Community Festival Day1

Where is the time going?

I can't believe it has been another 

 13 days since I posted last!

Last weekend

our town had 

it's annual festival

It use to be Old Fashion Days

but last year it didn't happen
and it was brought back this year
as Xenia Community Festival

Somewhere over the yrs it was

moved from downtown to a park 

this year it moved back downtown

A friend of ours

who is also running for city council

is on the committee and he asked

for volunteers to help

We got up and had to
 be downtown at 7 am

the roads were blocked

Friday am

The food vendors were the first to show abt 10am

Gotta have garbage cans

The amusement rides

started setting up abt the

same time

always amazes me

 how fast they can set up

The crafts etc vendors 

started showing up at noon

to set up

City Booth

Hats, tops misc

Sand Art for the kids

Incense and candles

tutus and headbands

Dollar Jewelry

 They had to be set up and vehicles removed by 3:30
Home improvement

Military Dog Fundraising

Kid Books

 A lot of the food vendors came early

because they had to prepare

the food

 Ribbon cutting was at 4

 Abt 5 it started to pick up

Band played early evening

It was Celtic Music

We were there until 10pm Fri night 

and returned at
8am for the parade
and another day

It was an exhausting weekend....