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Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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February Directors Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 12th
5:30 pm
Roundtable Pizza - South Hill
(4510 S Regal St, Spokane, WA 99223)
A lot to cover, plus, this is your opportunity to meet our newly selected 2019 Royalty Court!
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AUDITIONS & TICKETS NOW OPEN FOR OUR
2nd Annual
"Lilac City's Got Talent" Show
Submission Deadline: Feb. 28th
Show:
Wednesday, March 27th
6:30pm
The Bing Theater
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Do you know any talented High School Seniors? Would they like the opportunity to perform in one of Spokane's premier stages? Could they use some extra money to go towards their continued success? If you do, then let them know auditions are now open for our 2nd Annual "Lilac City's Got Talent" Show!
We are teaming up with BECU and Lewis & Clark High School's Leadership class to find the most talented High School Senior(s) in the Lilac City. We were blown away with the amount of talent we saw last year, we can not wait to see what the class of 2019 has in store.
Click below for more information and to sign up! Audition submission deadline is February 28th. The show is on Wednesday, March 27th at The Bing Theater. Tickets on sale now through Tickets West.
Adults $15 | Military & Students $10
A BIG thank you to BECU, for continuing to support not only the Spokane Lilac Festival but helping us "Empower Our Youth."
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2018 Directors, Volunteers and Royalty at the Connell Fall Festival
Photo Courtesy of Laurine Logerwell
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Our amazing VP of Area Relations, Shelley Sholl, is busy planning our 2019 Festival season and area Festival information is starting to come in. Below are the parades that are on our calendar so far. We will be adding the full list soon. If you are a Director or Volunteer interested in participating in any of these parades, please contact Shelley as soon as possible. It's amazing that we are well on our way in 2019, it's going to be a fun year!
Saturday, March 16th, Noon
Spokane's St. Patrick's Day Parade
Downtown Spokane
Hosted by The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Saturday, May 4th, 11am
WA State Apple Blossom Festival
Wenatchee, WA
Saturday, May 11th, 10am
Spokane Junior Lilac Parade
Downtown Spokane
Hosted by Spokane Rotaract Club
Saturday, May 18th, 7:45pm
Spokane Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade
Downtown Spokane
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2019 Royalty Candidates with their homemade bears by Mama Patt at the Woman's Club Vintage Fashion Show & Tea
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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It's here, and we can't believe it, we are in our final days with our 19 Candidates. On Saturday, they will each be interviewed by judges selected from the community. Somehow, the judges will select our 7 Court Members. We do not envy them as all of our 19 Candidates have shown great leadership and growth in these short weeks.
This past Saturday, our Candidates were honored as special guests at the Spokane Woman's Club's annual Vintage Fashion Show and Tea. They helped set up, take down, greeted guests and had a great opportunity to practice their public speaking skills as they introduced themselves to the crowd individually.
In addition to the tea party, the 19 Candidates participated in a Win/Win training given by Brian Newberry, CEO of the Girls Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. They also met with their Purple Pod leaders one last time for help and words of encouragement before interviews this weekend.
We could not be more proud of these young leaders and know that all of them, no matter who is chosen for Court, will be amazing representatives of our Lilac City.
Keep reading this week's Lilac Weekly as we introduce the remaining five "We Are Spokane" Candidates.
And don't forget to mark your calendars and purchase tickets for
Sunday, March 3rd at 3pm for the 2019 Royalty Coronation
at West Valley High School.
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Top Left:
2019 VP of Parade and President Elect, Dan Ver Heul, supervises a team building project at the Directors/Candidate meeting last week.
Top Right:
(from left) Candidates Hayley-Ferris, Brooke-Central Valley, Grace C.-The Oaks, Madison-Cheney and Sydney-Mead introduce themselves to the Directors.
Middle Left:
(from left) Candidates Sierra-University, Cassidy-Rogers, Jaidan-Shadle Park, President Kristy, Grace C.-The Oaks and Allie-West Valley show off their new crown they created for President Kristy.
Middle Right:
Candidate Myranda-Mt. Spokane and Chaperone Gloria Fox set up before guests arrive to the Woman's Club Vintage Fashion Show & Tea.
Bottom
: 2019 Royalty Candidates at the Spokane Woman's Club Vintage Fashion Show & Tea
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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2019 Royal Tea Party
Tickets On Sale & Donations Needed
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2018 Royalty and their Junior Princesses at the 2018 Royal Tea Party.
Photo Courtesy of Hawkinson Photography
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Sunday, April 28th
Historic Davenport Hotel
10am & 2pm
Tickets for our 2019 Royal Tea Parties are on sale now! This is a very special Lilac Festival tradition. It is always so wonderful to see the little princesses of our region enjoying sipping tea, learning how to do their best princess wave and walking the purple carpet each year! We have two tea times, 10am & 2pm, click below for more information and to purchase tickets.
Donations Needed:
- We are still looking for Door Prize donations. If you have any questions on what you can donate, please contact our office.
- We are in need of a venue to feed our volunteers in between our tea parties from 11 am to 2 PM. We are looking for a business that has a conference room within a 2 block walking distance of the Historic Davenport hotel. This would be an In-Kind donation that would come with Spokane Lilac Festival sponsor benefits. If you are interested, please contact our office.
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CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
Now Accepting Entries for the
2019 Lilac Festival Juried Art Show & Competition
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2019 Lilac Legacy Art
"Lilac Profusion"
Lindsey Hope Johnstone
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Become our 2020 Lilac Legacy Artist! For Prospectus and Entry form, click the link below.
All entries are due by Friday, April 19, 2019 and the show will be on Monday, May 13th of Festival week.
More details on the event coming soon.
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Royalty Candidate Spotlight
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Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to our 19 "We Are Spokane" Royalty Candidates. Once our seven Court members are selected we will get to know them a little better as well.
Missed an Issue? Click below for our past Lilac Weekly's featuring our Candidates:
All of our Royalty Candidates are amazing young leaders and we hope you enjoy getting to know them just as much as we are.
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Cassidy Tannehill
Rogers High School
Cassidy is the oldest of three children, with siblings Sawyer and Mason. It is quite the busy household with three dogs and a cat! She loves spending time with her whole family and showering kisses on all those furry friends.
She is very involved with athletics at her school. She has been a manager of Rogers' football, basketball and track teams. Cassidy also is involved with Skills USA and College Success Foundation (CSF). If that isn't enough, she also has a part time job! In her downtime, Cassidy enjoys watching science documentaries.
Cassidy's favorite thing about Spokane is that we get all four of the seasons. She loves that we have great events such as the Torchlight Parade, Bloomsday and Hoopfest.
Her favorite food is Fettuccini Alfredo, loves Oasis Espresso coffee shop, all types of music and shopping at American Eagle. One of her favorite movies is "Breakfast at Tiffanys."
We have been so honored to get to know Cassidy and love that she is part of the Lilac Family.
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Grace Cvancara
The Oaks Classical & Christian Academy
Grace, or "Babycake Lighting" to her dad, is the youngest of four girls. She is very close to them and credits them for teaching her how to be kind and strong in times of difficulty. She also has a busy household with a dog, two cats and 11 chickens!
She is a very talented musician who plays the piano, accordion and sings. She plays with both her Worship Team and Youth Group through her church. She currently volunteers at a local Hospice center which she has found to be a blessing in her life.
After graduation, she plans to attend college to one day become a Physician's Assistant. Her dream job would be to use her medical skills overseas to help those in need. One of her bucket list items is to go on medical missions and skydive.
An interesting fact about Grace is that she is currently writing a book that she hopes to self-publish within the year. Wow! In her downtime, Grace enjoys listening to audio books while sketching. She makes spending time with her family her number one priority. She is a big fan of Dutch Bros., where her favorite drink is an Early Grey Tea or London Fog.
Grace, we are so happy you have chosen to become a member of our Royalty Scholarship program. We can't wait to see what you accomplish!
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Jaidan Suber
Shadle Park High School
Jaidan is the older sister to her 14-year old brother. One thing about Jaidan is that she loves animals and her family has three dogs. A
fter graduation,
Jaidan plans to work at the Humane Society where she currently volunteers.
jaidan is very active. She plays volleyball, tennis, swims, skis and babysits. She was also the manager for her schools volleyball team this year. In her downtime she loves spending time with those she loves and helping people or animals whenever possible.
After graduation, she plans to attend Western Washington University to become a Marine Biologist. Her dream is to make a difference for our environment and especially marine life.
She loves all the activities Spokane offers to the community like the Lilac Parade, Hoopfest and Pig Out in the Park. It's something unique that other cities do not offer. Her favorite coffee shop is Dutch Bros. and she enjoys milkshakes. She is a big fan of pop music, the movie "Finding Nemo" and her favorite Disney princess is Ariel (not surprising for her love of marine life).
Welcome Jaidan to the Lilac Festival Family. We love your commitment to our community and planet!
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Sierra Stinson
University High School
Sierra is the older sister to her 8-year old brother, Tay. The have a dog, Panda (Tay chose the name), and a tabby cat named Ollie. She is a loving big sister who takes Tay to his favorite place, Chuck E. Cheese, often.
Debate is a huge part of Sierra's life. Which will come in handy when she studies to become a Criminal Defense Lawyer at either Notre Dame or George Washington University in Washington D.C. Sierra is also involved in ASB and drama at her school and youth ministry with her church.
In her downtime, Sierra loves to relax and binge watch "Grey's Anatomy" with her mom and eat junk food. Her favorite part of Spokane is the nature. She enjoys getting out and participating in as many activities our city has to offer, like hiking.
On Sierra's bucket list, she would love to back pack through Europe. She is a big European history buff and would love to walk through the same steps those she has read about and admire have. In Spokane, you can find her at Crush coffee shop, Hollister or listening to Elton John (her favorite artist).
Sierra is such a wonderful and bright addition to our Lilac family. Go get 'em, Sierra!
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Allie McGlothlen
West Valley High School
Allie, or "Al" to her friends, is one of four girls in her family! They also have four cats....not all girls though. She loves spending as much time with her family as possible.
She is very involved in her school's National Honors Society program, tennis and Lunch Buddies. She has a passion for photography and hopes to one day make a living around it. After graduation, she plans to attend college to study photography and education. She would love to become a High School photography teacher or her dream job of being a photographer for National Geographic.
In Allie's downtime, she loves exploring Spokane with her best friend. She loves what Spokane and our surrounding region has to offer. In 30 minutes she can be in the mountains or lakes, and then in the other direction she is in downtown Spokane. Her favorite local coffee shop is Grind Central Espresso. Her favorite store is Tuesday Morning and loves the movie "The Princess Bride."
Congratulations to Allie on all that she has accomplished. We are honored you have chosen to become a member of our Lilac family.
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2019 Parade
Participant & Vendor Applications Now Open!
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2018 Armed Forces Torchlight Parade Participants - North Central High School Marching Band
Photos by Hawkinson Photography
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The Spokane Lilac Festival wishes our friends with birthdays in February & March
a Happy Birthday!
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February:
- Laurine Logerwell 2/4
- Denny Nichols 2/5
- Bill Phipps 2/7
- Brooke Wayman 2/8
- Cindy Zapotocky 2/19
- Lisa Taylor 2/24
- D'Laine Fields 2/27
March:
- Shelley Sholl 3/1
- Jenifer Eberle 3/2
- Neesha Wright 3/3
- Joan Petow 3/5
- Mike Cressey 3/7
- Russ Brown 3/14
- Flo Wood 3/20
- Joan Frank 3/25
- Roberta Greene 3/29
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February
- Saturday, February 2nd - Woman's Club Tea - 1pm (1428 West 9th Avenue)
- Saturday, February 2nd - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Tuesday, February 5th - Royalty Committee Meeting, 5:30pm, Lilac Office
- Wednesday, February 6th - Royalty Liaison Meeting, Location TBD
- Thursday, February 7th - Parade Krewe Meeting, 5:30pm, Longhorn BBQ Airway Heights
- Saturday, February 9th - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Saturday, February 9th - Royalty Candidate Interviews
- Monday, February 11th - Hosting Committee Meeting, RTP 5:30pm, Hosting 6pm, Lilac Office
- Monday, February 11th - Royalty Court/Parent Meeting, 6pm, Location TBD
- Tuesday, February 12th - Directors Meeting, 5:30pm, Round Table - South Hill Location (4510 S Regal St, Spokane, WA 99223)
- Saturday, February 16th - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Tuesday, February 19th - Royalty Court/Directors Roundtable Session, Time & Location TBD
- Thursday, February 21st - Parade Krewe Meeting, 5:30pm, Longhorn BBQ Airway Heights
- Saturday, February 23rd - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Monday, February 25th - Finance Committee Meeting, 5:30pm, Lilac Office
- Tuesday, February 26th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6pm, Lilac Office
- Thursday, February 28th - Royalty Family & Friends Night, 7pm, West Valley High School
March
- Saturday, March 2nd - Royalty Court Interviews
- Sunday, March 3rd - Queen & Court Coronation, 3:00pm, West Valley High School | Click Here for Tickets
- Monday, March 4th - Hosting Committee Meeting, RTP 5:30pm, Hosting 6pm, Lilac Office
- Tuesday, March 5th - Royalty Committee Meeting, 5:30pm, Lilac Office
- Thursday, March 7th - Parade Krewe Meeting, 5:30pm, Longhorn BBQ Airway Heights
- Thursday, March 7th - Float Work Day, 6pm-9pm, Float Barn
- Saturday, March 9th - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Tuesday, March 12th - Directors Meeting, 5:30pm, Round Table - South Hill Location (4510 S Regal St, Spokane, WA 99223)
- Thursday, March 14th - Float Work Day, 6pm-9pm, Float Barn
- Saturday, March 16th - St. Patrick's Parade, 10am, Downtown Spokane
- Saturday, March 16th - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Thursday, March 21st - Parade Krewe Meeting, 5:30pm, Longhorn BBQ Airway Heights
- Thursday, March 21st - Float Work Day, 6pm-9pm, Float Barn
- Saturday, March 23rd - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
- Monday, March 25th - Finance Committee Meeting, 5:30pm, Lilac Office
- Tuesday, March 26th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6pm, Lilac Office
- Wednesday, March 27th - 2nd Annual "Lilac City's Got Talent" Show, 6:30pm, The Bing Theater | Click Here for More Info & Tickets
- Thursday, March 28th - Float Work Day, 6pm-9pm, Float Barn
- Saturday, March 30th - KHQ Telethon, 7am-10am, KHQ TV
- Saturday, March 30th - Float Work Day, 10am-4pm, Float Barn
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Spokane Lilac Festival
3021 S. Regal, Suite 105
Spokane, WA 99223
509.535.4554
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