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We want you to join us in making the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade 2011 bigger and better than ever, so we’re giving you an early heads-up.
With your participation, we can again have a great parade! Invite your talented friends to entertain the Rainier Valley–the more the merrier–at this family friendly event.
And that’s not all! Rainier Ave. (between Brandon & Alaska) will remain open, AKA car-free, to bikes and pedestrians for three more hours of fun during the Summer Streets Party, on Sat., Aug. 20, from 11 am to 12 pm. More.
With 50 entries, last year’s 18th annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Summer Streets Party was nearly twice as large as in previous years. Photos/David Mullarkey Images
With 50 entries, yesterday’s 18th annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Summer Streets Party was a huge success and nearly twice as large as last year’s event. Winners include the Electronetts Drill Team and Pacific NW Drumline with a 2-way tie for Best Overall Performance; Renegayde Pep Band with Most Creative entry; and – for the third year in a row – Rainier Valley Football and Cheer Association with Most Community Spirit. Congratulations! Photos/David Mullarkey Images
Nearly 50 local organizations will be represented this Sat., Aug. 21, at the Rainier Chamber Foundation’s 18th Annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade & City of Seattle’s Summer Streets Party, including:
Old Rides Car Club
Rainier Valley Historical Society
Wellspring Family Services
Rainier Valley Family Bicyclists
Rainier Valley Food Bank
Justice Works!
Magic Lantern Montessori
The UPS store
Electronetts Drill Team
Seattle City Councilmember, Sally J. Clark
Austin Foundation
Mapathe Diop and friends
Royal Esquire Club
Jazz Night School
Columbia City Cinema
Rainier Valley Football & Cheer Association
Windermere Knocks Out The Competition
Geraldine’s Counter
State of WA Dep. Of Correction- Seattle Work crew
Filipino Community Of Seattle
Zip Car
37th District Democrats
International Praise Band
Rainier House
Graham Hill Elementary
Salon Adidez
POCAAN ‘People of color Against AIDS network
Othello Park International Music & Arts Festival
Au Lac Lion Dance Team
Eritrean Cultural music+Dancing w/ cultural Dress
First AME Child & Family Center
Vitality Pilates
Baby Dangerettes Drill Team
Seattle Rainier Lion’s Club
St. Edward School
Neighborcare Health
Speakeasy
House of Love Daycare
Seattle Fire Department
Southside Booty Camp
Renegayde Pep Band
Sound Steps Walking Program
Lady Dangerettes Senior Drill Team
Arts in Motion
Seward Park Audubon Center
Pacific Northwest Drumline
Our Gang Racing’s Unlimited Hydroplane
For nearly half of these groups, 2010 marks the first year they are participating in the nearly 20-year old festival that strives to represent the entire Rainier Valley community.
Last year, the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team won the award for Best Overall Entry in the 2009 Rainier Valley Heritage Parade. Photos/David Mullarkey Images
Your RVP is proud to partner with the Rainier Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations to present cultural and public affairs events in and around Southeast Seattle. We offer a limited number of media sponsorships to cultural and arts organizations to help offset promotion costs. Learn more.
The Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Festival is here and your humble neighborhood editor is honored and thrilled to have been invited to judge the parade entries starting at 11am this morning! Not only that, but I’ll be tweeting from the judges desk! Follow us here.
The Rainier Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting Seattle Summer Streets with its annual Rainier Heritage Parade on Sat., Aug. 8, when Rainier Avenue South from South Orcas to Alaska Street will be closed to car traffic between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
“We are asking every merchant in the festival area to come out in the streets with the parade and festival participants to sell their wares,” said Rainier Chamber executive director Susan Davis. “We expect a few thousand people and want to celebrate the Rainier Valley with a great street party!”
The parade begins at 11 a.m. and will last about an hour. Afterward, each block through Columbia City and Hillman City will host a different theme from music to healthy activities for people to enjoy.
During the event, buses that normally travel Rainier Avenue will be detoured to Martin Luther King at South Orcas and South Alaska streets.
Getting There: Make your trip to this Summer Streets event car-free! Take light rail to the Columbia City station and walk 2 blocks east on S Edmunds Street, or ride Metro’s bus route 7 and exit at South Alaska or South Orcas Street to join the fun.
KIDS: Enter the Rainier Valley Summer Streets Coloring Contest! It’s easy! Just print the official coloring contest entry form, and draw your answer to the question, “What do you like best about the Rainier Valley?” Then drop-off or mail your finished drawing to SEEDArts (5117 Rainier Ave. S.) by Thur., Aug. 6. All submissions will be on display at the Rainier Chamber of Commerce (5290 Rainier Ave. S.) from Aug. 7 through 21, and prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, who will be notified by phone. Winning drawings will also be featured right here at your RVP!
The Rainier Valley Heritage Parade & Summer Streets Festival is coming up on Sat., Aug. 8, and to celebrate, coordinators are inviting local kids to enter the commemorative coloring contest by illustrating answers to the question, “What do you like best about the Rainier Valley?”
It’s easy! Just print the official coloring contest entry form, work your creative magic and then drop-off or mail your finished drawing to SEEDArts (5117 Rainier Ave. S.) by Thur., Aug. 6.
All submissions will be on display at the Rainier Chamber of Commerce (5290 Rainier Ave. S.) from Aug. 7 through 21, and prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, who will be notified by phone.
Winning drawings will also be featured right here at your RVP!
Just one month until the Rainier Valley Heritage Parade and Summer Streets Festival! Mark your calendars for Sat., Aug. 8, when Rainier Avenue will be open to pedestrians from South Orcas to South Alaska Streets. The parade is scheduled for 11 am, followed by the festival from noon to 3 pm.
Rainier Avenue will be sectioned off for different activities that will start in Hillman City and travel north, including Fitness Street, Health & Beauty Street, Art Street, Sustainable Street, Music Street and Restaurant Row in Columbia City. Want to participate in any one of these activities? Contact Susan ASAP.
Join the fun: The parade will have some wonderful entrants this year, and we’d love to make it even better than last year. Find parade application and contract here.
Mini-Workshops: Parade entrants can even strut their stuff after the parade! We are organizing time and locations for mini “workshops” for parade demonstrations. It will be a good opportunity to teach festival goers how to drum, drill, dance, sing, whatever, with the hope of adding new people to your groups. Interested in running a workshop? Contact Susan ASAP.
Coming soon: Rainier Valley Heritage Festival drawing contest! All drawings received will be displayed at Rainier Chamber office during the Festival. Stay tuned for more information.
Last year, Southeast Seattle neighbors complained about a lack of civic coordination when Rainier Avenue South was closed twice in as many weeks for street fairs between Columbia City and Hillman City. The 16th Annual Rainier Valley Heritage Parade took place on Sat., Aug. 16. Then, on Sun., Aug. 31, the City closed the busy [...]
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