(Our 1st afternoon report is here; our preview with “what’s changed” is here; bus/road info, here)
(The Full Tilt Ice Cream bike is here selling ice-cream bars all weekend! By the info booth)
Vendors are here till 6 tonight – starting up again at 10 Saturday – and the music is already going on the California Stage (across from West Seattle Eagles), with Ragged Glory till 3:30, Trombone Cake at 4, and onward from there – last act of the night on the California stage is Hell’s Belles at 9; the Alaska stage, near our spot in the info booth at Walk All Ways, starts music with Mariachi Fiesta Mexicana at 5:45 pm, followed by Kim Virant at 7, and the much-awaited Satchel at 8:30. And something lots of folks have asked us about – the Rat City Rollergirls dunk tank – is just getting set up. More to come as the afternoon rolls on! There’s a nice breeze here through the heart of The Junction, and things have been mellow, but fun, so far.
3:52 PM: We have an unofficial policy of photographing every candidate and elected official who stops by – just chatted with 34th District State House Position 2 candidate Joe Fitzgibbon (D):
He says he’s about to head back out doorbelling and expects to pass 5,000 doorbells rung (etc.) sometime tonight. The election is August 17th, but since it’s vote-by-mail, you’ll see your ballot before the end of the month. And as we write, another candidate in the same race, Geoffrey “Mac” McElroy (I), has just dropped by – we’ll add his photo in a few.
4:44 PM: The fire scare (see separate story) delayed the continuing coverage here. Here’s the McElroy photo:
(And if we see Marcee Stone and/or Mike Heavey, we’ll take their pix too – all candidates/politicians welcome at the info booth!) We’ve also seen a lot of The Junction’s merchants today, no surprise – here’s Easy Street Records proprietor Matt Vaughan (they’re having their giant tent sale as usual this Summer Fest):
And little visitors, too: Fauntleroy Children’s Center is one of the “field trips” we’ve seen come through. This photo was taken shortly after they passed the info booth and were heard to exclaim “A POLICEMAN!”
We’re in the info booth till about 5:30 today – vendors are here till 6 pm – music continues on till 10 pm+. And right by our booth, a martial-arts demo (youth) just kicked off! We’re rolling video. (added later) Here’s the Evergreen Tang-Soo-Do Academy demo (they’re in Admiral):
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