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City’s premier autumn festival a hit
Published November 13, 2009
LOGANVILLE — By most accounts, Loganville’s first Autumn Heritage Festival was a resounding success.
“I think it’s just great,” said attendee Gaye Thompson. “I love the picnic tables on the lawn at City Hall where the kids can play and we can listen to music.”
“It was so easy to set everything up,” said vendor Wanda Wall of Scentsy. “As shows go, I would rate this one No. 1. It’s the best one for us so far.”
Another festival attendee, Cindi Cress. of Loganville, said she liked the variety in vendors and everyone who was asked said they like the way the booths were arranged behind the Main Street stores instead of up and down Main Street. It made for easier access and vendors said it helped flow the festival-goers into the booths.
Friends of Patrick Fenneran, the organization raising funds and bone marrow donors in the name of the July Fourth Parade chairman, reported signing up many potential donors through the booth and Kat Orr of Operation: Love from Home said there was a great response to collecting cards to be sent to troops in the combat zone.
City Manager Bill Jones said on a scale of 1 to 100, he would say the response was close to 1,000.
“We asked everyone two questions. ‘Was it worth your time and would you come back?’ and everyone answered ‘yes,’” Jones said. “They really liked the picnic tables on the lawn at City Hall and the music — it made for more of a festival atmosphere.”
Jones said there was a slight glitch with the sound system early on but they managed to get a back-up system and everything went smoothly after that. Frank Coon of Hounddog Radio manned the sound system and said he might have even earned an opportunity to get some recording business as a result.
“I also want everyone to know that all the live music came from the Loganville and Grayson area,” Coon said. “People need to know how much talent we have right here. They need to support the local places where these people play — keep those dollars here in the community — instead of heading to Atlanta or Athens for the music.”
Michelle Lynch, the wife of Loganville Councilman Michael Lynch, was tasked with organizing the festival on behalf of the city and was recognized at last night’s council meeting for the success of her efforts. The Autumn Heritage Festival, expected to become an annual event, is the city’s answer to Loganfest which was previously put on by the now defunct Loganville Chamber of Commerce.
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