| Show Festival Benefits Boys Ranch Amanda Chamberlain Contributing Writer The abundant snow cone stands became a worshiped item in the eighty-degree eighty summer Indian-summer weather that marked the last day of the Utah Boys Boy's Ranch Scarecrow Festival The festival took place September and o 0 the Sandy City City Promenade behind Target The wide grassy field hosted one of autumns autumn's most popular family hot spots A fundraiser for the Utah Boys Ranch the Scarecrow Festival sponsored by Zions Zion's Bank collected 2 per person and 5 a fan family ly With virtually virtual virtual- ly all of the parking lots full to the brim with mini vans and the fundraiser was indeed a success The event catered to all families with even the smallest smallest smallest small small- est of kiddies by providing face painting pony rides an obstacle course and a special under and haunted house with a Harry Potter-like Potter theme The Festival also contained contained contained con con- a hay maze petting zoo inflatable rides and token-propelled token games games and more games The festival aptly named for the cornucopia of scare- scare crow d decor cor hosted the Scarecrow Emporium a gallery dedicated to the innumerable innumerable innumerable merable types and styles of different stuffed straw-stuffed scare scare- crows Community groups spent all year perfecting these uniquely and sometimes oddly crafted scarecrows An auction took place immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- prior to the festival on Wednesday the but the buyers made sure these fall fiends stuck around long enough to be viewed by every festival Food and lots of it stood in view of all leaving no stomach stomach stomach ach left on empty Seasonal favorites such as cinnamon roasted almonds and apple cider accompanied the portable edibles like hot dogs cotton candy hand-cut hand curly fries and cold drinks Conveniently situated right off of Sandys Sandy's main station station station sta sta- sta- sta tion toll-free toll parking remained available at the Target strip mall or at South Towne Mall The festival was also a popular popular popular pop pop- ular hang out for teenagers and daters alike With much focus on activities for children children children chil chil- dren the entertainment for the older crowd was found else- else See Scarecrow continued on page 6 Scarecrow continued from page 3 where The entertainment stage which hosted various dance companies from the theA entire Ur Wasatch front attracted A the older crowd The pumpkin patch attracted Halloween many enthusiasts as well because of the extraneous variety variety vari- vari ety of the orange vegetables The festivals festival's trademark souvenirs this year were the long and sleeved short-sleeved shirts t-shirts h s sporting the pumpkin faced oz D scarecrow collectible head as well as 16 6 mugs The Scarecrow Festival aside from the vendor booths ran entirely off ff of volunteer support The Utah Ranch a Boys correction troubled pro program g am one ne hundred boys bons collected t eeds percent of fall all p pro pro- |
