Spirit Fest 2011

We've got Spirit, Yes we do,
We've got Spirit, How about you?

The Grundy Woman's Club took on another project and a big one at that.  The Town of Grundy asked the Grundy Woman's Club to undertake the responsibility of putting on this years Spirit Fest.  Seems like a simple enough project, after all we have put together the Holidays in the Hills for 5 years, surely this couldn't be much different.  WRONG!!!!

Several members of the woman's club met with Town Manager Roger Powers to discuss the possibility of the woman's club coordinating the Spirit Fest.  We came armed with a lot of questions about the event:  time, location, over sight, and most importantly budget.  How much would the "Town" allocate for the woman's club to spend on putting on this event?  Zero, nada, nilch!!!  Nothing, we would not only organize the event we had to RAISE the money for it.  WHAT????

You would think most sane people would say- No Thank You.   What can I say, we are not normal.  So, Bertha Street set to work calling the Coal companies in the community to ask that they support our event.  We are extremely blessed that they responded wholehearted and we raised over $5000.00!!!  A few phone calls later and the entertainment was all lined up however no more money:)

A beautiful day brought out lots and lots of people, free entertainment and free rides didn't hurt either.   Bluegrass bands, Country bands, and Classic Rock bands along with a square dancing group all preformed.  The PICK program, a program in the school system that introduces children to musical instruments, brought a group of youngsters to play.  They were extremely talented.

There were lots of fun and games for the youngsters.  A bounce house and slide, a sticky wall, a joust tournament, a mechanical bull, a rock wall, and a five station sports game kept everyone busy and it was all FREE! 



                                                                     
I think we did a pretty good job!  We can now sit back and relax.  

NOT!!!!  It's time to start on the 6th Annual Holidays in the Hills.  Being a Grundy Woman's Club member is exhausting.