Last Friday, we got a sneak peek at this year’s West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival float as it prepared to head north for its first parade of the year in Sequim. Tonight, Hi-Yu vice president and float chair Deena Mahn sent photos from the parade – including one (below) of the award won by the “How Sweet It Is” float – and news about how things went:

Plenty of hard work and a challenge up until the moment we got there but we are very proud to have received the Chairman’s Award! Next weekend we will be in Port Townsend for the Rhody Festival.

We would like to extend a very special thank you to Life Church on 35th and Cloverdale, who allowed us to park and work on our float in their parking lot; they were so gracious and took care of our float in one of the windstorms! Also many thanks to everyone who helped in constructing this beautiful float, we are so excited for all of the many upcoming parades.