WHAT'S NEW AT SALMON DAYS!

Ideas Needed!
If you have a fin-tastic, salmon-related theme for the 2006 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, give us a holler at info@salmondays.org! We'd love to hear your ideas!

Salmon Days 2005 pictures!
Please check out the 2005 Salmon Days photos courtesy of Tiger Mountain Photo, the Festival's Ohfishal Photographer. A big "Thanks!" to Amy Timacheff who spent her entire weekend capturing all that is Salmon Days!

Check out the SalmonCam!
The WildWatchCam project and its partners have looked for ways to provide the public with exciting underwater views of several salmon species that use the freshwater and marine environments of Washington.
SalmonCam!

Parade Awards

The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival would like to thank the more than 500 volunteers who took time during the Festival weekend to help out. The Volunteer Thank You Party will be on Monday, Oct. 17 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Pickering Barn in Issaquah. Food and prizes will be provided!

Salmon Days Fencing Invitational a Success!

The Salmon Days Fencing Invitational brought in more than 80 competitors in six events, coming from as far away as Alaska, Colorado, Canada and Oregon. The home-town club, the Washington Fencing Academy received five medals, including two gold. Listed below are the results and the medalists/top four in each event. A veteran's even means the competitors are over 40.

Please check out the 2005 Salmon Days photos courtesy of Tiger Mountain Photo, the Festival's Ohfishal Photographer. A big "Thanks!" to Amy Timacheff who spent her entire weekend capturing all that is Salmon Days!

Due to outstanding circumstances, the Trout Pond will unfortunately not be at Salmon Days this year. Please enjoy the Toymaker's Workshop courtesy of AXA Advisors, LLC.

IMPORTANT:
For the safety, comfort and well-being of all animals and Festival goers, Sammy the Salmon encourages you to please keep your pets at home!

There’s something new at Salmon Days!

Elvis rocks the Rainier Boulevard Stage!

Source: Tiger Mountain Photo

There’s something cooking at the GO FISH! Stage

Be sure to stop by the Go Fish! Stage on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. to see Tom Douglas’ radio show, which will highlight regional culinary delights, broadcast live. The stage is located in the parking lot of Mills Music and is Ohfishally Spawnsored by Overlake Hospital Medical Center and Newsradio 710 KIRO.

Win your own fishing show!

The biggest addition to this year’s Festival is the “Win Your Own Fishing Show” semifinals Ohfishally brought to you by The Outdoor Channel. Each entrant has the chance of winning an opportunity to host a 22-minute fishing show that will appear on either The Outdoor Channel and/or The Outdoor Channel 2 so get your fishing stories ready to go!

Get your game on!

A new attraction to the Festival is the Spawn-taneous Play! Gaming Area, which is Ohfishally Spawnsored by Kettle Chips. Journey to Rainier Boulevard South to play some of the hottest video games in town (family friendly, of course!).

Festival Spectacle on the Field of Fun

Join European artist in residence Jeroen Mourik as he coordinates the efforts of local artists, teachers and elementary school students to create the “Festival Spectacle” on the Field of Fun. The 30 minute outdoor show will feature the life cycle of the salmon as well as the water cycle, making the Spectacle not only a fun experience, but an educational one too!

Hang with Costco!

Don’t just swim past booth #140! Stop by and say “Hi!” to representatives from Costco Wholesale, Costco Home and Costco Travel. They don’t want to have to reel you in, but if you don’t stop, you’ll miss the boat! During the Salmon Days Festival, everyone signing up for a new membership will be cast in Costco’s fishbowl of opportunity for a coho-riffic travel prize!

There’s something new happening at the community center!

Be sure to stop by the center, located at 301 Rainier Boulevard South, to check out the latest edition to the Ohfishal Sporting Events line-up, the first annual Salmon Days Fencing Invitational. It will be held on both Saturday and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. so come see guys and gals face off in fin-tastic fencing style!

Check out our new merchandise for 2005!

There’s something for everyone to wear at Salmon Days!

Save the Date!
Mark your calendars for the Ohfishal Volunteer Kick-Off and Sign-Up Party on Tuesday, September 13, 2005.

Salmon Days Presents Two New Additions to its Sporting Event Line-Up
The Salmon Cycle and the Salmon Days Fencing Invitational have been added to the sporting roster for 2005's Festival. Registration forms are now available online!

Discover Salmon Days!
The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival has been recognized as one of the top 250 events in the US by Discover America, a first edition wall calendar that will be coming to local bookstores this summer!

Salmon Days will have its dates blocked on the calendar and will have a paragraph in the calendar's index.

The creator of the calendar said they chose events that had that hometown feel and showcased what the areas have to offer. This is another surprising recognition for the Festival this year!

There's something in the water!
For as little as $25, you can become an Ohfishal 2005 Booster Club Spawnsor and receive some fin-tastic VIP benefits including Ohfishal Festival Gear, tickets to the Kiwanis Salmon BBQ and even your OWN PARKING SPOT at the Festival! Check out the all-new incredible Booster Club information and form under Ohfishal Spawnsors!

2005 Salmon Days Ohfishal Festival Pins



The 2005 Salmon Days Festival has ohfishally begun with the arrival of the Ohfishal Festival Pins! Both pins feature this year’s theme, There’s something in the water! The first pin is a soft enameled stamped copper with blues and greens and the other is antiqued stamped copper. They are priced at $3.00 per pin.

Please stop by the Festivals Office at 155 NW Gilman Boulevard in Issaquah to get yours today!

Call for Entries.
The new limited edition print series jury has chosen Bothell resident Cam Keith's graphic art piece entitled "Got Charm?" for the first piece in the "Spirit of Issaquah" series. A big "Thanks!" goes out to all of the other artists that submitted their original art work this year.

Travelocity Recognizes Issaquah Salmon Days as a "Local Secret, Big Find" for Washington State!
The votes are in! Issaquah Salmon Days has been recognized as one of the top ten local favorites for Washington in Travelocity’s 2005 “Local Secrets, Big Finds” poll, naming the festival as one of the most authentic, truly local events in North America.

 Ranging from scenic drives and historic towns to fabulous festivals and cultural events, more than 30,000 nominations poured in challenging Travelocity’s editorial team to search for the best of the best local finds in each state. The online collection lists 510 spots, that is 10 picks for every state, plus Washington D.C. with an additional 68 hot spots from Canada. To check out all of the winners, please visit www.travelocity.com/localsecrets.

Salmon Days Wins 8 WFEA Summit Awards
The 2004 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, celebrating “Go Fish!” received eight Summit Awards from the Washington State Festivals and Events Association (WFEA) for its achievements in marketing and community service.

The Festival received five first place Gold Awards within its budget category of $250,000 and above, competing with events such as Bumbershoot and The Bite of Seattle. The awards included Best Overall Promotion, awarded to the event best demonstrating excellence and continuity throughout its entire marketing and promotional campaign. The other four Gold Awards included Best Festival Pins, Best Festival Brochure, Best Festival T-Shirt design and Best Miscellaneous Merchandise.

Salmon Days also received two-second place Silver Awards for Best Festival Poster and Best Festival T-Shirt design along with one Bronze Award for Best Festival Website.

The Summit Awards is a professional competition among Washington festivals and event producers. The competition recognizes those in the industry who are continually improving the quality and image of festivals and special events in the eyes of the community and media.

The 2004 Salmon Days Festival was presented by the Greater Issaquah Chamber of Commerce and Ohfishally Spawnsored by The Seattle Times and Washington Mutual. 

Salmon Days Wins Seven Summit Awards
The 2003 Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, celebrating "spawn-taneous" received seven Summit Awards from the Washington State Festivals and Events Association (WFEA) for its achievements in marketing and community service.

The Festival received four first place Gold Awards within its budget category of $250,000 and above. The awards included:

Salmon Days also received three second place Silver Awards for:

The Summit Awards is a professional competition among Washington festivals and event producers. The competition recognizes those in the industry who are continually improving the quality and image of festivals and special events in the eyes of the community and media.

Entertainment at Salmon Days
The 2004 Salmon Days Festival is no longer accepting entertainment applications for this year's event. The Festival will begin accepting promotional packets in November and continue through to March 1, 2005. Please email info@salmondays.org for more information.

Stack the deck in your favor, become a Salmon Days Spawnsor!
The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival is the ideal special event marketing opportunity. With award-winning promotional campaigns, Festival crowds of 150,000, and 35 years as one of the Eastside's premier events, Salmon Days spawnsorships present local, regional and national companies with unique promotional opportunities as well as a great way to support the Issaquah Community. For more information on how you can become an Ohfishal Spawnsor of the 2005 Salmon Days Festival, email info@salmondays.org.

Salmon Days Co-Title Spawnsor, The Seattle Times Hosts April Chamber Luncheon:
The Puget Sound Economy - Where is the Recovery?
Join Seattle Times columnist Stephen Dunphy for an in-depth look at our region's economy - where it's been and where it is going - at the Issaquah Chamber of Commerce Membership Luncheon on Thursday, April 22. Dunphy combines a background in economics with three decades of covering business in the Northwest and around the world. He puts today's chaotic business climate in perspective.

During the past 30 years, Dunphy has witnessed, and reported on, the cyclical nature of business in this region. His specialty: he brings meaning to numbers and news - and he has a keen understanding of how international business, especially in the Pacific Rim, has an impact on our region's economy. Don’t miss this informative and insightful presentation.

April Membership Luncheon
Date: Thursday, April 22, 2004
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Holiday Inn of Issaquah

Reservations required by Thursday, April 15th
To make your reservation, please call the Chamber at (425) 392-7024
$18.00 per person with a reservation, $23 without a reservation.

Festivals Office closed in January
The Festivals Office will be closed during the month of January and will reopen Monday, February 2, 2005. Feel free to email questions to info@salmondays.org and we'll get back to you when we return.

Attention aspiring vendors!
If you would like to receive an application to be considered as a 2005 Salmon Days vendor, please email vendorinfo@salmondays.org. Include your name, business name, mailing address, phone number and email. You will also need to indicate the type of application you would like to receive, arts and crafts, food, non-profit or Field of Fun.

Please Note: All arts and crafts vendors MUST handcraft the items they intend to sell.

Congratulations Outstanding Festival Volunteers
Congratulations to Ryan Bahm, Cory Wolfe and the Shockley family for their outstanding contributions to the 2003 Salmon Days Festival. Both Bahm and Wolfe were recognized as this year's Outstanding Festival Volunteers. Bahm, a Refuse Ranger and as Garbage Czar David Bahm stated, "Czar in Training" (C.I.T.), dedicated more than 22 hours throughout the weekend to hauling trash and dumpster diving. Wolfe, a long-time Field of Fun volunteer spent the entire weekend setting up, managing (this includes his famed role as story teller) and dismantling the Nylon Zoo (a 60 foot inflatable fish) on the Field of Fun. Not only is Wolfe a volunteer at the Festival, he is also a key contact at Boeing, spending time rallying his volunteers (the activity is solely run by Boeing volunteers, the activity's ohfishal spawnsor) who give more than 145 hours over the two-day event.

The Shockley family is no stranger to Salmon Days and this year are the recipients of the Golden Zip Tie Award. This honor recognizes outstanding Tech Team volunteers. On Friday, Sandy (a.k.a. Mom) spent the day canvassing the Festival grounds, putting up banners, tents, sign extenders and more. On Sunday, Pat and daughters, Amanda and Danielle spent the evening and well into the night, loading and hauling Festival supplies back to storage.

Congratulations to all for a job done extremely well!

We have a winner for the Washington Mutual Kids Drawing Contest!
The 2003 Washington Mutual Kids Drawing Contest was a huge success. A total of 78 entries were submitted by children ages 6-14. This year's Grand Prize winner was 8 year-old Jake Mele from Bellevue, Washington.

Jake is no stranger to art. He and his sister Samantha Mele are the founders of AnimaDoodle which specializes in note cards and other items featuring Jake's original drawings. All of his drawings are real animals and according to Jake, the weirder the animal the more he likes to draw it! Jake's drawing for the contest features an animated salmon jumping out of the water with a second smaller salmon jumping in the background.

You'll find Jake and his drawings spawn-taneosly appearing all over Salmon Days this year. His drawing is featured on a limited edition Kids T-shirt available for purchase during Salmon Days. You'll also see Jake in the Grande Parade on Saturday, October 4 at 10am. He and Sam will accompany the Washington Mutual School Savings character Pixie the Pig. And, if you still have not seen Jake and his incredible talent, stop by booth # 409 during the Festival. That's where you will find Jake, a proud Salmon Days artist and his AnimaDoodle art!

Jake was not the only winner in the Washington Mutual Kids Drawing Contest. Winners were also selected from each age category (6-8, 9-11, 12-14) and they include: Eight year old Shannon Schneider of Issaquah, ten year old Emma O'Melia of Issaquah and 12 year old Kyle Bichich also of Issaquah. All received Washington Mutual and Salmon Days prizes for their drawings.

Congratulations to everyone who entered and have a spawn-taneous good time at the Festival!

Limited Edition Prints & Posters
This year's 2003 Limited Edition Print selection (available June 2003) will mark the end of this series and will be available for purchase June 2003.

To find out more about past limited edition prints and posters, as well as the 2003 print, click here.

Washington Mutual Kids' Drawing Contest is back!
The Salmon Days Drawing Contest, spawnsored by Washington Mutual is coming to a financial center near you! If you are between the ages of 6 and 14 and love to draw, stop by any one of the Issaquah Washington Mutual financial centers, pick up an entry form, complete your design, return it and you are entered to win!

Grand Prize winner will have their drawing featured on a Salmon Days Children's T-shirt, receive a $100 Washington Mutual savings account and have the opportunity to ride in the Salmon Days Grande Parade, Saturday, October 4.

Contest starts August 4, 2003 and all entries must be received by August 29, 2003. For more information, call the Festivals Office at (425) 392-0661 or email info@salmondays.org. Good luck!

Applications and Vendor Information
The Festivals Office is no longer accepting vendor applications for the 2003 Festival. All applications were due on June 1st and all applicants have been notified of their status. Alternates were juried at the same time participants were accepted.

If you would like to receive an application for the 2005 Salmon Days, please email vendorinfo@salmondays.org with your name, business name, mailing address, phone number, email and the type of application you wish to receive (Arts and Craft, Food, Field of Fun or Non-Profit). Applications for next year's event will be posted online and mailed in April 2005.

Become an Ohfishal at the Volunteer Sign-Up Fiesta!
We're having a Fiesta and you are Ohfishally invited! In honor of the upcoming Salmon Days Festival, October 4 and 5, the Festivals Office and Qdoba Mexican Grill are hosting the annual Volunteer Sign-Up Party.

The event kicks off the Salmon Days excitement and will take place on Wednesday, September 10 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. While you are enjoying the fun you can sign-up to volunteer for one or more 3-4 hour volunteer shifts at the Festival and receive your FREE T-shirt! For more information or to become an Ohfishal without attending the party, email info@salmondays.org or call (206) 270-2532.

Salmon Days Applications
The Festivals Office is no longer accepting applications for the 2003 Salmon Days Festival. All applicants will be notified of their status by July 15, 2003.

Award Winning Festival
The 2001 Festival won many awards at the International Festivals & Events Association's annual award ceremony last year. Learn more about our world-renowned work from 2001... Click here to learn more.

Entertainment at Salmon Days
The Festivals Office is no longer accepting promotional packets for entertainment at Salmon Days. If you have applied and are accepted, you will hear from the Entertainment committee in early summer.

Limited Edition Print Jury Reception
We had the pleasure of jurying 30 original artwork pieces submitted by 14 different artists at a reception Wednesday, April 9th in the Eagle Room at the Issaquah Police Station. The chosen print will be the "the last of this series," a collection representing 13 years fine art prints representing the returning salmon and our Festival. Several of these prints are national and international festival award winners.

If you are a Salmon Days print series collector, or want to start collecting, the Festivals Office has a limited number of past years available, including prints from 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002. Call Jennifer or Amber at (206) 270-2532 to reserve your print today! View available prints here.

Salmon Days wins SIX Awards at the Annual Northwest Festivals and Events Conference
The 2002 Salmon Days Festival, celebrating “up a creek!” received six awards, including the Gold Award for Best Overall Promotional Campaign at the Northwest Festivals and Events Conference, held March 16-18 in Ocean Shores, Washington. Other Gold Awards included Best Program and Best Souvenir Pin. The Festival also received Silver Awards for Best Web Site and Best Poster, for the Limited Edition Print. A Bronze Award was given for Best T-shirt Design. Thank you to all whom made these awards possible!

Calling All Artists
The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival office is accepting art submissions for its 2003 Limited Edition Print. On October 4 and 5 , 2003 we will be celebrating the return of the salmon to Issaquah with the 34th Annual Issaquah Salmon Days Festival, and, for the final year we will be printing a limited number of prints, signed and numbered by the artist.
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Congratulations Rachel Cole!
Ten year-old Issaquah resident Rachel Cole was the Grand Prize winner of the Salmon Days Washington Mutual Kids' Drawing Contest. Her original masterpiece features a colorful salmon with the message, "I'm Back." For her artistic efforts, Rachel receive a $100 Washington Mutual Savings Account and her image featured on a limited Salmon Days long sleeve T-shirt. Stop by any retail booth at Salmon Days and pick up this unique Salmon Days shirt today!

Other winners of the contest were 8 year-old Ryan Martinez of Issaquah, 10 year-old Sarai Soto of Issaquah and 13 year-old Millie Reinhardsen, also from Issaquah. All three received $50 Washington Mutual Saving Accounts and Salmon Days gear.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the contest! A special thank is also due to the projects Ohfishal Spawnsors Washington Mutual and Radio Disney AM 1250.