Applications Open for 2024 Solvang Danish Days Maid (Submission Deadline is March 25, 2024)

The Solvang Danish Days Foundation is currently accepting applications for the 2024 Danish Maid; applicants must submit a letter of interest about their Danish family history, past participation in Danish Days, and their desire to represent the festival as Danish Maid (what the honor would mean to them). Applicants must be willing to commit to the entire Danish Days weekend and three (3) local parades (4th of July, Julefest in December, and of course Danish Days weekend). Preference will be given to a candidate who will be a high school senior during the fall of 2024.

The 2024 Solvang Danish Days festival is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, September 20-22.

The Danish Maid will have a busy few months prior to the actual Danish Days event dates, making multiple appearances at the Solvang Farmers Market and meetings of the Solvang Rotary Club, the Santa Ynez Valley Rotary, the Vikings of Solvang, Solvang Dania group and the Danish Brotherhood and Sisterhood. During the festive weekend (September 20-22), the Danish Maid will have honorary positions in the Danish Days Parade, and will need to be available for media interviews and other event appearances.

Applications may be emailed to Solvang@stilettomarketing.com or mailed to Ashlee Madrid and Casandra Farris, Solvang Danish Days Foundation, P.O. Box 1424, Solvang, CA 93464. The Danish Maid application deadline is Friday, March 25, 2024.

Additional information about this year’s Solvang Danish Days weekend will eventually be available on the event’s website (www.solvangdanishdays.org), and on the Solvang Danish Days social media channels (@DanishDays and facebook.com/SolvangDanishDays).