By Kayleigh Kaufman
The Haysville Times
This year’s 22 annual Fall Festival features Ty England, former lead guitar player for Garth Brooks. England will perform after the lead-in group Twang, 9 p.m. Saturday night.
“The festival begins Friday night at 5:30 p.m.,” said Vice President Clem Dickerson. “There is bingo in the park and a carnival.”
Other events include tractor pulls, craft shows, local entertainment and a carnival.
“Saturday kicks off with a parade at 9 a.m.,” said Dickerson. “It heads down Grand St. and ends at the middle school.”
There is no admission for the festival. Festival buttons are sold to show support for the festival. “If you buy a button you can win a prize at the end of the festival,” said Dickerson. There will be a closing ceremony at 5:00 p.m. Sunday, where the prizes will be drawn.
At 6:00 p.m. a flag retirement ceremony will commence. “The flag retirement is when people bring in old ragged flags and we burn them the correct way,” said Dickerson. It is the respectful way to discard the American Flag.
The festival runs from Oct. 21-22.
See the special Fall Festival pull-out in this issue for more on the 2006 Fall Festival!