By: Erin Smith
If you love blueberries then Ammon is the place to be on Saturday for the 21st annual Ammon Blueberry Festival. Admission is free and food and drinks will be available for purchase.
The proceeds help support the Ammon Volunteer Fire Department and the festival is sponsored by the Ammon Ruritan Club, said one of the event’s many organizers, Nancy Smith.
“There is plenty of fun for the whole family, all day long,” said Smith.
The day will begin with a pancake breakfast featuring blueberry pancakes and all the fixings at the Ammon Volunteer Fire Department. The pancake breakfast will take place from 6:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
There will be a parade that will begin at 10 a.m. Smith said the parade will begin on Old Fayetteville Road about one-quarter mile from the crossroads. The parade will travel Old Fayetteville Road to the crossroads, to NC 242, and disembark at the festival grounds, said Smith. She added that Old Fayetteville Road and NC 242 in the vicinity of the festival will be closed during the parade only.
The parade will feature the crowd favorites Sudan TomCats from Robeson County and the Dunn Clowns Shriners. Also there will be antique tractors, classic cars, and a bevy of beauty queens as well as fire trucks. Smith said other parade units will include politicians, baton twirlers, horses and Smokey the Bear will make an appearance.
Smith said immediately following the parade an opening ceremony will take place on the stage followed by live entertainment and a blueberry auction. Entertainers will include Master of Ceremonies Neil Smith of the group Crosstalk, Sherry Melvin, Kenneth Register Sr., and the Lopez family as well as local dancers and other performers.
There will also be crafts, information booths and food vendors, said Smith. There will also be games and an antique and classic car and truck cruise-in and show.
Smith said another crowd favorite will be homemade ice cream.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a lawn chair and come out and spend the day at the Ammon Blueberry Festival.
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