Loyal Corn Fest

It was early rising on Sunday, August 30 for our 25 ^th parade. We all gathered at the Warrens Cranfest building to load our Cranberrymobile with formals and other Royalty necessities to head to Clark county for the 51 ^st Loyal Corn Festival parade. It was such a beautiful "fall" day as we enjoyed our 1 1/2-hour ride through Black River Falls, Merrillan, Neillsville and Christie. We have had our share of "firsts" this parade season-- after taking a quick driving tour of Loyal, we finally found the parade registration headquarters: Cuddie Funeral Home, which also was provided to us for changing into our formals!!!

Then it was off to the Queen's Tea at City Hall before it was "wave" time. The Princesses and myself were blessed to have 2 additional "bodygards" in addition to my Dad and brother, Paul. Quaden and Xaiver Baird provided added protection for the Royalty as well as were super good at helping Paul invite and hand out Cranfest brochures. After being announced by 3 announcing stations it was time to put the Cranfest Float down for a nap and change into our sports wear.

We then went to the Corn Fest grounds where we found that "Loyal does corn right" and enjoyed some delicious corn on the cob. Then it was back to the Cranberrymobile to head south to Warrens. Our trip would not be complete without a little bit of cake and champagne (non-alcoholic of course) to celebrate our 25 ^th parade which was done in Neillsville at the city square gazebo. And before the sun set, we were all back safely to the Warrens Cranfest building to prepare for our next parade.