thirty ninth Annual Aunt Het Fall Pageant takes place Oct. 8

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – The thirty ninth Annual Aunt Het Fall Pageant will return on Saturday, one week after it was initially scheduled to happen.

“Ian offered us with some challenges, however we’re so blessed to have a fantastic working relationship with the town of Fountain Inn,” Heidi Hamrick, Fountain Inn Chamber of Commerce board member, instructed FOX Carolina.

Greater than 100 distributors – that includes arts, crafts, items and meals – will arrange downtown. Stay music, family-friendly actions and a automobile present are additionally a part of the festivities.

Hamrick mentioned suspending the occasion required particular lodging by the town – together with staffing changes, visitors sample modifications and parking preparations all through downtown.

Whereas the occasion is called after a fictitious comedian character, Hamrick mentioned Aunt Het probably would have appreciated the additional effort.

“She’d in all probability throw in, ‘Nicely, I reckon they’re an excellent, outdated bunch,” Hamrick mentioned.

Schwartz-Hanley mentioned that is the primary 12 months for the Chamber to carry the occasion with the Chapman Basis’s Pynkalycious Stroll for Breast Most cancers Consciousness from 9 a.m. till 12:00 p.m.

Whereas the occasion is a celebration of straightforward pleasures and small-town allure, organizers mentioned it nonetheless has modern-day enchantment. For instance, cleaning soap field derby vehicles have been changed by robotics actions.

“There’s actually one thing for everybody at this pageant,” Schwartz-Hanley mentioned.

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