| It's parade time |
By: Suzanne Rook
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Posted: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:33 am
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Participants in last year’s 30th Annual Carriage & Cutter Parade wave to the crowd as they make their way through downtown Kenyon. (Kenyon Leader file photo)
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KENYON — It’s time to shake off those winter doldrums, enjoy a brat and a slice of homemade pie with friends and the 31st annual Don Knopf Memorial Carriage and Cutter Parade.
The celebration, set for downtown Kenyon, kicks off Saturday.
Event co-chair Bryan Hagen, who calls the celebration “a good family outing,” says there will be a petting zoo, pony and dog cart rides, food vendors and a parade, which begins at 11 a.m. at Foldcraft and heads north on Red Wing Avenue.
Hagen said the event, the brainchild of Knopf, was a way to get area residents back outdoors and celebrating the longer days and more moderate temperatures.
Cannon Valley Shriners will entertain the pre-parade crowd with their clownish antics. There will be pony rides and a petting zoo near the Third World Thrift Store on Second Street, a silent auction hosted by the Kenyon Fire Department Auxiliary at the VFW as well as dog cart rides.
All events are free and open to the public.
All parade entrants must be animal powered, said Hagen. That power comes from equine of all shapes and sizes: From miniature horses and ponies to 18 hand tall horses weighing 2,000 pounds.
There won’t be any shortage of variety when it comes to the carriages, sleighs and cutters, he said. Parade-goers can expect to see tiny horses pulling tiny carts, fancy carriages, farm wagons, those with steel wheels and the opulent dress of some parade participants.
Eat up
And then there’s the food, stands manned by several local clubs and organizations including the Kenyon Lions Club and Boy Scouts.
The Lions, which sells brats, hot dogs, pop and coffee, won’t be in its usual location. Now with a bigger wagon, the club has moved near Ace Hardware. Proceeds from the sales benefit local groups and sight programs. Last year, some of the money raised helped pay for magnifiers for the library to aid patrons with trouble seeing, said Kenyon Lions Club Treasurer Jim Fountaine.
But whatever you do, don’t forget the pies, Hagen said.
The VFW Ladies Auxiliary will again sell slices of pie — all home made and in most every variety imaginable, he said, recalling every scrumptious morsel.
For Fountaine, it isn’t the about the food as much it’s about the people, seeing them out and about, stopping by to say hello and having fun, is what makes his day.
“That’s the most fun,” he said, “to see a big crowd in town.”
IF YOU GO
The Don Knopf Memorial Carriage and Cutter Parade starts at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine.
No parking will be allowed on Second Street during the event.
All events are free; food and drink are available at a cost.
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