Community tradition continues with
2015 Atlanta Fall Festival "Harvest Time"
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[September 14, 2015]
ATLANTA-
With the summer drawing to a close and the cooler fall weather
starting, the Atlanta Fall Festival on September 10 - 13 was a
perfect time. From Thursday through Saturday evening, the festival
offered entertainment for the whole family, food, contests,
auctions, fire truck rides, a parade, and Bingo; and concluded on
Sunday morning with an all-community Worship Service.
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As festival coordinator Tom Parks said, "Lots of the community
come out. They like to eat and see many neighbors and friends."
Hosted for over fifty years by the American Legion, it is an event
that takes months of planning. Parks said that he and the festival
committee begin planning in April as they book entertainment for the
weekend.
This year, the Atlanta Band played Thursday evening, the Cattle
Bandits provided entertainment Friday evening, and Audra's dance
group performed Saturday afternoon, and several sang karaoke on
Saturday evening. Zeller Amusements supplied the carnival rides and
games.
Besides the usual festival fare, such as corndogs, french fries,
lemonade shake-ups; and a newer favorite, walking tacos by the
Christian Church; each night a different community sponsored a
dinner with the Atlanta Rotary Group serving a pork chop supper on
Thursday, the Atlanta Fire Department serving catfish and walleye on
Friday, and the Atlanta Methodist church serving a BBQ chicken
dinner on Saturday. As a group of men tended huge grills of chicken
out in the open air on Saturday, the wonderful aroma wafted across
the park.
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The theme for Saturday's parade was "Harvest Time" with several young farmers
marching in the parade led by Grand Marshal Robert Ford, a resident of Atlanta
for nearly seventy years. Other notable entries were Prince Lucas Sloan and
Princess Brooklyn Upp, Cinderella and her entourage, and the Olympia Marching
Band.
The festival, a long-time community tradition, is a great time to spend the day
visiting with family and friends and enjoying what Atlanta has to offer.
[Angela Reiners] |