Chatauqua week kicked off yesterday with a home grown parade down Main Street. It’s hard to say who enjoyed it the most, the folks in the parade, or the folks lining the streets to watch. I got to march with the group representing the Farmers Market, and I had a blast. This year’s parade was [...]
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who doesn’t love a parade
June 19th, 2011 · No Comments · faces and places, festivals
Tags:chatauqua festival·Civil War·costumes·cows·farmers market·Father's Day·parades·wytheville
last evening was fun….
June 10th, 2011 · No Comments · festivals, news
Memo to Mother Nature: Hey, knock it off, I’m on your side. Anne and I spent yesterday afternoon toodling around and arrived home just in time for the fireworks. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a picture of the giant willow tree down by the Creek that was split in half by lightning. That [...]
Tags:chatauqua festival·electrical storms·lightning·Mother Nature·wytheville va
feliz cinco de mayo!
May 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment · festivals
Cinco de Mayo is a regional Mexican holiday that celebrates the victory of an outmanned, outgunned Mexican army over the invading French forces of Napolean III at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. At the time, the French army was the most powerful in the world, and had not been defeated in 50 [...]
Tags:Cinco de Mayo·Ft. Chiswell·Mexican Grill·Napolean III·wythe county
opening day at hillsville’s big show
September 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · arts and crafts, festivals, food
One of the best free shows east of the Mississippi opened this morning in Hillsville. The 43rd annual Labor Day Gun Show and Flea Market is off to one of its best starts in years. Over 500,000 visitors are expected to flood the tiny town in Carroll County over the next four days. Several thousand [...]
Tags:hillsville flea market·hillsville gun show·hillsville virginia·labor day