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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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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With a great big title, comes great responsibility, and the Daffodil Festival doesn’t take the decision of choosing its reigning monarchs lightly. As we get ready to select our 2023 Daffodil Festival Queen, here’s a backstage look at the processes behind Coronation! Selection season, Princess Practices, Promenade, and more, have all led to where we
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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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By Kelly Hewitt, Daffodil Festival Alumna & Historian Although the first official Daffodil Parade was held on March 17, 1934, yearly themes were not introduced until the year 1952. The first theme for the Daffodil Festival was “Alfred in Wonderland.” The theme was a reference to the King Alfred daffodil, Puyallup’s most famous export. The
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What images come to mind, when you think of a “princess”? A big ballgown, a glittering tiara, and maybe even a pumpkin carriage or towering castle, right? Do you think of a fairy tale maiden, one who likes to spend time with animals, or sleep a lot? Or are you more inclined to think of
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You know what they say: the more things change, the more things stay the same. On Monday, April 26th, the Daffodil Festival’s Queen’s Coronation reflected the difficulties of living through the past year in a pandemic, while still continuing to celebrate the achievements of a whole new class of Daffodil Princesses. Clan Gordon was still
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There’s nothing quite as impressive, in the course of the Daffodil season, as the rolling splendor of the Grand Floral Parade. As we’ve been dazzled by the many gorgeous floats, marching bands, and group displays in the past – all bedecked in bright, cheerful swathes of yellow daffodils – it’s hard to even consider the
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