Mason County Forest Festival TIMBER DAYS June 4/5, July 30/31, August 20/21
PARADE September 18 masoncountyforestfestival.com
SUMMER LONG Mick Sprouffske| Mason County Forest Festival Board President There a lot of ways to start this off when thinking about 2020 and the pandemic. But what comes to mind to me is how resilient our communities are. We made it through some tough times, showing our grit and forging ahead. Great job Mason County. I know that we lost members of this great county to the pandemic, please keep them in your memories and help those families if you can. The Mason County Forest Festival Board and Committees worked hard last year to plan a 2020 event, postponing it a couple of times, finally reluctantly canceling Forest Festival for the first time since its inception in 1945. We did coronate a 2020 Royalty Court. The Court did a great job working on virtual events on Facebook Live and volunteering at Christmastown events. The Board, Committees and the Royalty Court all gave their best to keep the Forest Festival spirit alive.
New this year, we are promoting Timber Days events throghout the summer. Timber Days (June 4-5) kicks off the 77th Forest Festival Friday evening with a float reveal. The 2021 Royalty and their newly decorated float will be taking a drive around town, ending their tour downtown at Timber Days where everyone will enjoy live music, classic forest/logging themed outdoor movies, crafts, games and more.
2021 Forest Festival Button
Designed by Wyatt Wagner, a Mason County 9th grader. Pick up your collector pin at the Festival Booth at Timber Days! This year Smokey Bear is celebrating his 77th birthday on August 9th. Look for the schedule of events on the following pages and at masoncountyforestfestival.com.
Mason County and Mason County Forest Festival has its roots in Forest Fire Awareness.
Whether started by lightning or human, fire is a natural part of the landscape. The July Timber Days is themed "Christmas However, fire was and is something that in July" (July 30-31). Forest Festival will loggers and forest managers despise for its also be celebrating the 100th Anniversary loss of timber, equipment and, most of all, of Green Diamond’s Colonial House with loss of life. By the late 1930's there had Forest Festival 2021 is going to be a fun a Royalty Tea on Saturday July 31. This been so many forest fires that local, state filled event, celebrating the 77th year, ticketed event will be a lovely garden tea and eventually national efforts began public themed, Families Of The Forest. This year party hosted by our 2021 Royalty. campaigns to prevent wildfire. The Keep we are splitting up our events with the Green Movement originated right here in Run the Ridge 5k and 10k run at Ridge August 20 - 21, Timber Days celebrates Shelton. Eventually the Keep Green MoveMotorsports Park on June 5th and the Smokey Bear and promoting "Forest Fire ment became the Keep Washington Green Paul Bunyan Grand Parade, Log Show Awareness." Association. Forest Festival was an auxiliary Exhibition, Firefighters Pancake Breakfast, member of the local chapter of the Keep Kiwanis Duck Race, Rockin The Forest, Washington Green Committee, a and Fireworks will be on September 18th. 21 relationship that lasted for 50 years. FJORD
