Annual Indian Summer Festival
promises something for everyone
This weekend the sixth annual In
dian Summer Festival will kick-off
oo Friday and Saturday. This year's
festival will continue for two fun
filled days, and promises to have
something for everyone.
On Friday, the theme will be
"merchants extravaganza". Events
will kick-off at 9:00 a.m. in down
town Hertford.
Activities on Friday will highlight
Perquimans County merchants and
will feature "old fashioned" side
walk sales, historic window dis
plays, balloons for the kids, and
something new. This will be the first
year local merchants have spon
sored the ping pong ball merchan
dise discount hunt.
On stage Friday, festival visitors
will find entertainment by Bruce
Todd on the guitar and drums, the
Perquimans County High School
marching band, a lip sync contest,
and the "Bitter Creek" band.
County restaurant owners will
also be at the festival on Friday.
They will be manning a number of
food booths offering a variety of deli
cous foods for festival goers lunch
time enjoyment. The Perquimans
County Chamber of Commerce will
also be sponsoring a chicken fry Fri
day evening from 5:00 p.m. until
7:00 p.m.. No tickets will be sold for
the dinner. Plates will be $3.40 and
can be picked up at the rear of the
Blanchard building in downtown
Hertford.
On Saturday, "Fun Day", the fes
tival's activities will move to Hert
ford's Missing Mill Park.
Events will get underway at 8:30
a.m. with the registration for the an
nual Indian Summer Festival 5K
run, and will continue throughout
the day Saturday.
Scheduled events for Saturday in
clude: the running of the 5K run at
10:00 a.m., arts and crafts, display
booths, food booths, and the tug o*
war. For the kids Saturday there
will be train rides, the sea o' balls,
jupiter jump, cosmic orbiter, and
even a few downs.
Saturday's entertainment will fea
ture performances by "Out in the
Cold" band, the Flatland Cloggers,
"Moments Notice", a barber shop
quartet, and the "Four Star Edi
tion", a division of the Navy Atlantic
Fleet band.
Later Saturday evening entertain
ment for the street dance will be pro
vided by the "Five Star Edition."
Make plans to come and join in all
the fun this weekend, September
11th and 12th.
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