Comments on: Seattle Seafair 2009 events schedule and neighborhood festivals http://culturemob.com/blog/seattle-seafair-2009-events-schedule-and-neighborhood-festivals Discover Great Local Events Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Showalter http://culturemob.com/blog/seattle-seafair-2009-events-schedule-and-neighborhood-festivals/comment-page-1#comment-13968 Mike Showalter Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:57:45 +0000 http://culturemob.com/blog/?p=3015#comment-13968 Don't forget that although the unlimited class ran on Lake Washington, until 1984 there were hydroplanes on Green Lake as well, which is what my wife remembers as a kid. <a href="http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2678" target="_blank">http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=...</a> Don't forget that although the unlimited class ran on Lake Washington, until 1984 there were hydroplanes on Green Lake as well, which is what my wife remembers as a kid. http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=...

]]> By: mariaandrea http://culturemob.com/blog/seattle-seafair-2009-events-schedule-and-neighborhood-festivals/comment-page-1#comment-13964 mariaandrea Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:19:50 +0000 http://culturemob.com/blog/?p=3015#comment-13964 No, you have it right and that's what I remember as well, but I couldn't rest until I could prove it. This archived Seattle Times article shows that the Torchlight Parade moved from Friday to Saturday in 1998 (I remember being in my early 20's and sticking around downtown after work with friends for the parade), and the hydroplane races actually moved to the weekend after the parade the year before in 1997. <a href="http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980727&slug=2763298" target="_blank">http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archiv...</a> Isn't it nice to know our memories are better than we thought? Take that, kids! ;-) No, you have it right and that's what I remember as well, but I couldn't rest until I could prove it. This archived Seattle Times article shows that the Torchlight Parade moved from Friday to Saturday in 1998 (I remember being in my early 20's and sticking around downtown after work with friends for the parade), and the hydroplane races actually moved to the weekend after the parade the year before in 1997.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archiv...

Isn't it nice to know our memories are better than we thought? Take that, kids! ;-)

]]> By: Roxfro http://culturemob.com/blog/seattle-seafair-2009-events-schedule-and-neighborhood-festivals/comment-page-1#comment-13958 Roxfro Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:49:26 +0000 http://culturemob.com/blog/?p=3015#comment-13958 I'm a born and bred Seattleite, and worry that maybe my memory is fading: It seems to me that during my growing-up years, The Torchlight Parade was always on a Friday Night-and the Hydros took place on the same weekend-always! My jaded young-adult children say "No, Mom!", sympathetically. Are my memories distorted? Roxanne I'm a born and bred Seattleite, and worry that maybe my memory is fading: It seems to me that during my growing-up years, The Torchlight Parade was always on a Friday Night-and the Hydros took place on the same weekend-always!

My jaded young-adult children say "No, Mom!", sympathetically.

Are my memories distorted?

Roxanne

]]> By: Steve http://culturemob.com/blog/seattle-seafair-2009-events-schedule-and-neighborhood-festivals/comment-page-1#comment-13617 Steve Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:17:30 +0000 http://culturemob.com/blog/?p=3015#comment-13617 Great Seafair Guide. Thanks for the I-90 bridge closing schedule for the Blue Angels. Can't wait for the hydros! Great Seafair Guide. Thanks for the I-90 bridge closing schedule for the Blue Angels. Can't wait for the hydros!

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