Scenes from the 2008 KeyBank Grand Floral Parade!
[photos thanks to Rob Lloyd]
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Portlander Wins the Hallmark 'Daddy of All Dance-Offs' Contest in New York City
July 7, 2008
On June 13, 2008, Hallmark named Ronnie Bell of Portland, Oregon, the 2008 'Number One Dancing Dad In America.'
Bell, who was selected at the WaMu Waterfront Village contest during the 2008 Rose Festival, beat out hundreds of other dancing dads from across the country in Hallmark's "Daddy of All Dance-Offs" -- a nationwide search for America's best dancing dad.
As the winner of the contest, Bell not only earned bragging rights as the top dancing dad in the nation, but also won some great cash prizes.
Hallmark's "Daddy of All Dance-Offs" was a light-hearted competition aimed at "moving Dad" through music for Father's Day. The online and multi-city contests gave dads of all ages (and dance ability) a chance to show off their best dance moves, rocking out to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" (as featured in one of Hallmark's innovative Cards with Sound).
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Message from the President
Mark McGirr
The Rose Festival just celebrated a milestone anniversary, and it was one for the record books! We made this community a promise that we'd offer up the festival of a century, and we kept that promise. The International Festivals & Events Association agreed and named us Best Festival in the World for 2007.
Yes, most of the world knows we have a great festival. But do they know we also have the Best Community Outreach program in the world in our Rose Festival Court? Or the Best Educational Program in the World for our Student Film Project? Or the Best Children's Programming in the World at the WaMu Waterfront Village?
How about the fact that for ten years now we've had the Best Environmental Program in the world of festivals and events?
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