By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
The annual Gower Days festival this weekend at the Gower City Park celebrates small town living with something for everybody.
Gower Days committee member Randy Frye says the festival brings several people into Gower, as well as several back home, and everyone seems to enjoy it.
“I suppose there’s a bit of nostalgia there, but I think also it celebrates just the goodness of small-town life and what it has to offer, and it’s just a lot of fun,” Frye tells the KFEQmunnity. “But there really is a homecoming kind of sense about it in a lot of respects.”
The festival this weekend takes place in the Gower Park beginning tomorrow. Gower Days Committee President Heather Miller says through the three days several people come into town for the festival
“We have over 80 some vendors, we’re turning people away, we have so many people coming to us, and then the carnival brings out tons and tons of kids,” Miller explains. “Its a lot of work to put it together, but when you look out there in that crowd and you see what actually happens in this small of town of 23 plus hundred people and you’ve got thousands out there, it’s amazing.”
Gower Days features several vendors, food choices, and a variety of music to celebrate small town life.
Frye says this year brings a variety of new music, as well as some fan favorites, that touch everyone’s taste in music.
Frye says his focus when choosing the acts that take the stage during Gower Days is to focus on the best quality of music
“The jam is something new that we’re trying, having kind of a classic jazz quartet, quintet play is an experiment, I think it’s going to be great,” Frye says. “But it’s trying to provide a wide variety of music and trying to provide something for everybody.”
Opening ceremonies take place tonight with opening ceremonies at 5pm in the Gower Park with the festival closing at 10pm. The Gower Days parade will take place at 10:30am on Saturday.
The festival opens on Saturday at 11am and runs until 5pm and closes on Sunday at 4pm.
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