Scenes from the 2012 Foothills Festival – Around Town
Posted October 24, 2012 at 2:56 pm
Left, some were large and some were small, some were traditional and some were not, but all of the entries in this year’s Foothills Pumpkin Decorating Contest were unique and fun to look at.
- Above, while many Foothills parade fans chose to watch the annual event from the warmth of their automobiles parked along the parade route Friday, as start time neared, many bundled up and made their way to the courthouse square. The parade was over two miles long and lasted well over an hour.
- Above, last weekend’s cool, cloudy and breezy weather conditions probably played a big part in keeping the Foothills crowd smaller than normal, but there were still a good number of people on the move around the courthouse square displays throughout the morning and afternoon Saturday.
- Above, last weekend’s cool, cloudy and breezy weather conditions probably played a big part in keeping the Foothills crowd smaller than normal, but there were still a good number of people on the move around the courthouse square displays throughout the morning and afternoon Saturday.
- Some of the offerings at each Foothills Festival are handed out free of charge, as is the case each year during the Foothills Festival parade, with many of the parade entries tossing out candy to the crowd as they make their way along the parade route. This group of youngsters were busy gathering up some of the tossed prizes near the Clinton County Courthouse.
- Klassic Tymes, a Lexington based variety band, took the stage Friday night for a performance that led up to the fireworks show later that evening.
- The Bulldog Battallion, the JROTC unit from Clinton County High School, was one of the first to make it’s way down Cross Street in Friday’s Foothills Festival Parade, displaying this large U.S.A. flag for the crowd to enjoy.
- Antique and classic cars, trucks and motorcycles were covering the People’s Bank parking lot as onlookers spent most of the day Saturday admiring the vehicles on display in the Foothills Car Show.
Entries included restored vehicles from yesterday, custom built vehicles and modern era hot rods.
- Always a popular gathering spot, the large lights illuminating the Foothills Food Booth area makes it a good place for the Foothills crowd to congregate as the evening turns to night on Friday. Fans not only search out their next Foothills food treat, but mingle through the crowd visiting with others in the area.
- Nicole Speck Stinson, right, a former Clinton County resident now living in Somerset, returned home for the Foothills Festival to operate one of the arts and crafts booths on the courthouse square, offering face painting and glitter applications.
- Easton Bryant, left, and John Capps took the main stage Saturday night and put on a show for spectators trying to prolong the Foothills Festival experience for this year. The duo pulled in a good crowd and played a vast array of songs that appealed to everybody in the crowd.
- Where there is smoke, there is fire, and when Rick “Hoggie”Wallace is near, that means there is also food. Wallace has operated his bar-b-que booth at the Foothills Festival for several years, serving up pork and chicken in a variety of styles.
