BRANSON MO NEWS:
By Future Brown, Herald Democrat
Thousands of Texoma residents flocked to the streets of Whitesboro Saturday looking for peanuts. The 52nd annual Peanut Festival in Whitesboro not only included a parade with Whitesboro’s peanut mascot, but there were several music stages, car displays and more than 200 vendors downtown.Festival Chairman Dee Lee and Whitesboro Chamber of Commerce board member David Blaylock believe that there were more than 15,000 people in attendance Saturday.“Every year is the same but different,” Blaylock said. “We have different entertainment on the main stage every year. We try to incorporate all of the area performers including gymnasts, karate and fighting arts, and others into the main stage performers because parents like to see their children performing.”This year, Renegade was the band performing on the main stage.“Over the years, we have expanded so much that we have had to move things off into areas past downtown,” Blaylock said. “We have food alley. We have jumping balloons and pet adoption. We also have entertainment on the stage near food alley.”So that festival attendees could stay for all portions of the festival and not worry about parking, transportation was provided to and from downtown at Whitesboro High School.“Our parade started at 10 a.m. and then instead of a car show, we had a car display,” Lee said. “That is different from anything we have had here before. We gave them plaques and they were not judged as normal. They get to just show off their cars.”There was also a tractor show at this year’s festival Saturday.“We are growing and we just keep getting bigger and bigger,” Lee said. “The vendors are coming out. The booths get bigger. We have a lot of crafts here. We also have a lot of gospel …
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