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where's the festival
July 6, 2006Wichita Falls needs more festivals.
I'm talking bands galore, every type of food imaginable and fun events for all ages.
This town only really has two main ones - Freedom Fest and Falls Fest. The "WhyDon’t We Do It in the Road" festival counts, but there aren't enough vendors to constitute a family festival.
The Freedom Fest is held on base every two years. That's not enough.
The Falls Fest is attracting better music every year, now if we could just extend the fun to more days out of the year.
While catching up with old friends at Tuesday's Freedom Fest I finally realized something.
The only time anyone really gets together is weddings and funerals. I've had a couple of friends pass away of the years, and just about everybody is married nowadays, or trying to get re-married.
The festival is a perfect excuse. The Freedom Fest was free, but I would have paid to get in.
My buddies usually compete in the mud volleyball contest, and it gets better every year. I would have paid just to see them make fools of themselves getting covered in mud.
The antics of some of my friends are unspeakable. They usually will do anything to get a laugh, and they usually get one.
Even from innocent bystanders who usually don’t want to be part of the joke.
But, enough of my unrelated tangent.
If a city event consists of cheap-ish beer, a lawn chair and good tunes, then I want to do my best to attend.
Johnny Cooper and Wideawake performed, the beers were $3 (not too crazy) and there was even cheesecake on a stick.
You really don't have to say much when you're with your friends - unless you're a woman.
A true bond can be unspoken. After you get past the "breaking the ice" phase, the rest is a "cheesecake on a stick" walk.
If not for the sake of improving the attractiveness of Wichita Falls, then do it for the sake of getting everyone together again.
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