Blairsville Fall Festival Parade 2017

Blairsville, GA – The Blairsville Fall Festival Parade went off with out a hitch on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2017, to lead off the first of two 2-day weekends of fun, games, arts and crafts at the Union County Sorghum Festival held at Meeks Park out on Hwy. 515 west of Blairsville.

This parade, as are all parades in this area, was mostly for kids… and parents having fun with their kids.

The parade started off with fire trucks from the Union County Fire Department flashing lights and sounding sirens. They were followed by tractors, old and new, pulling wagons full of, you guessed it, kids. One tractor was hauling three squash that looked like they weighed about 200 pounds each. Well, this is farming country! There were some beautiful vintage cars rolling along, some more vintage than others, but all restored to better than brand new. Union County’s Woody Gap School Band of Steel, a steel drum ensemble (in Blairsville, GA?) passed by, followed by the Union County High School Marching Band. Blairsville/Union County, GA real, true-life cowboys and cowgirls riding their horses brought up the end of the parade… followed by a tractor and cart, and a guy with a shovel. Perfect.

The parade followed a route through the middle of Blairsville, around the Square and back to the staging area. There is no official count of onlookers, but it’s estimated that well over a thousand people turned out for the event.

The 2017 Fall Festival Parade was just good clean fun for all that were there. This is Heartland America. God’s country. See ya there next year!

 

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