Tulip Time announces parade grand marshals
HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Tulip Time Festival announced the grand marshals for this year’s parades.
The grand marshal for the Gentex Kinderparade will be Waukazoo Elementary, represented by principal Audra Bolhuis. The Park Township elementary school is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
“The honor that our school has to serve as the grand marshal this year is a tribute to the generations of families that have made Waukazoo Elementary their home,” Bolhuis said in a news release. “To have our school included in the annual parade this year makes my role as principal even more special. This will certainly be a memory that will last a lifetime for our families and for me.”
The Gentex Kinderparade is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, May 9.
Jack Huisingh, the retiring executive director of the Holland Aquatic Center, was named the grand marshal of the Quality Car Wash Volksparade.
“I do consider it a genuine honor to represent the city I love, and grew up in and work in today. I have been truly blessed to be allowed to serve at our Holland Aquatic Center and to help create something for our next generation,” Huisingh said in a news release.
The Quality Car Wash Volksparade will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11.
The festival runs from May 4 through May 12. Temperatures are expected to dip, possibly into the 20s, on Wednesday night into Thursday — but Tulip Time organizers say the flowers will still be just fine.
“The tulips will be great. They are the most resilient flower that I’ve ever come across. They don’t mind snow on top of them, even, at this point,” executive director Gwen Auwerda told News 8 Wednesday. “They really do like it 40 degrees or cooler at night, because it holds them a little bit longer, the buds and the flowers, so that they will bloom anywhere from 25 to 35 days.”
You can learn more about the event at tuliptime.com.
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