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Wasco to celebrate festival, 100th year

The Bakersfield Californian | Wednesday, Sep 5 2007 3:00 PM

Last Updated: Thursday, Sep 6 2007 9:42 AM

Wasco will celebrate its annual Rose Festival this year with a variety of events. The rose is one of the main commodities grown around the city. This year the festival also will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the town.

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Photos:

Photo by Casey Christie

Members of the Tulare County Shrine Club Tin Lizzies put on a good show during the 2005 Wasco Festival of Roses parade.

Photo by Dan Ocampo

Sal Marquez has a wild ride on the slide at the carnival in Barker Park during the 2002 Wasco Festival of Roses

Photo by Dan Ocampo

Doris Reimer of Bodfish admires the roses at the Wasco Rose Show during the 2002 Wasco Festival of Roses.

Links:

• For more information, visit the Web site.

To go: From Bakersfield, take Highway 99 north to the Highway 46 exit. Head west into the city.

Schedule of events:

Today

Early evening: Tennis tournament at Wasco High School

6 p.m.: Rose Queen Pageant at Wasco High School Auditorium

Friday

Early evening: Tennis tournament

7 to 10 p.m.: Honored guest reception/Evening of Wine and Roses

Saturday

7:30 to 10 a.m.: Pancake breakfast at the First United Methodist Church, 1441 Seventh St.

7:30 a.m.: Jr. Woman’s Club Fun Run, Westside Park

Morning: Tennis tournament continues

10 a.m.: Festival Parade from D and Seventh streets to Poplar Avenue to Barker Park

11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Pit barbecue lunch at Barker Park, south end

11 a.m. to 7 p.m.: Art Show and Fair including an indoor gallery show at the Veterans Memorial Building and an outdoor art fair at Barker Park

Noon to 4 p.m.: Rose Show at the Veterans Memorial Building

Tours of rose fields will also be conducted at this time, leaving from the southwest corner of Barker Park Noon: Parade Awards Ceremony at Barker Park, south end

1 to 4 p.m.: Wasco Historical Museum open to the public at 918 Sixth St.

Sunday

7 to 10 a.m.: VFW and Wasco Historical Society’s Pancake Breakfast and Museum Tours starting on the corner of Sixth and E streets.

Morning: Tennis tournament continues