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Annie
Oakley Committee prepares for 2017 festival
The Annie Oakley Festival Committee is very proud and excited with the
success of the 2016 Annie Oakley Festival and we are busy making
preparations for this years festival. We are working to bring in more
vendors and concessionaires, as well as more entertainment for everyone
to enjoy, while keeping this festival a free event with free parking.
The 2016 festival started with our shooting competition. Katie Hurd won
the title of 2016 Miss Annie Oakley. We concluded our Annie
Oakley Shooting Contest by attending the annual Pilgrimage to Annie
Oakley's grave. We had another beautiful day for one of the oldest and
dearest parades, the annual Annie Oakley Parade. Adults and
children lined the streets as they watched as over 100 entries made
their way down Broadway in Greenville. We had many activities during
the weekend, including story time with our 2016 Annie Oakley and
Buffalo Bill, and various marksmanship shooting contest, National Fast
Draw Competitions and a Fast Draw Reaction 50/50. We continued to
offer the historical bus tours, family fun games, car show, and
melodrama as well as various groups of musical entertainment.
We were thrilled to have The Whip Artistry Studio and the Annie Oakley
Western Arts Showcase by GLD Enterprises Entertainment, Ltd come back
for both Friday and Saturday, as well as having a couple different
thrilling horse shows on Saturday afternoon. We had a bounce
obstacle course for kids and adults to run through, and we also had the
Kiddie Tractor Pulls, which brought a lot of activity and fun to the
festival.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 2017 Annie Oakley Festival to be
held on July 28, 29 and 30. We will have all of the above listed
activities as well as some new events. We have some new members as the
committee has grown and we are now able to bring back some events that
you have been asking for. If you would like to volunteer to help
with the festival you will be welcome. We meet the second Wednesday of
the month, 7pm at the Nature Center. You can also call President,
JoEllen Melling at 548-1018 or email,
president@annieoakleyfesitval.org.
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