News from the Marysville Strawberry Festival

The Marysville Strawberry Festival Board is excited to announce that we have nine applicants from three high schools for our Royalty. They are Athena Edwards, junior at Marysville Getchell; Rachel Turral, junior at Marysville Pilchuck; Denise Miranda-Ramirez, junior at Marysville Getchell; William Nowoy, senior at Marysville Pilchuck; Ziri Morales, junior at Marysville Getchell/Running Start; Amelia Belmont, senior at Lakewood; and Gabriella Samaniego, junior at Marysville Getchell. Due to Covid-19 restrictions we will not be having the traditional pageant. Instead they will be judged at three different venues and the highest four applicants will become our Royalty court. The applicants will be asked to write a three-minute speech on the following: Explain why homelessness is such a difficult problem to solve and talk about possible solutions to this problem. The first venue will be held at the Strawberry Festival Office on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 6 p.m. We will be sending out invites to all our members to ask them to attend and help judge all these wonderful applicants. The public is also invited to attend, we will be following all Covid restrictions and masks will be required. Their second venue will be at City Hall in front of the City Council, which will be held Monday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. The third venue has yet to be determined.

Other happenings this month have also have taken place with the Festival. We have started working on our float, doing some minor repairs and decorating it for the 15+ parades we hope to attend this year. Also making a comeback this year will be our Trike Race. This is an exciting and fun event we are so happy to bring back again with the help of 5 Rights Brewing Co. Dates and times will be announced so keep watching the paper for more information.

We are in great need of volunteers for different areas of the festival and as we travel to other cities. We need volunteers who can travel with us to other parades, people to help with our festival and parade, Golf tournament, Hospitality, Trike race, Berry run, Fashion show/Luncheon,  Strawberry eating contest, Friday evening dinner and our market. If you are interested in helping in any of these areas please contact us at 360-659-7664 or email us at [email protected]. Time commitments and days do vary, but a lot of help is needed during the week of our Festival, June 11-18. Volunteering for a specific event is a great way to find out more about the Marysville Strawberry Festival and getting to help out in your local community.  It is also a fun way to meet new people and  make new friends.

If you're interested, our monthly meetings are open to the public and are held the third Tuesday of each month at our office at 1412 1st Street. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and usually last an hour or a little more. We look forward to hearing from you and making new friends.