July 12 - 15, 2007

Kent Cornucopia Days 2007 - "The Festival of the Valley" - A community service project of the Kent Lions Club, Kent WA
 

Photo's from 1979

All photo's from the Kent Lions Club archives


8th Annual Meeker Days

July 1979
"Celebration of Clowns" - Theme
Neil Washburn - Chairman

Official "Kent Meeker Days" float entered into the April 1979 Daffodil Parade.  This float won 2nd place in its division.  The float is a tube steel frame covered with chicken wire, and placed over a electrical golf cart, which Miss Meeker stands on.  The front section has extra wheels to hold that section up.  All of the yellow flowers are fresh daffodils, with the green area some form of evergreen.   The rainbow was spray painted on the yellow flowers.  Info on construction comes from other photos that we have of volunteers building the float.

Official "Kent Meeker Days" float at the July 1979 Kent Meeker Days Parade.   Note that the float has a different cover then the Daffodil float, as this one is not made out of flowers.  Also note the clown that goes with the parade theme of "Celebration of Clowns".  The name of Miss Meeker is not known at this time.

Photo if Miss Meeker 1979 and escort.  Then names of both are unknown at this time.

Performers on one of the stages at the 1979 Kent Meeker Days.  Location on Meeker north of 4th Ave.

Clowns performing for the kids at the Burlington Green Park.  Note the newer gazebo and the very young trees.  The gazebo is still there, but the trees are all huge now.