Edmonds turns red, white and blue in annual downtown parade

Posted: July 4, 2012 1070
Veterans were invited to march at the beginning of the Edmonds parade, and the crowd gave them a standing ovation as they passed.
Parade Grand Marshal Jan Steves, who competed in the 2012 Iditarod dog sled race, rides in a 1967 Camaro supplied by Village Transmission.

The streets of downtown Edmonds were jammed Wednesday morning and early afternoon as thousands of spectators and participants gathered for the annual Edmonds Kind of Fourth festivities, including a 5 K fun run and two parades.

Parade announcer Mike Denton in his seventh year behind the microphone.

For the seventh year, long-time Edmonds Chamber of Commerce member Mike Denton did the honors as parade announcer, sprinkling in a few wisecracks along the way as he described the 63 parade entries. “How about a massage for your hard-working announcer?” Denton quipped as the Shangri-La massage entry passed by.

The Chamber office, which sponsors the Edmonds Kind of Fourth with financial support from the Edmonds-based Hazel Miller Foundation, was a hub of activity as the parade ended and volunteers took a short break between the parade and preparing for the night-time fireworks.

The fun run drew a much larger-than-anticipated field of 300-plus runners and walkers, according to race organizer Frank Yamamoto. “We had great enthusiasm and participation,” he said.

Here are the winning parade entrants:

Most Patriotic — Lynnwood Elks

Most Original — Peppersgold Landscaping

Funniest — Pirates of Treasure Island

Mayor’s Trophy — Make-a-Wish Foundation of Washington

Best Decorated — Driftwood Players

Chamber of Commerce — R&R Star Towing

We also have other photos coming of Wednesday’s parade as well as the fireworks show, and regular contributor David Carlos just sent us this link to an album of great photos he took.

What’s a parade without clowns?

 

The Edmonds Museum float, a replica of the actual historic museum building at 5th and Bell that was constructed 101 years ago as a Carnegie Library.
Mary Van Meter, Edmonds’ Citizen of the Year.
Sustainable Edmonds adds a little green to the parade’s color mix.
The children’s parade was a sea of red, white and blue on bikes, scooters, wagons and strollers.

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