rhody run: Port Townsend, WA Rhody Festival - 05/18/11 10:38 AM
Port Townsend is experiencing our first real spring weather this week, and just in time for our wonderful Rhody festival.  Always a great reason to spend a few days in this charming Victorian Seaport Village. 
The festival  was started in 1935 when a local businessman contacted the Hearst News Organization with an idea to film the rhododendrons in bloom as a part of their "short subjects" popular in movie theaters in those days.  The business community then organized a Queen competition to have a group of young women in the photos.  The townspeople could vote by spending money at local participating merchants.
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rhody run: Port Townsend Rhody Festival - 05/19/09 07:12 AM
 
 
Port Townsend is experiencing our first real spring weather this week, and just in time for our wonderful Rhody festival.
It was started in 1935 when a local businessman contacted the Hearst News Organization with an idea to film the rhododendrons in bloom as a part of their "short subjects" popular in movie theaters in those days.  The business community then organized a Queen competition to have a group of young women in the photos.  The townspeople could vote by spending money at local participating merchants.
 The following year the American Legion liked the enthusiasm generated by the event and decided to … (5 comments)