West Seattle Hi-Yu: First the theme, now the button contest!

A week and a half ago, we brought you first word of the theme chosen for next year’s West Seattle Hi-Yu Summer Festival float, “Dreams Do Come True.” (The art above is from the winning presentation, details here.) Tonight, Hi-Yu’s Deena Mahn sends word of the next step: You’re invited to enter the contest to turn the new theme into next year’s fundraising Hi-Yu button! Here’s the official announcement:

Looking for an easy and creative way to show your community pride? A fun winter break project for the kids?

West Seattle Hi-Yu is kicking off the annual button design contest. This year’s theme is West Seattle Hi-Yu “Dreams Do Come True.” This year’s float design will depict a fanciful fairy-tale theme; think castles, rainbows and unicorns. The winning button will be chosen at the general membership meeting by popular vote on January 4, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at St John the Baptist Church Hall. Previous years’ buttons may be viewed at
www.hiyu.com/all_buttons.asp.

All button designs should be in final size, which is 2 ½”. Hi-Yu welcomes entries from all ages!

The winner receives a $25.00 check and will ride in the West Seattle American Legion Grand Parade in July. Please send entries by mail to West Seattle Hi-Yu, PO Box 16130, Seattle, WA 98116. Deadline is January 2nd, 2010.

THANK YOU for supporting your community festival.

Deena also shared a photo of last year’s winner, Kyle Jonson, riding in the July 2008 parade, along with the image of his winning button design:

By the way, if you’re ever looking for a WSB Hi-Yu story, look for the West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival coverage category in the list toward the bottom of the sidebar, or bookmark this link (newest story will always come up first)

JoanE December 17, 2009 (9:14 am)

I’ve been living in West Seattle for the past 12 years and have attended the ‘hi-yu’ parade on more than one occasion. I confess I still have absolutely no idea what ‘hi-yu’ means and fear it is something so obvious I will be thoroughly embarrassed. Nonetheless, curiosity has gotten the better of me. Can someone please tell me the origin of this word? Thanks in advance.

WSB December 17, 2009 (9:49 am)

Hi, Joan. Someone more expert than I may well answer at some point during the day but in the short run … first, it’s not the Hi-Yu parade, it’s the West Seattle Grand Parade presented by the West Seattle-based American Legion post. Somehow many people call it the Hi-Yu parade anyway, but when we started doing the news here a few years back I was corrected quite clearly and emphatically! To the question – Hi-Yu promotional materials (like this one that came up in the search results
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13674090/2004-HiYu-Summer-Festival-Souvenir-Booklet
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describe it as “Chinook jargon … which means Big Time or Plenty.” – TR

Jim December 17, 2009 (9:53 am)

Hiyu – many, plenty lots of….
Could also refer to a gathering of people or a big party, big time

Jim December 17, 2009 (9:55 am)

“was corrected quite clearly and emphatically!”

I thought I was nice about it…..

WSB December 17, 2009 (10:15 am)

You were! Clarity and emphasis are good things, in my view, as accuracy is everything, and I very much appreciate people taking the time to correct us when we’re wrong, whether it’s a typo or something big like this.
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Funny thing, though, in a world where many people find our stories via Google, using the correct name has a cost … the search term “West Seattle Hi-Yu parade” is the most common way people try to find out info about the parade … and that doesn’t lead people to stories that we headline “West Seattle Grand Parade.”
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Maybe next year I’ll make a page with a browser title “West Seattle Grand Parade, which is not the West Seattle Hi-Yu Parade” and that’ll work. J/K!!!

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