There are no animals like cows, and goats and sheep. The festival had a petting zoo for the little ones. There are no judging events, except in the pet parade and the talent contest. There are no tractor pulls.
The food at a county fair is to die for. Food at the festival is to die for also. Lol Good, but oh so greasy.
No admission to the grounds, everything is free, except for the food, rides, the games. I wanted Fran to throw some darts and win me a prize. He said, “What????” I guess that meant “no way,” because there was no discussion.
I was surprised to see so many ladies that made jewelry and painted china. Excellent talent. Oh there was a lady that decorated leather too. Lots of bling in her tent.
There were ladies that braided rugs, one lady had a spinning wheel. Other ladies made candles.
A gentleman made cedar furniture for patios. It was beautiful. A lady was there that was a local author and was doing a book signing.
The Army was there and gave dog tags to the teenagers that wanted them. They had quite a line up. Cool, don’t you know?
The Am-Vets were there for a 21 gun salute, the Pledge of Allegiance; everyone put there hand on their heart and the men removed their beloved cowboy hats. The boy scouts were the flag bearers and had a very proud look on their faces. Cameras were flashing by proud parents and grandparents as well as mine. If my grandchildren had been there, I know I would have embarrassed them with taking pictures by the basketful.
On a sad note, one of our good friends, whom we had just visited with the night before, was at the festival just shortly before we got there on Friday. She and her husband were leaving for the afternoon; someone called to her. She turned to see who it was and she fell over backwards on a sidewalk which was quite high. She sprained her back and is in severe pain. She is a beautiful lady inside and out. We will miss her while she recovers.
At a fair, the ladies have a lot of contests with their canning, baking, hand work. You could go on and on. The main thing is that it is so much bigger. Some county fairs have well known talent, we had well known talent also, but local.
The festivals in surrounding towns are not as big as the Walnut Festival but they all have “Queens” and bands and lots of greasy food! Fran just can’t wait until the “50th” festival. It will be a doozy!
I just noticed my camera is dated March. Good grief, it will be interesting keeping track of which March the pictures were taken in 2009 September or the real March!
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