Community tradition continues with 2015 Atlanta Fall Festival "Harvest Time"

[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.

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.

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]