The Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon Route is Revealed!
January 20, 2012
The Portland Rose Festival was pleased to announce the exciting new route of the Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon on Thursday, January 19, at 6:00 p.m. at Fit Right Northwest Running & Walking (in Northwest Portland) -- with a 5K 'fun run' to get in the spirit of this exciting new event!
2012 London Olympic qualifier Kara Goucher joined Rose Festival CEO Jeff Curtis and running legend Mary Decker Slaney to unveil the race route for the inaugural 2012 event. This route includes never-before used spots in some old Portland neighborhoods.
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Festival Announces Exciting New Partnership
with FOX 12
January 11, 2012
The Portland Rose Festival has announced that FOX 12 is becoming "Your Official Rose Festival Station." The Festival's major parades will be broadcast live on FOX 12 and PDX TV. The new agreement to carry the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade and the Portland General Electric/SOLVE Starlight Parade also brings added value to parade fans with the inclusion of a live broadcast of America's oldest and largest all children's parade: The Fred Meyer Junior Parade.
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Rose Festival Unveils the 2012 Official Rose: Royal Rosarian
December 7, 2011
For 2012, the official rose has been named to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Rosarians -- the Official Greeters and Ambassadors of Goodwill for the City of Portland and the Portland Rose Festival.
This classic velvety deep red floribunda comes in clusters of large flowers with excellent disease resistance and is exclusively available at Dennis' 7 Dees. With a red Americans love, 'Royal Rosarian' is a deep velvety, bright, long-lasting rose that displays in great clusters of ruffled flowers that show off against a backdrop of glossy dark red-green leaves.
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Message from the Rose Festival President
Sue Bunday
Rose Festival had a fantastic 2011, but we're not resting on our laurels. We experienced a real renaissance last year, but in 2012, we're ready to rock!
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