On behalf of the San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce I would like to thank all the people responsible for making it the best 4th of July celebration!

First and foremost, Diana Mancel. What an outstanding job she did coordinating and executing our parade, one of the top 10 small town parades in the nation! Thank you Diana!

From Diana Mancel, Parade Coordinator:

“I would like to thank Rich Norris, Traffic Director, Administrative & Emotional Support, Alison Power – Coordinator Assistant, Street Captains – Parin Columna, Stephanie Prima, Necia Quast, Theresa Semindinger, Penelope Askew, Marshall Davis, Candace Gossen, Nick Alexander, Carolyn Friedman, Mark Hopkins. Registration Desk – Kate McDowell (Registration Captain) Donna Alexander, Julie Hanks, Leah McConnell, Sherry Youngs, Roy Hanks. San Juan Island Ambassador – Traci Wilson. MC – Duncan Wilson, Jim and Minnie Knych. Judges – Bobby Ryan, Tyler Ryan, Chiara Power. Special pre-planning support – Dave Smith, Shannon Plummer, Jack Rice, Angela from the Office Store, Ron Krebs, the Town of Friday Harbor, Aaron King and of course, Verne Howard and Libbey Oswald.”

And last, I would like to thank Mark Gardner for taking all the great pictures for us of the parade and fireworks and Duncan Wilson for the support of walking Diana and I through our first 4th of July.

Our fireworks show was spectacular, which was due to all the generous donations from our great community, the Kings Market matching grant and the Town of Friday Harbor lodging tax funds. Thank you San Juan Island!

Becki Day

Executive Director, San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce