SEQUIM — The Sequim Lavender Festival had a good showing, but not good enough to make it into the Top 10 in the Best Flower Festival contest hosted by USA Today.
However, two other North Olympic Peninsula events are still in the running in the online 10Best Readers’ Choice contests put on by USA Today.
The Port Angeles Underground tour remained in fifth place in the Best Underground Attraction contest, and Port Townsend was in seventh place Tuesday in the Best Coastal Small Town contest.
The lavender festival was not in the Top 10 after results were announced Friday.
Lavender festival
The event was in 12th place the day before the contest ended, said Mary Jendrucko, executive director for the Sequim Lavender Growers Association.
“I would have liked to have been in the Top 10,” she said. “We work really hard to produce a nice event for the valley.
“Twelfth’s still good,” she added.
Jendrucko said the contest concerned only the growers association portion of the July Sequim Lavender Weekend, which also includes events organized by the Sequim Lavender Farmers Association.
The winner of the flower festival contest was Tulip Time in Holland, Mich.
Voting continues for the Port Angeles Underground through Monday at http://tinyurl.com/j2zde47 and for Port Townsend until April 25 at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-seatown.
The top choice will be featured in a USA Today travel section story.
While USA Today doesn’t make numerical results public, it displays the current rankings. Users can vote in each category once every 24 hours.
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Executive Editor Leah Leach can be reached at 360-417-3530 or at lleach@peninsuladailynews.com.
