By: Sally Whitford
Miss Allison Cole and her court will reign over the Festival of Flags July 24–July 27. The Festival of Flags will be held at Miller Park, Edgerton, OH.
The Queen’s Court consists of Jr. Miss Edgerton – Miss Emma Siebenaler, Teen Miss Edgerton – Miss Madyson Pahl, and Little Miss Edgerton – Elisabeth Cheek.
The Festival began in 1921 by the American Legion as a reunion to reunite current and former members from Edgerton and has evolved into the Festival of Flags.
The Festival will have arts and craft vendors, kids games, food vendors and much more.
Friday the 25th will be a car, truck, motorcycle show, a 5K run, and karaoke night.
There well be a parade Saturday the 26th at 11:00 a.m., and at 6:00 p.m. there will be a truck pull.
For more information about the festival, you can contact the Edgerton Chamber of Commerce at 419-298-2335.
1st Annual Williams County Rib Fest will be held July 26th at the Williams County Fairgrounds under the pavilion from 4:30–11:00 p.m. during the Antique Tractor Show.
For further information, please contact John McDonald 419-485-4202.
The 2014 Fountain City Festival summer production will be the classic, Fiddler On The Roof.
The production will take place July 24–26 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday the 27th at 2:00 p.m. in the Arts and Education Building at 120 S Beech Street Bryan, OH.
This classic musical is loaded with local talent from NW Ohio. It is a must see even if you’ve seen the movie or other renditions of the Fiddler. This is the 50 year anniversary of its opening on Broadway in 1964.
It is an awesome way to support our local artists and to keep family-friendly entertainment available to our communities. Perhaps your kids have never seen a live play it’s an experience that is so different from a movie, or a TV show. Introduce them to the excitement of a live production. Who knows? You might awaken the actor/actress, singer, or dancer in them.
For anyone who is not familiar with Fiddler on the Roof, it’s a story of one man’s struggle with family and faith in a changing world. The lead character is Tevye, a poor man with five daughters who struggles to live by his Jewish faith and traditions in Russia in 1905, but is forced to make decisions that violate both.
Tevye, and his wife Golde, want the best for their daughters – rich husbands – but they watch each one as they select with their hearts and not their heads. The daughter Chava’s choice is the saddest of them all as she marries a man outside the faith, a Russian soldier who represents those who kill and persecute Jews driving them from their homes. I’m not going to reveal the ending, though, so you must go see for yourself.
For more information, you can contact the Bryan Chamber of Commerce at 419-636-2247, or you can go to http://fcflive.tix.com
As you can see, there is a lot to choose from to do this month all the way from a truck pull, 5K run, car shows, a Broadway play, and a Rib Fest. There is certainly something for everyone in this month’s events.
