Wenatchee Applarians
Festival 2026, April 23-May 3! “Everything’s Coming Up Blossoms”
The Applarians provide the $10,000 Apple Blossom Queen’s Scholarship!!
2025 Chancellor Jacki Seale and her husband Richard
2026 Applarian Chancellor
Jacki Seale
Richard and I are honored to represent the Wenatchee Applarians and welcome you to the 107th year of the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.
I was born and raised here in the “valley”. I recall the excitement of being in my first “kids’ parade”. At the age of 10, my mother dressed me in themed attire. I was a beautiful “senorita”. I wasn’t yet aware of how important the Apple Blossom Festival was to our region. All I knew was how pretty the dress made me feel. From junior high through high school, I proudly marched, clarinet in hand, in the Grand Parade. Having spent all my school years here, the “Festival” had slowly become a huge part of my identity.
Fast forward to 2007: my husband and I joined the Wenatchee Applarians. While it was his first taste of festival life, for me it felt like coming home. Volunteering reignited something in me, and we dove wholeheartedly into the Applarians’ mission—promoting and representing the Apple Blossom Festival across the Northwest and into Canada.
After serving two three-year terms as a Board Member, I was honored to accept the responsibility of leadership. Since 1959, Applarian traditions have helped preserve the heart of this celebration. As we look ahead, my husband, Richard, and I are committed to upholding our mission while embracing the positive change that continues to shape our community.
We are proud of our festival and what it represents to our state.
Please join me this year to celebrate Everything’s Coming Up Blossoms!
Applarian Mission Statement
To assist the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival Association in representing the Greater Wenatchee Valley in community festivals and other events.
To invest in capital improvements to benefit the Apple Blossom Festival, including contributing to the annual scholarship for the Festival Royalty.
To be the official hosting organization for the Cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, and the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival.
What it means to be an Applarian
Being an Applarian gives one the satisfaction of contributing to the most significant activity of the Wenatchee Area. To be an Ambassador for the community both at home and away demonstrates the willingness to support that which is worthwhile, while becoming acquainted with others who are not regularly met in one's daily routine, whether it be in the valley or elsewhere, as representatives of the community. Through the giving of time, energy, and financial support there comes a good feeling of being a part of making the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, it's Royalty, and the Wenatchee Valley Area something very special.
What is an Applarian
Applarians represent a cross section of the men and women of the Wenatchee Area, all dedicated to the purpose of supporting the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival as Ambassadors both in the community and elsewhere while visiting other community activities. An Applarian is a willing worker to make visitors feel welcome, whether at Apple Blossom time or on other occasions of importance. It is being willing to provide scholarships to the Apple Blossom Festival Royalty to show appreciation for their service to the Wenatchee Area and the Festival.
History of the Applarians
Early in 1958, R.F. Jones and A.A. Morrison along with several other leaders in the Wenatchee business and professional community saw a need for an organization to support the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival, particularly in the event that it sustained a major financial loss due to weather. The organization of the Applarians was the result, and was patterned after, the Portland Rosarians. Other activities were soon added including providing transportation for the float and accompanying the Royalty to over 25 festivals, hosting festival groups and other visitors, attending out-of-town banquets and, more recently, underwriting scholarships for the Apple Blossom Festival Royalty.
Applarian Obligations
To actively participate in Applarian functions and on committees when possible, especially during the Washington State Apple Blossom Festival. To attend at least one or more out-of-town packet and/or non-packet festivals during the year as part of an official Applarian delegation.
