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If Olympia had an official holiday, it would be the day of the annual Procession of the Species.
With no words and no motorized vehicles (except wheelchairs), the procession is a celebration of Earth Day, green power, the web of life ... you name it.
It's also the year's best people-watching opportunity, particularly those people who just wake up the morning of the event and throw something together so they can walk in the procession. For the hip and sardonic, it doesn't get much better.
But the 17th Procession, happening Saturday, April 23, is just the polar ice cap crowning two days of festivities downtown.
To read Molly Gilmore's full article click here.
Friday, April 22, 9:30 p.m., free, From Fifth and Washington to Capital Lake, 360.705.1087, procession.org
Friday, April 22, from 5–10 p.m. and Saturday, April 23, from noon to 8 p.m., free, throughout downtown Olympia, 360.753.8380
Saturday, April 23, 4:30 p.m., free but donations for the Thurston County Food Bank are requested of both participants and spectators, from Cherry and Legion to Heritage Park, Olympia, 360.705.1087, procession.org