Girls Invited To Apply For Rosebud Roles In This Year’s Festival

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Roses and Rosebuds at the festival in 2015.

THE Rose of Tralee organisers are expecting a flurry of entries this week when girls aged 6 to 10 (and their parents) begin to download Rose Bud application forms for this year’s festival.

Each lucky Rose Bud will be twinned with a Rose, take part in two parades, attend an exclusive Rose Bud Party with the Roses and much more during the week-long festival.

Fifty children from Kerry and beyond will be chosen through the direct application process, while a further 15 Rose Bud places will be allocated through various Rose of Tralee and associated sponsor promotions over the coming months.

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Flowers.ie, an online flower store which offers a delivery service throughout Ireland and worldwide through a network of florists, are looking forward to sponsoring this year’s Rose Buds.

The Marketing Director of Flowers.ie, Gina O’Neill, said: “Following the success of our 2016 collaboration, Flowers.ie are delighted to be an official sponsor of the Rose of Tralee again in 2017. The Rose of Tralee is a festival that is massively known here in Ireland and throughout the world. In addition to sponsoring all flowers for the festival in August, Flowers.ie are also providing flowers and entertainment for the Rose Buds and working closer with Rose Centres in Ireland and around the world. We are looking forward to another successful partnership with the Rose of Tralee International Festival.”

Crag Cave in Castleisland, one of Ireland’s top tourist attractions, and McDonald’s Tralee have announced that they will continue to support this year’s Rose Buds during the Festival in August.

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Rose Bud application forms are available from www.roseoftralee.ie/apply, Flowers.ie, Crag Cave and the Rose of Tralee International Festival Office, Denny Street, Tralee.

The deadline for the receipt of completed application forms and the non-refundable €25 registration fee is 5pm on Wednesday 24th May 2017. Successful applicants will be required to make a €50 contribution to cover participation costs during the festival.