Everything from tie-dying T-shirts, to music, games, activities, a bouncy house, a movie night in the park and two-days packed full of fun, chamber of commerce director William Tasker said this year’s event was a success.
“There was a steady stream of people for most of the event and they enjoyed the hot dogs and the bounce house, Tim the Tune Man and all the other things going on so it was a great event,” he said.
Over 350 T-shirts were sold to young ones and old to dip into the psychedelic blues, oranges, reds and purples during Friday’s tie-dye extravaganza, “that’s a lot of people making tie dye t-shirts so that was great,” he added. All the money from the sale of T-shirts goes right back into the chamber’s general fund and Tasker said they’re not in it for the money, “it’s a community event to celebrate who we are and give the kids a great time.”
There were many volunteers including members of Loring Job Corps and the Caribou parks and Rec Department on hand to help kids with their activities.
Friday’s parade was “One of our best in quite a few years as far as participants, variety and creativity,” Tasker said. Over 35 businesses, nonprofits and members of the community signed up to be part of the parade.
If you traveled along High Street it was hard to miss the annual ice cream social at United Insurance Kieffer Agency. Elsewhere in the city the local Kiwanis club held their annual strawberry festival selling strawberry shortcakes, and the Gray Memorial United Methodist Church had their annual barbecue on Saturday. “There were a lot of fun things going on over the city,” Tasker said.
Possibly the most welcomed part of the two-day event was the weather. Tasker was very pleased that for a change the rain held off and hopes that next year will be the same.
