SEQUIM — Competitions of strength and skill, fireworks and a 105-piece parade will be highlights of the 122nd Sequim Irrigation Festival grand finale this weekend.
The theme of the festival — which is the longest continuous festival in the state — is “122 Skies of Blue.”
A logging show and truck/tracker pull, a strongman showdown and fireworks launched Friday, while the logging show continued the fun Saturday, along with a show of hot rods and Harleys and a grand parade.
The festival, co-sponsored by the Lavender Jazz and Blues Society and 1st Security Bank in Sequim, is free and open to all ages.
It wraps today with the carnival from noon to 5 p.m. on Sequim High School’s athletic fields along Fir Street.
Royalty from a variety of Western Washington festivals gather to dance the “Macarena” before the start of Saturday’s Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Chimacum High School Marching Band makes its way down the parade route on Saturday in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nine-month-old Aivery Stuhr waves in delight while watching her very first parade with mother Rebecca White of Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Marysville Strawberry Festival float was winner of the President’s Award in the Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A float representing the Fathoms O’ Fun Festival in Port Orchard was recipient of the Chairman’s Award on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Grand Sweepstakes Award-winning float representing the Pierce County Daffodil Festival takes part in the Irrigation Festival Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A float assembled by the Sequim Soroptimist Club received the Mayor’s Award. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Dancers from the Mexican Community of Sequim parade entry create a swirl on color Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Members of the Port Townsend High School Marching Band perform in Saturday’s Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nate Bolling of Sequim attempts to lift 750 pounds during Friday’s Irrigation Festival Strong Man competition at the Blake Property in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sequim High School band director Vern Fosket, left, the grand marshal for the Irrigation Festival Grand Parade, marches with a kazoo band of Sequim school students. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Fair Princess Marykate Napiontek, left, and Queen Janeydean O’Connor wave to Irrigation Festival Grand Parade spectators Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
