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Berry Dairy Days Grand Parade
romoting community spirit and participation, the 85th annual Berry Dairy Days Grand Parade is sponsored by Skagit Farmers Supply/ Country Store and Swinomish Casino & Lodge. Kicking off at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, this event is one of the weekend’s many highlights. Following tradition, the 2022 Grand Parade will run east down Fairhaven Avenue, between Walnut and Skagit streets in downtown Burlington. After the parade, please join us for the Peoples Bank Festival in the Park located around the Burlington Visitors Information Center off of E. Fairhaven Avenue. Thousands of spectators come out to support the community and see 70 or more floats/performances. You are likely to see the famous steam tractor owned by Oscar Lagerlund, marching bands, drill and dance teams, 4-H clubs, antique John Deere tractors, local gymnasts and musicians; along with representatives from many local businesses, organizations, and civic groups. Locally selected judges will award the first, second, and third place parade winners. Winners will be announced on the Berry Dairy Days Facebook page on Monday, June 20th and published on the website the following week.
There will be a complimentary Skagit Transit shuttle, running 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. alternating every 10 minutes between the Burlington-Edison High School parking lot (park your car for the 2020 parade but it was canfree) and the corner of Alder and E. celled and 2022 is the first year back. Fairhaven Ave. Spinach Bus Ventures is a local Ven2022 Grand Marshal: Spinach ture Capital Group run by five Mount Bus Ventures Vernon High School classmates from the class of 1994. The business was The Burlington Chamber of Comformed in 2019 to preserve, promote, merce is proud to announce Spinach Bus Ventures as grand marshal of the and create economic development in 85th annual Berry Dairy Days Grand the agricultural community of Skagit Parade. They were originally selected Valley. Chamber President Steph Ver7
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vaart said, “We have been impressed by how we’ve seen this purpose in action the last two years.” Spinach Bus Ventures owns Tulip Town and when the Tulip Festival was cancelled in 2020, they made the best out of a difficult situation and launched their Color for Courage campaign. The campaign allowed individuals to donate a bouquet of Tulip Town tulips goskagit.com
