Thor Fails in Last Attempt to Quash First Friday
Fast cars, pretty women and men on benches. A bigger slice of American pie is hard to find. But it was around the square last Friday evening, and is returning Oct. 3, weather permitting. Organizers and participants were glad to return to First Friday activities and plan to go big just three weeks from now.
By Greg Wells
CCN—Editor
First Friday, an event organized by the Revitalize Downtown Initiative (RDI), was knocked down again and again this spring. Neither of the planned events came to fruition due to serious storms.
Though threatened, last week’s event was able to go off without a single drop.
Hot rods, sports cars, antique cars, trucks of many descriptions, as well as several motorcycles made an appearance at the cruise-in event.
Fixing, finding parts, and all that goes with it were amongst the topics of the enthusiasts at First Friday last week. As always, knots of admirers gathered around cars, trucks and motorcycles around the square during the event.
The Chairperson of the RDI and Chamber of Commerce President Liza Tucker expressed her appreciation to everyone who participated.
“I knew it was going to be a problem when the thunderstorm warnings were announced,” she said. Tucker said that the warnings had to be made in order to make sure everyone was safe, but they coincided with cancellations from all the food vendors who had been scheduled, as well as several other vendors.
She said the event still went off dry and without any hiccups. In addition to music and the beautiful motor vehicles there were still some vendors offering their goods.
Billy and Kelly Guffey were on the square providing every child of any age a chance to follow their muse, with paints and canvas.
These two darlings, Autumn, left, and her brother Curtis, weren’t interested in anything other than their artistic creations. With praise for their creativity from Art Studio owner Billy Guffey and encouragement from Mom, Liza Tucker, these two seemed to hear none of it as they worked diligently.
Chelsea Comer’s new business The Farmacy was open, with soap bubbles flying all about the entrance.
Activities included a tour of the square by a number of knee-high participants riding around the square on their power wheels.
The next event is slated for the First Friday, and the third day, of October.
