Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to another Buzz: Blog Alumni Spotlight and today we are with Mary the Franklin Pierce’s Princess from 1973. Their theme, Happiness is… This Theme explores the idea of sugar spice, and everything nice. Mary has participated in watching the festival as much as she can and as she says “I continue […]
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Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to The Buzz: Blog and our Alumnae Spotlights! Today we are highlighting Queen Jean Jones. Jean was the Daffodil Queen from Lakes High School in 1971. Their theme “Nature Our Greatest Heritage”, focused on the wonders of the natural world and how we must care for it as it is
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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the Buzz: Blog and our Alumnae Spotlights! Today we are highlighting our phenomenal Daffodil Executive Secretary Nina Voigt! Nina served as the Mt Tahoma Princess in 2014 under President Judy Smith. Their theme, Ready, Set, Grow! This theme explored the growth cycle of a daffodil in conjunction with The
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Ladies and Gentleman, welcome back to the Buzz: Blog and our Alumnae Spotlights! Today we are highlighting our integral Daffodil Historian Kelly Hewitt! Kelly served as the Lakes Princess in 2010 under President Karen Baskett. Their theme, Carousel of Spring, focused on the everchanging elements of the springtime. She was awarded “Miss Congeniality” during her
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Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to The Buzz: Blog and our Alumnae Spotlights! We are reigniting this effort by starting with a short interview with the 2025 Daffodil Festival President, Marin Sasaki-Boyce! Marin served as the Orting Princess in 2017 under President Ernie Ouellette. Their theme, Daffodil Paradise, brought the warm sun to our chilly
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We asked the 2023 Royal Court to answer a few questions about some of the things they’ll take with them from this past year, before we get started with Selection Season for 2024. So, before they pack up their luggage and hit the road for their next great adventure, let’s give the Royal Court of
Be it in a JROTC uniform or a Daffodil Festival tiara, Queen Vivian knows what it takes to be a leader! On Saturday, March 4th, the annual Daffodil Festival Queen’s Coronation event took place in the auditorium of Mt. Tahoma High School, in order to crown the 2023 Queen of the Royal Court. One by
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The skies over Pierce County were a little gray this past weekend, but for those inside Pioneer Park Pavilion in downtown Puyallup on Sunday, February 5th, things were about to get a lot more yellow. One by one, twenty-four of Pierce County’s brightest emerging leaders, athletes, scholars, and more, took to the stage to be
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The members of the Daffodil Royal Court volunteer dozens of valuable hours of their senior years of high school to community representation and service. Through Festival programs like “Sponsor a Princess,” the Festival Closet, and more, we can make sure that they continue to look and feel good doing it!
A past Princess of the 2012 Royal Court, 2023 Daffodil President Madison Riddle has returned to the Festival to lead its 90th season. On October 6th, Madison and her fellow ’12 Princess, The Buzz Blog Editor Savannah Fry, sat down to discuss the legacy behind an Alumnae President, how cute her octopus is, and name
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