Labor Day play
BRANSON MO NEWS:
Labor Day weekend serves as a pivot point for many calendars as summer activities come to an end and fall ones begin. In Central Texas, that pivot gets celebrated in several ways that draw hundreds, if not thousands of participants.The largest, and one of the oldest, is Westfest, a three-day celebration of most things Czech that draws nearly 20,000 people to the town of West for music, dancing, food and drink, and general family-friendly revelry. The 43rd annual festival anticipates cracking the $1 million mark in money raised for civic improvement and local organizations this year.For country music fans, the weekend is studded with regional and Texas stars. Westfest’s Preview Party on Friday and its lineup of headliner William Clark Green, Jon Wolfe and Ray Johnston, plus Sam Riggs at Sunday’s Shutdown Party will join the country offerings of Belton’s Central Texas State Fair (Josh Ward, Koe Wetzel, Casey Donahew and Wade Bowen) and even Baylor University’s football-season kickoff Traditions Rally on Friday, where up-and-coming Nashville country singer Seth Ennis caps the evening.It’s the start of football season that gets cheered Friday night at Baylor’s McLane Stadium where the Traditions Rally is held, and despite hot temperatures that traditionally stretch through September, the Labor Day holiday represents time for the sorghum harvest at Homestead Craft Village.Plenty of activities for families and children can be found at this weekend’s major events — something that’s in season year-round.
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Old cars and young people fill the street at Westfest’s annual parade from downtown West to the Westfest grounds.
Staff photo — Rod Aydelotte, file
Westfest attendees, whose regulars come from as far as Houston, Dallas and College Station, have plenty of activities awaiting them in the festival’s three-day run. It starts with the …
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