| Show Well Spent L w r ti T k I 4 y c V ti a fr frt r t t I Photo by Jessica Gonzales goers en enjoyed loved The Taylorsville Orchestra who on June 30 J Jessica essica Gonzales Staff Reporter t The end of June not only marks the start of summer but also the annual Taylorsville Occurring on June 27 28 and 30 the three day event featured various activities and events for people of all ages at the Valley Regional Park located at S. S and 2700 West We took entertainment that the family would would enjoy said Steve Ashby Vice Chair of the Taylorsville committee We tried to encourage our vendors to create an atmosphere and an offering that would be family friendly Carnival rides petting zoos and face painting w were just a afew afew afew few activities that were made available for children Free live music on two separate stages along with various arrays of food from Peruvian to Greek were Continued on t i r f fI 4 r I s y Photo I by Jessica Gonzales I A fireworks extravaganza ended Saturday night at Taylorsville Taylorsville D Continued from Al enough to keep attendees full and entertained This is my first year here with my grandson said Ginny We Ve were at the petting zoo earlier and he enjoyed that I wasn't aware that Taylorsville had all these things and events for kids Taylorsville began in 1997 and marked the celebration of the organization of Taylorsville as a city on July 1 1996 Since then the event has grown thanks to careful consideration and successful arrangements by those who are involved in r r its development The Taylorsville Committee began I ln 1 h n nl 1 p anning t me e 11 V event in November of 2007 discussing what events would go on and the entertainment that would be supplied to people who attended The first thing we try to do is start looking for headliners said Ashby and that takes a couple of months of deliberation and considering different options Susan Holeman has been on the Taylorsville event committee for the past five years In charge of daytime and night time entertainment for the main stage and west stage Holeman aimed to get acts that would help keep the family atmosphere We try to get things that arent aren't offensive to people said Holeman Were trying to keep it more family oriented nn nn Both stages featured live acts that continued all weekend The west stage which is the smaller of the two hosted various local bands and artists from rock and country to reggae Weve kept music going on all day to help cater to different audiences said Holeman There are a lot lotof lotof lotof of people here More than I expected June 27 kicked off the first series of events At pm p.m. carnival rides and booths selling various items from blankets to jewelry lined up the north section of the park The Taylorsville Orchestra and Imagine a Beatles tribute band headlined the evening and fireworks followed Saturday June 28 hosted the biggest events of Taylorsville Ashby estimates that nearly people attended Saturdays Saturday's ACa r t nr n t Tra iF cis r A t S I T r rM M f n r. r No Ji f 10 i t J. J f I 1 t oot Jj v I J J i I i c ci i it r o. I i I O Vp f I t. t tr fry l Photo by Jessica Gonz Gonzales Booths at D yz sold everything from blankets to jew v elry dry and were lined up the north section of the park I I i. i Ii r 4 1 Photo by Jessica Go Gonzales aIes Audiences gathered for the entertainment by Imagine the Beatles tribute band and a Neil Diamond impersonator events throughout the day Every year we seem to enjoy larger and larger crowds said Ashby Were really quite satisfied with the attendance The day consisted of a run nn and parade in the morning and a car show in inthe inthe inthe the afternoon The evening brought a tribute to Neil Diamond on the main stage A fireworks extravaganza followed Jay White who headlined the Neil Diamond tribute made his second attendance to Taylorsville Saturday night and found the crowds to be wonderful and outstanding Taylorsville puts on a great great weekend here for all the people that live in the community said White Were just glad that they asked us to be a apart apart apart part of it The events continued Monday June 30 w with wit the thc Utah Symphony performing various patriotic songs as well A a music from the Big Band Era The Wasatch Mount Mountain iri continued th their i tradition of performing at Taylorsville Day by setting of handmade cannons to go in sync with the 1812 Overture that the symphony sympho y w was s playing g Taylorsville Day t remained a fun a and d enjoyable time for those who attended Ashby credits the large amounts S of volunteers and those th that t attend that make the I setting exciting and time well I spent We dont don't have a problem i I with bad crowds s. said SaiH iH I Ashby For some For some reas reason it its it's s something that we don dont don't t have to deal with Weve We've been fortunate i I |
