Manson celebrates 104th Manson Apple Blossom Festival ‘Into the Wilderness’

Queen Isabelle Harris, center, is flanked by Princesses Natalee Reyna, and Liliana Narvaez on the Manson float.

Shiver me timbers! A step ahead of the hangman, Lake Chelan Pirates (from left) Quartermaster Johnston, Jace the Troublemaker, Starla the Mermaid Pirate, Siren the Chanty Singer, and Long-Winded Stevens prepare to raid the parade.

This chair is reserved for the BIGGEST parade fan.

The girls give the guys a run for their money in 3-on3 basketball in front of the Manson Fire Department.

A customer chillin’ out at WineGirl Wines.

A vaquero in traditional dress rides a dancing horse.

Manson High School art talent is on display at Radiance Winery

A cool Cashmere sax player marches with the school band.

Jackie Crowder Griffith reigned as 1964 Manson Apple Blossom Queen.

Two young fire department fans give the signal to “honk those horns” to passing fire engines.

Earl and Judy Stanford are this year’s parade Grand Marshals.

The best way to start off your Manson Apple Blossom Festival morning is a hearty breakfast cooked up by the Manson Kiwanis at the Manson Grange. Members were busy cooking and flipping pancakes, along with cooking eggs and ham and serving it up with juice and coffee.

The Lake Chelan Undercover Quilters held their Annual Quilt Show at the Manson Grange Hall with many quilts from small to large. This quilt titled Spring was made by Christy Libbey of Manson. In a Round Robin Block exchange each member of the guild made 10 blocks of something that signified spring and then gave everyone one block. Each quilter then added and arranged the blocks into their own design. Libbey’s block is the daisy.

This quilt titled Fireworks was made by Tracy Shaw of Chelan. Shaw saw the pattern on Facebook and knew she had to make it. She pulled all of her yellow, orange and red scraps to make this paper pieced quilt, that she wanted to be very bright and happy. Her quilt was part of the Lake Chelan Undercover Quilters Annual Quilt Show at the Manson Grange Hall with many quilts from small to large.