The
Sumiton Frog Festival
October 4th 2008
The
third annual Sumiton Frog Festival enjoyed stellar weather again.
The morning was cool as vendors scrambled to get their booths set
up.
The number of vendors swelled to over 160 booths offering food,
arts & crafts, horse riding, tee shirts, quilts, and information
on just about anything you care to know about.
There was music in the air from two stages.
This year's festival was special in that it paid tribute to our
veterans. More than thirty veterans from our nations wars were
honored.
Bruce Hamrick, Chairman of the Walker County Commission presented
Leldon McLeroy a belated Silver Star for his efforts during World
War
II.
Civil War enactment folks were on hand with demonstrations
and displays.
The car show sponsored by the Boy Scout Troop 121 took place on
the Bevill State Campus and awards of over $500 in cash and prizes
for winners.
The Sumiton Frog Festival is a family oriented event with fun for
the entire family. Face painting for the kids and a children's
area
Last year's festival in October drew thousands
of people for the event. The early autumn weather in Alabama is
perfect for festivals.
Click here for photos of the Frog Festival
A
Good Ol' Day in Sumiton
by Jilda Watson
Saturday October
4th, 2008 was a good old day.
If you are of one of those folks who find themselves
wishing for and dreaming of the good old days, if you
long for the day when you walked
down the street and
your neighbor smiled at you, when it was safe for
children to walk the sidewalk, if you dreamed of a
town where the
people were not embarrassed or afraid to show their
love
for God and country, where soldiers were remembered
and respected, where young and old, people of every
color and
faith, well to do and not so well to do, walked the
street without fear, where BBQ, fried fish, fried
pies, and snickers and fresh lemonade flowed like milk
and honey, where dulcimers, candles, wind chimes, and
frogs of every kind were made with much love, where
the music and talent seemed to ooze from the streets
themselves,
then you should have been at the 2008 Frog Festival in
Sumiton, Alabama. For the third year, there was a
place in Walker, County where time stood still, a
place where we could all look back in a few years, and
remember
a good old day.
Click here for a list of
vendors
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