Clallam Bay Fun Days slated for this weekend

CLALLAM BAY — The 42nd Clallam Bay Sekiu Fun Days are scheduled for Friday through Sunday.

The annual festival is held during the second weekend in July in downtown Clallam Bay and at the Sekiu Community Center, 42 Rice St., Sekiu.

Festivities start with the Art Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in the Sekiu Community Center.

The Street Fair from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in downtown Clallam Bay will feature handcrafted jewelry, hand-carved wooden figurines, wooden birdhouses and different kinds of food.

The Friends of the Library will host a book sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Clallam Bay branch, 16990 state Highway 112.

The festival will kick off with a shortcake social at 6 p.m. Friday featuring homemade strawberry shortcakes for $5.

Also on Friday is a street dance sponsored by Mariposa House at 6:30 p.m. in the parking lot at the library and trivia night starting at 7 p.m. at the Sekiu Community Center.

Saturday morning will begin with the Poker Ride at 9 a.m. with registration at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Clallam Bay School, 16933 state Highway 112, and the Agate and Seaglass Hunt, from 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Saturday, across from the high school.

The Grand Parade will step off at 11 a.m. with the honor guard leading the kiddie parade followed by log trucks, cars, floats and a fire twirler.

Following the parade, a live auction will start in the bus barn at the school and the Borderline Dance Team will provide a free line dancing performance starting at noon.

A 3-on-3 basketball tournament is scheduled to start at noon, and Fun Days will host Strait Up Foam Fun from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Live bands, playing on the top of the school hill, will include Boot Hill Express from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and the Invisible Cowboys from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The music will move out front of By the Bay Cafe, 343 Front St., Sekiu, with Birdie Fenn Cent from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the Beer Bellied Sneeches at 8:30 p.m.

A fireworks show over the bay will start at dark.

Sign-up for the 5-kilometer fun run will start at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Clallam Bay Fire Station, 60 Eagle Crest Way. The race will start at 9 a.m.

Events will wind down with a Cribbage tournament at 4 p.m.

For a full schedule of activities, visit www.clallam baysekiufundays.info.

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