Syracuse Fall Harvest Festival Sees Large, Enthusiastic Turnout
Kendall Conrad, 6, puts the finishing artistic dab on her pumpkin at the Syracuse Fall Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 8. Several dozen make-and-take pumpkins were decorated by kids during the festival.
By Ray Balogh
InkFreeNews
SYRACUSE — Despite the chill of a 45-degree breezy autumn day, an excited throng of revelers swarmed the Syracuse Fall Harvest Festival Saturday, Oct. 8, at Lakeside Park.
The family-friendly event took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and included the Syracuse Artisans and Famers Market in its final incarnation this season, along with face painting, pumpkin decorating, food vendors, live music and a variety of games for children and adults alike.
All told, uncounted hundreds of visitors enjoyed the day browsing and patronizing the more than 40 craft and food vendors.
Additional coverage of the event will appear in the Wednesday, Oct. 12, edition of The Mail-Journal.
Some scenes from the event:
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- Kennedy Palese, 2 1/2, selects a lollipop from one of the kid’s booths.
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- Fields siblings Jackson, 8; Winston, 5; and Linkyn, 7, take simultaneous aim at the target in the football toss game during the festival.
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- The Syracuse Lions held a fundraising nut sale at the Syracuse Fall Harvest Festival. Shown from left are Lions Ann Haffner, Angela Himes, Doris Yoder and Marie Butler-Knight.
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- Caysin Andrade, 5, reacts to the first dab of face paint from Zoey Gingerich of Milford to turn him into a dinosaur. Contrary to his grimace, he said the experience was “relaxing.”
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- Robust crowds browsed the park full of vendors, which included participants of the Syracuse Artisans and Famers Market, which was holding its last market of the season.
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- Children found a variety of imaginative ways to make their way down the inflatable slide at the Syracuse Fall Harvest Festival.
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- With a boost from his dad, a budding young roundball star launches a shot in the basketball toss set up at Lakeside Park.
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- Musician Ivory Moss of Kokomo provided live musical entertainment from the gazebo at Lakeside Park. A woman of dazzling vocal talent, Moss “out-Melanied” Melanie with her rendition of “Brand New Key.”
