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The festival used to have a Junior Court of grade school age princesses. I was a chaperone in the 1960s and they called us “Aunties.” During Rose Festival month, we became very close, like family.
“Yes, we’re the Rose Festival and yes, we have a floral heritage that we pay homage to, but the reality of Portland is that the ‘City of Roses’ stands for so much more now,” Brodnicki said.