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| The 1999 - 18th Annual Ridge Spring Harvest Festival Was Great Success! |
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Ridge Spring, SC The 18th Annual Ridge Spring Harvest Festival on October 21 - 24th was the "Let's Go Nuts" year! Among the activities were fair rides, BBQ, dancing and music! |
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Eighteen years ago Ridge Spring celebrated the first Harvest Festival! Most amazing about the first celebration was that people came from miles around. Today we give special attention to the pecan industry of the area. We invite you to enjoy this day and celebrate with song, dance games and entertainment! Richetta Daniel, 1999 Harvest Festival Chairman. Saturday's festivities featured carnival rides, arts and crafts, the RSM Peewee Cheerleaders, Double Step darlings and a parade. Shown at right is several of the parade entries. These antique tractors were as clean as the day they were made and looked great! Our Grand Marshal for this year's 1999 Harvest Festival is Joe Cal Watson. He is the local owner - operator of the Nut House in Ridge Spring. He remembers his family started with 8 acres of pecans and now he owns and leases about 250 acres of pecans. Ridge Spring salutes Mr. Watson for his outstanding service in our community. |
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| The festival has many, many vendors selling food, crafts, clothing, collectibles, wood items and much, much more. You name it and it was probably for sale, including items for your home, pet, car and farm. Pictured at right is a sampling of the items available. |  |
| Pictures at right is Mrs. Judy Vickers from Aiken and Ms. Lybrand, also of Aiken. Ms. Lybrand can be found at all area festivals and events with her delicious homemade cakes, candies, cookies and tarts. We especially like her cheese straws. |  |
| Strom Thurmond Rebeleers minutes before they went on stage. |  |