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arts & entertainment Rose Festival Continues With Parades This Week R ose Festival activities continue this week with Fred Meyer Junior Parade, the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade. The junior parade will take over the Hollywood District on Wednesday after- noon. More than 10,000 children will con- tinue the tradition set in 1936 to dance, drum, skate, bike, trike, unicike, scoot and stroller down Sandy Boulevard at 1 p.m. The parade’s commercial sponsors will also be there, including the bumbling car- toon detective Scooby Doo, courtesy of Comcast and Cartoon Network, as well as Fred Meyer’s Fred Bear and Tillamook’s Loafy – the lovable cheese loaf. The biggest parade of the festival, the Grand Floral Parade, will kick off at 10 a.m. at Memorial Coliseum. For those wishing to sit in the Coliseum as the parade disem- barks, the tickets range from $15 to $30. The reserved seating will also include admission to the Queen’s Coronation from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. Tickets are available at www.rosefestival.org or by phone at 877- 789-7673. This year’s theme is the vintage “Carnival of Roses” which looks back at the first Mardi Gras styled Rose Festivals. There will be 17 floral-covered floats, 17 march- ing bands and several dancing groups, all lead by the brass marching band, Patrick Lamb and the Mississippi Horns. The parade features four special sections: Loco-Motion by Union Pacific – celebrat- ing transportation led by Union Pacific’s mini-train, the 1956 locomotive that serves as the goodwill ambassador for the train line. Students from the hearing impaired school Tucker-Maxon Oral School will be riding as passengers. Spirit of Service – featuring the Royal Rosarians, the Oregon Army National Guard, the Salvation Army, Portland Fire and Rescue, the Transportation Security Administration … and the Navy Band. Healthy Planet Expo by Oregon State University – celebrating sustainability with the first-ever electric-powered float built by the Astoria Regatta. Carousel of Cultures by Boeing – cele- brating the myriad of cultures present in the Pacific Northwest. After the parade, the floats will be on dis- play adjacent to CityFair on S.W. Naito Parkway. On June 11, parking at the Rose Quarter is $8 for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., although parking after 8 a.m. will not be allowed. Attendees are encouraged to use TriMet. Calling Youth 8 to 15: Sign Up for Quest2011 Summer Camp Now C hild Inc. is offering Quest 2011, a summer camp that will offer lots of fun and also give youth opportunities to help the community and learn valuable skills through volunteering and fundraising. Troy Tate, who created the summer camp for Child Inc. says, “The purpose of Quest is to provide safe, fun summer program- ming for the children and young adults in Portland, Oregon. We want to keep them safe and secure, plus expand our base through relationship building and mentor- ing.” The camp will run for 10 weeks from June 13-Aug. 27, Tate said, offering pro- grams twice a week in 5 areas of interest: Fellowship Volunteering Sports/Outdoor Recreation Fundraising Movie Night Youth that attend consistently and con- tribute to all areas of the program, will also take a trip to Seaside Oregon at the end of the summer. Each activity will earn a cer- tain amount of points for participation and if you receive enough points you will be allowed to go on the trip. Youth will be provided transportation to and from the Child Inc. facilities to partici- pate in each event located at 1542 N. Killingsworth St., Portland 97217. Sign up fast ; only 40 places are available. To sign up Text Quest2011 to 23559 or call 503-282-9460 or email Child.Inc.pdx@gmail.com June 8, 2011 The Portland Skanner Page 7
