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From left, Rose Festival Princess Ellie Hylland of Central Catholic High School, Tiny Tot KaLea Liebelt, 7, Little Miss Grand Ronde Sophia
Grout, 10, and Princess Tori Lopez of St. Mary’s Academy perform the Blue Heron dance at achaf-hammi during a visit of the Rose Festival
Court on Thursday, May 9.
Rose Festival Court visits
Members of the Grand Ronde Royalty welcomed members of the Rose
Festival Court as they arrived at Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center
on Thursday, May 9. The Rose Festival Court, paired with members
of Grand Ronde Royalty, visited the “Rise of the Collectors” exhibit at
Chachalu. They also visited achaf-hammi, where they listened to the
history of the Tribe and learned the Blue Heron dance. The Rose Festi-
val Court visits Grand Ronde annually in advance of the June 8 Spirit
Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade in downtown Portland.
Grand Ronde Royalty Tiny Tot Grace Macon, 6, leads members of the Rose
Festival Court into achaf-hammi on Thursday, May 9.
Tribal member Leloo Quenelle, 6,
hold hands with Rose Festival Court
Princess Chloe Unfl at from Wilson
High School in the reception area of
Chachalu Museum & Cultural before
touring the “Rise of the Collectors”
exhibit on Thursday, May 9.
Photos by Timothy J. Gonzalez
From left, Grand Ronde Royalty Little Miss Grand
Ronde Sophia Grout, Rose Festival Court Princess Stella
Monteverde-Cakebread of Grant High School, Princess
Makenzie Espinoza of Roosevelt High School, Junior
Miss Grand Ronde Kaleigha Simi, Princess Ellie Hylland
of Central Catholic High School, Tiny Tot KaLea Liebelt and Princess Melissa
Davila of Benson High School tour the “Rise of the Collectors” exhibit at
the Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center on Thursday, May 9.