and watch the fun all over again. “We are very excited, not only with the opportunity to expand our audience to all of Western Washing-ton, but to do this with a partner like KING Television that encourages de-velopment and growth for the Daffo-dil Festival,” James said. On-site talent will include Meeghan Black, host of Evening Magazine and Chris Egan, Puyallup native and KING 5 sports anchor. This year’s parade will contain over 150 entries, including floats, bands, marching, and mounted units. “The support and advocacy of KING Television, and specifically the leadership, is a partnership that we will foster and expect that it will last for years,” said James.
Saturday, April 13th 7:30PM - 9:00PM
Hosted by: Meeghan Black and Chris Egan
Enjoy the 80th Annual Daffodil Parade on the
streets of Puyallup and in the comfort of your home.
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Maestro Harvey Felder will be the Grand Marshal of the 80th Da!odil Parade.
Community Grand Marshal - Neil Van Lierop
Look for the Daffodil Festival and its Royalty to be highlighted on additional KING programming and news segments. New Day North-west and Evening Magazine with Meeghan Black are each recording upcoming segments to be aired lead-ing up to the parade day.
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Daffodil Princesses partnering with United Way
Daffodil Princesses recognized by the United Way for significant community service
Queen Kenna and Princess Cierra read to the kids at a Pierce County Library.
Princess Kayla reads to younger princesses. Currently, Da!odil Royalty read at over 90 appearances throughout the year.
A trend among school dis-tricts and youth is the incorpora-tion of community service into their high school career. Nowhere is that more evident than in Youth United’s Varsity Letter in Commu-nity Service program. Youth United, a program of United Way of Pierce County, will honor a record number of Pierce County high school students with varsity letters in community ser-vice this year. Varsity letters will be awarded to over 500 students who volun-teered a combined total of more than 100,000 hours of service in the last year. Included among those students are the 2013 Daf-fodil Court. Pierce County is the first county in the nation to offer such a program, where students receive a varsity letter for service just like those given to athletes and musi-cians. United Way of Pierce County is now working with communities across the country to incorporate similar programs, using Youth United’s effort as a model. The Varsity Letter in Commu-nity Service program recognizes students in grades 9 through 12 who volunteered 145 hours or more of community service be-tween April 1 and March 31. To qualify, students are re-quired to volunteer with at least one school-related project and one community-related project. To learn more about the pro-gram for next year, please visit www.communityserviceletter.org or contact Bethany Opstedal at 253-597-6685.
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The Daffodil Festival itself relies on the combined efforts of many vol-unteers and affiliated organizations, and even the Royal Court gains much of its power from the mutual work of a diverse group of individuals. Because of this affinity for mak-ing powerful alliances, when United Way presented the opportunity to partner with organizations like the Pierce County and Tacoma Libraries, the Children’s Museum, and Rainiers Baseball, in a group effort to pro-mote literacy and a love of reading in children throughout Pierce County, the Daffodil Festival jumped at the chance. The Daffodil Festival Royal Court already participates in appear-ances at Pierce County libraries each month to promote such qualities, so taking part in this county-wide movement and its accompanying events presents a happy extension of pre-existing Princess programs. “If the Daffodil Festival Royalty can help promote and attract kids to reading and literacy, we will be there without question,” said the Execu-tive Director, Steve James. The long-term goals of the United Way project – involving the improvement of literacy in the area, and developing a relationship with libraries among the youth of Pierce County – will be achieved by way of mass book donations and a series of events taking place through the spring and summer. The United Way’s Launch into
Literacy program is organized to provide books and access to books to children in need, just in time for summer, at which point education studies demonstrate a sharp differ-ence in the academic paces between those in low-income families – which have, on average, more than 60% less children’s books in their homes – than their more affluent peers. The donations of picture, inde-pendent reader, and middle grade books is the focus, with the age-appropriateness of the books being specifically targeted for children up to ten years old, or reading at around a fifth grade or middle school level. Signing up children for free ac-cess to books, such as through the Pierce County Library system, is also important to the organizers of Launch into Literacy. Exciting events proposed for inclusion in the county-wide move-ment include a Literacy Day at the Rainiers, a Launch into Literacy Weekend at the Children’s Museum in Tacoma, and other Princess ap-pearances and opportunities to fos-ter a love of learning in children hap-pening throughout the spring and summer at various locations. Discussions between the af-filiated organizations are ongoing, in the hopes of reaching and impacting as many children as possible, so stay tuned for more on this exciting pro-gram!
EDUCATION: Royalty to serve and promote a new literacy campaign in Pierce County BY SAVANNAH FRY
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Pierce County Libraries
DuPont 1pm1540 Wilmington Dr.Dupont, WA 98327
Gig Harbor 11am4424 Point Fosdick Dr. NWGig Harbor, WA 98335
Key Center 1pm8905 Key Peninsula Hwy NLakebay, WA 98349
Lakewood 1pm6300 Wildaire Rd. SWLakewood, WA 98499
Parkland/Spanaway 11am13718 Pacific Ave STacoma, WA 98444
South Hill 1pm15420 Meridian E Tacoma, WA 98446
Steilacoom 1pm2950 Steilacoom Blvd. Steilacoom, WA 98388
Summit 11am 5107 112th St. E South Hill, WA 98375
Tillicum 11am 14916 Washington Ave SW Lakewood, WA 98498
University Place 11am 3609 Market Place W. University Place, WA 98466
The Daffodil Festival Royalty Program: It is so much more than a yellow dress
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15 Library LocationsPuyallup Public Library Puyallup 11am 324 South Meridian Puyallup, WA 98371 Tacoma Public Libraries Kobetich 11am 212 Brown’s Point Blvd.. NE Tacoma, WA 98422
Swasey 1pm 7001 Sixth Avenue Tacoma, WA 98406
Wheelock 1pm 3722 North 26th Street Tacoma, WA 98407
Tacoma Main 11am 1102 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98402
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Festival DonorsKing Alfred - $1,000 and up Donors
Kent & Karen Baskett Fred & Vicki BorovichFife Sand & GravelImages & EventsSandy JamesSteve JamesTristin JamesJohnson-Cox Printing Mike Kelly & Jeannie HoweKorum For KidsSouth Hill MallSusan McGuire Old CanneryOrting Eagles #3480Rob & Connie WekellGlenn & Carol Whaley
Educators of the YearSponsorsPierce County Mustang ClubJaguar of FifeLexus of Tacoma at Fife
School and TeacherBethel High SchoolVera Northington
Bonney Lake High School Shena Mouring
Cascade Christian High School Michele Suiter
Chief Leschi High SchoolJason Abram
Clover Park High School Angie Robles
Curtis High SchoolGail Cowan
Eatonville High SchoolKristi Simpson
Emerald Ridge High School Laurie Brandon
Fife High SchoolSarah George
Foss High SchoolMelissa Johnston
Franklin Pierce High School Jesse Bartlett
Graham-Kapowsin High School Joanna Stewart
Lakes High SchoolTed Cohn
Lincoln High SchoolLee Ann Love
Mt. Tahoma High School Andrea Parker
Orting High School Jeremy McNinch
Puyallup High School Angie Reed
Rogers High SchoolJeff Beni
Spanaway Lake High School Kelly Wheeler
Stadium High SchoolDespina Alatsis
Sumner High SchoolKristin Crawley
Washington High SchoolEric Stanczyk
White River High SchoolBrad Pratt
Wilson High School Michael Jankanish
Golden Daffodil Donors - $200 and up
Western Container CorporationBrad & Sherry Stevens Retired Tacoma Police Anderson FamilyNicholson’s PharmacyKiwanis Club of TacomaDave & Jackie RobertsonDaffodil BowlBill LewisSumner Downtown Association Jack & Angela Connelly Bob & Anitra Sudderth
Royalty ChaperonesSue Dellinger
Debbie CooleyLinda RobertsonAnitra Sudderth
June GuimondTristin James
Judy SmithSandy James
Julie FryDemetria ZunigaLisa Gimmestad
Lindy HeindelRenae McBarron
Carly LangeMegan McBarron
Savannah FryJasmine Heindel
Megan Gimmestad
Festival OrganizationPresident - Brad Stevens
President Elect - Judy SmithTreasurer - Debbie WoodSecretary - Sandy James
Past President - Susan McGuire
Executive Director - Steve JamesOffice Administrator - Sandi Angeline
Royalty Director - Karen Baskett Float Director - Kent Baskett
Parade Director - Bob Sudderth Membership & Events Director - Jeanne Howe
Festival Weekend Director - Debbie Cooley
At Large Board Members: Jamie Gregory . Sue Dellinger . Bill Lewis
Jackie Robertson . Rob Wekell
Daffodil Festival Sponsors Emerald Queen Hotel & Casino . Puget Sound Energy . Johnson-Cox Company
Washington State Fair . Spring Fair . Rusty George Design
Pierce County . City of Tacoma . City of Puyallup . City of Fife . City of Lakewood City of Sumner . City of Orting
Educator of the Year Sponsors Lexus/Jaguar of Tacoma of Fife . Pierce County Mustang Club
Organizational Partners Boys and Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound . Pierce County Library . Tacoma Library
YMCA of Pierce and Kitsap Counties . World Vision . Puyallup Library . Emergency Food Network Pierce County Parks . Tacoma-Pierce County Chapliancy . Pierce County Fire . United Way
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2013 Royal Court
Meet & Greet
Meet members of the 2013 Da!odil Festival
Royal Court at the Spring Fair, Thursday,
4/18 and Friday, 4/19 in KidZone.
Dancing Horses
Traditional
Entertainment
Mexican Artisans
Authentic Food
Enjoy inspirationand education
Presented by
Ciscoe MorrisGarden Discussion
Sat, 4/20, 10 am
Marianne BinettiFri, 4/19, 1 pm & Sun, 4/21, 11 am
Presented by
Workshops with local experts, artistic garden displays, and more!
FREE feature exhibit featuring Australian wildlife!
FREE with admission
See countrymusic sensation,
JAMESWESLEY
Saturday, 4/20 at 7:30 pm
Fri-Sun
Kids’ Free Face Painting
Creative Kids ExhibitFREE!Brad’s WORLD REPTILE Exhibit
Master Gardeners
AG-Ventureland Root Beer Garden
Most only see the big yellow dress. Some focus on the shiny tiaras. Several are obsessed by the sash that reads “Daffodil Princess”. Our ap-pearance stands out in a crowd, but what really shines is our passion. The title of “Princess” is given to those who dedicate their time to service, knowledge and goodwill. Every individual in the Royal Court exemplifies these traits, and despite any and all hardships, we continu-ously work to better the lives of those around us, as well as grow personally with every event we attend. Though we dress like Princesses, we are or-dinary girls with big ambitions and even bigger dreams. The greatest gift the Daffo-dil Festival has given to me is self-confidence. The festival focuses on sculpting their selected Princesses into empowered young women. One of my dreams has always been to be able to afford and attend a four-year university. My family consists of eight members, making me one of six children. Three of my siblings have already started their
BY BRI PEDICONE, 2013 Daffodil Princess
aging girls to pursue further educa-tion, but also to have good character and citizenship.
We have been to libraries across Pierce County to read to children, Boys and Girls Clubs, and various other service activities. I have the privilege to serve as an official Am-bassador of Pierce County, I am
college education, however my sister could not return for her sophomore year because we cannot afford to send her back. I am facing the same future, cutting schooling short because of the money side. Everyone deserves a quality edu-cation, despite financial situations. Those who have a quality education are more likely to be suc-cessful, and this festival grants this opportunity of success to all of the Prin-cesses, young women who all plan to attend a college or university after senior year. The Daffodil Festival brought me hope for my dream. I received a schol-arship from the foundation that was worth more than the money amount. To me, it was a representa-tion of achievement, a glimmer of light guiding me to college. Not only is the festival encour-
a servant to the community, and above all else, I am an inspiration to those around me. There is noth-ing greater than being a role model to people of all ages, from the young kids at libraries to the adults at city
council meetings. Little girls and boys look up to me. Con-stantly, I am asked how I became a Princess, and how they can become Princesses and Princes, too. I see this as the per-fect time to reiterate the truths of being successful, work hard in school, be respectful, and no matter what, never stop trying. The definition to this is different for all, whether it is persevering after a fail-ure, trying after a tough moment, or just trying to be a better person. What-ever the definition, the
meaning is the same, we can never give up. Learning on the job is one of the most exciting parts of this experi-ence. I am constantly educated on
what it takes to do a job well, to make a difference, to be empowered. So yes, many just see the big yel-low dress, but what we stand for is almost contrary to the definition of Princess. We do not have servants, we are the servants. We do not have ambassadors, we are ambassadors. We can be whomever we want to be if we work hard enough. This year has inspired me to be in constant pursuit of me dreams, no matter how far away they may seem. I can no longer be held back by withstand-ing limits just because others believe them to be expected. In my book, every single adult, child, elder, wom-an, and man deserves the chance to spread their wings and see what they are capable of. The Daffodil Festival is respon-sible for igniting this spirit in myself; the opportunities available to me are thrilling with endless possibilities. I am so grateful for this festival. Every young woman that is lucky enough to be a part of it has the chance to not only be impacted, but also have a lasting influence on the world in the most positive way.
The Daffodil Festival: Empowering Young Women