PHOTOS BY DAVID WELTON
Whidbey Life Magazine contributor
April 21, 2014

The annual Welcome the Whales Day Festival and Parade drew an enthusiastic crowd in Langley on Saturday, April 19. Beginning around 1:30 p.m., the parade route wound through downtown from Cascade and along First Street, ending at the Whale Bell Park. The ceremony welcoming the whales included a Native American prayer, music and singing.

Jim Freeman, MC and cheerleader for the whales

Deborah Koff-Chapin drums to let bystanders know the parade is approaching.

Siobhan Wright and Matt Hoar, as stilt-walking jellyfish, greet a fish swimming by.

Anne Zontine blew bubbles for about an hour.

Two beached mermaids

Susan Berta and Deborah Koff-Chapin attract whales with their songs

Photo at top: Fred McCarthy saves food for the whales.

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