Fall City Day is this Saturday, June 10, so get ready to celebrate with an old-fashioned home-town festival including children’s activities, a car show, duck derby and parade. Leading this year’s parade will be longtime Fall City residents John and Marion Querro, the 2017 Fall City Day Grand Marshalls will be honored Saturday as the Grand Marshals of the 2017 Fall City Day parade.
Fall City Day Schedule of Events
• 6:30 a.m. State Route 202 closes, 324th to Preston – Fall City Road
• 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Fun run registration, Olive Taylor Quigley Park
• 8 a.m. Mount Si Lions Club Car Show Registration, Fall City Elementary School
• 9 a.m. Fun runs starts, 10k, 5k and 1k walk; Awards at 10:30 a.m.
• 9 to 10 a.m. Parade registration and check-in at Totem Pole Park
• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mount Si Lions Club Car Show, Fall City Elementary School
• 10 a.m. Kiddie parade check-in at Fall City Library, by Fall City Bell Choir
• 11 a.m. Kiddie parade, followed by the Grand parade, with Grand Marshals John and Marion Querro
• 1:30 p.m. Watermelon eating contest, Olive Taylor Quigley Park
• 2:30 p.m. Ducky Derby race, Snoqualmie River; Winners announced at 4 p.m.
• ALL DAY Arts and crafts, food on Main Street; Dunk Tank; Pony Rides; Live Music by Miles from Chicago
Visit www.fallcity.org for more information.
Bentley Steele, 3, points out his favorite features on Tom DeStefano’s 1934 Highboy at the 2016 car show. Carol Ladwig/File Photo
Children try their hand at sculpting during the art park demos. Carol Ladwig/File Photo
It’s a duck, it’s a dragon! It’s the duck-dragon float entry in the 2016 Fall City Day parade, created by Laurie Hauglie and Jane Krein, and powered by volunteer children. William Shaw/File Photo
Riders walk their horses over the S.R. 202 bridge after the parade. Carol Ladwig/File Photo
Duck derby fans watch as the rubber ducks near the finish line. Carol Ladwig/File Photo
Lining up for the kiddie parade. William Shaw/File Photo
Jim and Peggy Richter drive their antique tractor in the 2015 parade. William Shaw/File Photo
Snoqualmie Valley Unicycle Club. William Shaw/File Photo
Pitching in to help sell duck derby tickets for the big race down the river Saturday are Chief Kanim Middle School students Harmon Speikers, Jaden Donaldson, and Sam Walker, with Fall City Elementary School teacher Colleen Meyers. Proceeds from the annual race down the river by numbered rubber duckies support the festival and Snoqualmie Valley Schools. Purchase tickets now at Fall City businesses and Saturday at the festival booth. Cost is $5 for one duck, or $20 for five. The Grand Prize is $500 cash; additional prizes are tickets to the Seattle Mariners games, Remlinger Farms, and SeaFair. Race time is 2:30 p.m. Courtesy Photo
