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