Saturday’s 80th Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade starts at 1 p.m. Uptown on Lawrence Street at the fire hall, proceeds downhill to Monroe Street and then to Water Street, turning to an end on Adams Street.

Spectators, especially those along the Monroe Street hill and downtown – don't leave too early if there are gaps in the parade (with marching bands, which do stop and perform along the way, gaps between units are inevitable). When you see the Jefferson Transit Authority bus, followed by the DM Disposal garbage truck – then the parade is over.

Follow the Grand Parade downtown to Pope Marine Park and the third annual Cake Picnic: 2,000 slices of free cake and a dance party. Event features DJ Captain Peacock, Dirty Beat Duo, Meridian Choir, bike toss, a salmon quilt raffle, and a play zone.

CHECK IN

Stop! All Grand Parade units must check in between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at the sign-up desk at the former visitor center along Sims Way (you can't miss it as you drive into Port Townsend past the boatyard) to receive an entry number and parking space staging.

Neighborhood residents and businesses are thanked in advance for their cooperation during this busy day on the side streets adjacent to the parade route.

JUDGING

Lining up early is important. Floats are judged starting at 10 a.m. and judging of other entries takes place from 11 a.m. to about noon during lineup, and awards are presented at the starting line. Bands and drill teams are rated by judges along the parade route. Bonus points are awarded to all units that include rhododendrons in their decorations.

OUR ENTRIES

This is the Grand Parade lineup as of May 11. Late entries could be added toward parade's end. See an updated list at

rhodyfestival.org.

Please remember to show your appreciation and give all parade participants your applause!

PRE-PARADE

Tenino Motorcycle Drill Team

GRAND PARADE

1 East Jefferson Fire Rescue

2 Jefferson County Sheriff's Office – Dave Stanko

3 Port Townsend Police Department

4 Marvin G. Shields Memorial American Legion Post 26 Color Guard

5 Port Townsend High School Marching Band

6 Grand Marshals, American Rhododendron Society, Olympic Peninsula Chapter

7 80th Rhododendron Festival float with Queen Sam Smith, and princesses Lillian Kelly, Morgan Chaffee & Deidra Morris

8 Rhody Fest Queen's Court: Lacey Bishop, Alex Hanson, Dylan Tracer

9 Rhody Junior Royalty on George Earl Memorial Kiwanis Choo Choo: first-graders Kattahlinah Hjelvik-Conlon, Parker Fettig, Kariann Armstrong, Caroline Zurybida, Rylee Jo Spainhower, River Morley, Callie Mascarena

10 Port Townsend Senior Royalty Jeff & Stephanie Boyles

11 Tri-Area Senior Royalty Loreen Sutherland & Jim Thompson

12 Naval Magazine Indian Island Cmdr. Michael Yesunas

13 Rhody Festival Week’s Event Winners

14 Port Angeles Roughrider Marching Band

15 Sunfield Land for Learning

16 Rakers Car Club

17 Beyond 80 & Still Blooming – Seaport Landing Retirement & Assisted Living

18 People First of Washington

19 Chimacum Middle School Band

20 Victorian Society of America, Northwest Chapter

21 Mason County Forest Festival

22 ASL Animal Activators & the Unexpected Brass Band

23 Jefferson Healthcare Rhody Run

24 Sweet Memories – Middletown Dreams: PT's Pinbar

25 Steve Tucker for Port Commissioner

26 Ingraham High School Marching Band

27 Daughters of American Revolution

28 Stagecoach – Wells Fargo Bank

29 Carl's Building Supply

30 Chimacum Alumni Salmon Derby

31 La Conner High School Marching Band

32 Jefferson County Historical Society

33 Olympic Composite Mountain Bike Team

34 Daffodil Festival, Marysville

35 Youth With A Mission

36 Meridian High Marching Trojans

37 Dogspaw & Cats, Too

38 Relay for Life of Jefferson County

39 Cape George Drill Team

40 Life Care Center of Port Townsend

41 Hadlock Building Supply

42 Marysville Pilchuck High Marching Tomahawks

43 Port Townsend High School Alumni

44 Clallam County Fair Royalty

45 Sequim Irrigation Festival

46 Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce with 2014 Citizen of Year Gee Heckscher

47 Brinnon ShrimpFest

48 Classical Glass Corvette Club

49 Clan Gordon Pipe Band, Tacoma

50 Reelect Chuck Russell for Hospital Commissioner

51 Peninsula Midwives

52 Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race

53 Rainier Classic Car Club

54 Quimper Village

55 Olympic Peninsula Shrine Club

56 San Juan Baptist Church

57 Sequim High School Marching Band

58 Barging In – Port Townsend Paper Corp.

59 United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County

60 Meandering Band of Legitimate Weirdos – The Boiler Room

61 Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County

62 Pearls of the Sea – Port Orchard

63 The Roboctopi – First Robotics Team 4918

64 God's Ten Commandments

65 Local Nonprofit Labor Leaders

66 Peninsula Hearing

67 PT Honda & Marine

68 White River High School/Middle School Marching Band

69 Friends of Fort Townsend

70 Friends of Fort Worden

71 Marrowstone Island Citizens of the Year Ray & Carolyn Lowrie

72 Forks Old Fashioned 4th of July

73 Arrow Lumber & Hardware

74 Meridian Middle School Band & Color Guard

75 Key City Fish Co.

76 Daughters of Norway, Thea Foss No. 45

77 Thunderbird Rodeo

78 First Federal

79 Quimper Grange

80 Port Townsend Elk Lodge No. 317

81 Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultants

82 Totem Thunderbird Marching Band

83 The Carwash

84 Port Townsend Rainbow Assembly No. 40

85 Capital Lakefair Festival, Olympia

86 Jefferson Healthcare

87 The Port Townsend Main Street Program

88 KPTZ-FM 91.9 Radio Port Townsend

89 Les Schwab Tire Center

90 Kitsap Mustang Club

91 Central Kitsap High Marching Cougars

92 International Girl Scholarship Program

93 Bent On Whidbey

94 Ukuleles Unite

95 Jefferson County Democrats

96 Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, Wenatchee

97 Jefferson County Public Utility District

98 Chimacum High School Cowboy Marching Band

99 QFC Quality Food Centers, Port Hadlock & Port Townsend

100 Wright Away Delivery/Poseidon Enterprises, Inc.

101 2014 Rhody Royalty

102 O'Meara Dance Studio

103 Fin the Migrating Salmon – North Olympic Salmon Coalition

104 St. Mary's Star of the Sea Catholic Church

105 Jefferson County Fair

106 Jefferson County EXPO – Fair, Kids & Adult Demo Derby

107 Ferndale Middle/High School Marching Band

108 The Station Signs & Screen Printing

109 Local 20/20

110 Jefferson County Transit

111 The ReCyclery

112 Cake Picnic (free slices, music downtown after parade)

113 DM Disposal