STEMILT GRAND PARADE

SATURDAY MAY 4, 2024 @ 11AM

The cannon sounds promptly at 11:00 am on to announce the 105th Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Stemilt Grand Parade. Leading off the parade is the traditional Apple Blossom Run. Bands from throughout the Northwest join with the many colorful floats and proud-stepping equestrian units to make this one of Washington’s grandest parades. Dignitaries from many of Northwest Festivals, as well as local and state legislators join in to enjoy the Greater Wenatchee Valley at springtime.

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NO PRIME PARADE SEATING

The May 4th Stemilt Grand Parade Staging Area and Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast will be moved to new locations, and there will be NO PRIME PARADE SEATING (bleacher seating). The Grand Parade Staging leads, City of Wenatchee Street Management, City of Wenatchee Police Department, and Wenatchee School District officials have been meeting the past 4 months and have come up with a permanent plan for staging the Grand Parade.

1. Due to the April 1 construction of the Triangle Park softball field, the Grand Parade Staging Area will no longer be in Triangle Park. The start of the parade will be at Orondo and Fuller Streets, and Staging will take place at Wenatchee High School and on Millerdale Ave, Russell, Cherry and Miller Streets”. A map of the Grand Parade staging area and road closures will be here on the website by April 25. There will be NO CHANGES TO THE GRAND PARADE ROUTE and there are no changes to staging or the route for the Tekniplex Youth Parade on April 27th.

2. The Kiwanis Pancake breakfast will be moved to the Apple Bowl concession area due to the old concession stand being demolished.

3. And lastly, there will be NO Prime Parade Seating (bleacher seating) in the parking lot of Rec Park (baseball field).

BLEACHER SEATING DOWNTWON

We are so sad to lose our Prime Parade Seating tradition. We will have free 6-bleacher seating available, first-come-first-serve, in front of KPQ Studio on Wenatchee Ave! Featuring live parade broadcasting by Aly White with KW3.

2024 STEMILT GRAND PARADE LINEUP

1 Wenatchee Police Department VIPS

1A American Legion Color and Honor Guard

2 Chelan County Sheriff's Office

2A Wenatchee Valley Fire Department

3 Eastmont High School Marching Band and Cheer

4 Apple Blossom Festival, "Lovin' Every Minute Of It!"

5 Top 10 Candidate Samantha Dodd

5A Top 10 Candidate Betsy Gomez-Aviles

5B Top 10 Candidate Laurel Patterson

5C Top 10 Candidate Esty Gonzalez

5D Top 10 Candidates Dania Cuevas Sandoval, Catelyn Shearer, & Ava Porter

6 Apple Blossom Festival Royalty Chaperones Ceci Wood and Jan Crollard

7 Wenatchee High School Air Force JROTC

8 Wenatchee High School Golden Apple Marching Band and Color Guard

9 2024 4A Boys Swim and Dive State Champion 100 Yard Freestyle, Aiden Grigsby

10 Wenatchee High School 2023 4A Volleyball State Champions and 2024 4A Girls Swim and Dive State Champion 50m Backstroke (adaptive), Jillian Mclrvin

11 Stemilt Growers

12 Apple Citizen of the Year West Mathison

13 Cakes for College, "$1,000,000 Reasons to Dream"

14 Director General Craig Field, and his Wife Trisha

15 Applarian Chancellor Mary Ann Castro, and her Husband Ignacio

16 Wenatchee Applarians, "Applarian Love throughout Generations"

17 Quincy High School Band

18 Grand Marshal, Julie Stimpson-Lewis

19 NCW Quilt Guild, "Lovin' It Every Stitch of the Way"

20 EarthWise Pet Nutrition Center & Wellness Spa

21 Leman Johnson Award Recipient, Daryl Ferguson, and his Wife Mona

22 Sunnyside High School Marching Band

23 Miss Sunnyside Float, "Heart of Sunnyside"

24 Prestige Colonial Vista, "Lovin' Life through the Golden Years"

25 Wenatchee Valley Humane Society, "Pets & People Lovin' Life Together"

26 Art Print Artist, Nicki Isaacson

27 Dancing Horses Of Central Washington

28 Blue Bird Inc, "Farm Life-Lovin Every inute of It"

29 Kellogg High School Wildcat Marching Band

30 Deer Park Community Float, "Race To The Finish"

31 NCW Wine Tours

32 Keynote Speaker, Jen Mueller

33 Tree Top, Inc, "What We're Made Of!"

34 Moses Lake High School Band

35 Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, "Embrace your Nature!"

36 RiverCom911 First Responders

37 Life Flight Network

38 Miss Moses Lake Roundup Rodeo Queen

39 City of Wenatchee Chief of Police Steve Crown, and his Wife Kim

40 Wenatchee Valley Misawa Sister City Association, "Love Misawa!"

41 East Wenatchee Mayor Jerrilea Crawford

42 Wenatchee Mayor Mike Poirier, and Wife Maureen

43 CMI Orchards, "American Dream"

44 Make-A-Wish Washington

45 Manson High School Marching Band

46 Manson Apple Blossom Festival, "Into the Wilderness"

49 Wenatchee Valley Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington Fallen Heroes

50 Miss Omak Stampede

51 Louws Truss Inc.

52 State Senator Brad Hawkins

53 Wahluke High School Marching Band

54 Town Toyota Center

55 American Rock Products & Wenatchee Sand and Gravel, "Your Concrete Supplier"

56 State Representative Mike Steele

57 State Representative Keith Goehner

58 Cashmere High School "Bulldog" Marching Band

59 Cashmere Founders' Days Celebration, "Heart of Washington"

60 Chelan County Fair and Rodeo Queen

61 Chelan County Fair Ambassador, Hannah Collins

62 Mega Auto Sales

63 WorkSource Wenatchee Valley, "Building a Better Wenatchee Valley, One Job At a Time!"

64 Ephrata High School Marching Band

65 Ephrata Chamber of Commerce, Sage-N-Sun Festival

66 Marysville Strawberry Festival, "Celebrate the Strawberry"

67 Appleatchee Riders Queen

68 Miss Colorama Pro Rodeo

69 Two Rivers Medieval Faire

70 Folklorico Tierra del Sol, "Uniting Cultures" and CAFE : The Community for the Advancement of Family Education

71 U.S. Representative Kim Schrier

72 Leavenworth's Bavarian Babes, Bros & Brats Scooter Club, "Leavenworth is a Blast Year-Round!"

73 Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, "Around We Go"

74 Chelan Mountain Goat Marching Band and Drill Team

75 Miss Lake Chelan, Chloe Desgroseillier

76 Lake Chelan Tourist Center, "Lake Chelan Pirate Fest"

77 Miss Rodeo Othello

78 2024 Miss Spokane Valley Princess Cameryn Goff

79 Music Theatre of Wenatchee, "Grease the Musical"

80 Othello High School Huskie Marching Band

81 Penticton Peach Festival, "Fun in the Sun"

82 Link Transit, "Go Green on Link's Clean Air Bus"

83 Wenatchee Apollo Club Men's Chorus, "Singing Since 1910, & Lovin' Every Decade Of It!"

84 Mrs. Chelan County and Mrs. Capital City Clory Dahlgren and Vanessa Ruiz

85 Meadowdale High School Pep Band

86 Washington State Fair

87 Wenatchee Salvation Army

88 Wenatchee Valley Shuttle

90 Ellensburg High School Marching Band

91 Capital Lakefair, "Love is the Magic of Lakefair"

92 Ellensburg Rodeo Queen

93 Ellensburg Rodeo Posse

94 Washington State Dept. of Transportation

95 South Kitsap High School Marching Band

96 Jefferson County Rhododendron Festival, "Rhody Soars Around Washington"

97 Wenatchee Valley College

98 Salvadorenos en Wenatchee, "Cultural Representation of El Salvador"

99 Lions Youth Exchange

100 Kennedy Catholic High School Lancer Marching Band and Color Guard

101 Seattle Seafair Commodores

102 SV Dancers, Wenatchee Valley Quinceanera Expo

104 Spyder Industries

105 Kentlake High School Parade Band

106 Royal Rosarians, "Everythin's Coming Up Roses"

107 K Connections, "Candy Shop"

108 Ciel Senior Living, "Ciel-abrate With Us!"

109 Just Right Cleaning and Construction

110 Sultan High School "Turk" Marching Band

111 Oroville May Festival, "Turning Back Time"

112 US Forest Service, "Smokey Bear’s 80th Birthday"

113 Eastern Washington University Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán

114 Love The Valley Parade Clean Up