?Fair on Square? in Shelbyville Saturday
The ?Fair on the Square? is scheduled for May 5 on the Shelbyville square from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The day-long celebration will include live music, old fashioned games, classic cars, a costume parade, open houses by area shops and other activities. Pope?s Cafe will adopt a 1950s theme for the event, with waitresses dressed in poodle skirts and feature a dunking booth.
Live entertainment will feature Contra Dancers of Flat Creek, Tennessee Country cloggers, The Cavaliers, The Challengers, To His Glory and Trademark. Games will be ongoing throughout the day and include a best beard contest, potato sack race, clothespin game, egg toss, jacks, paper airplane contest, watermelon seed spitting contest and a cake walk.
The arts and culture committee will present a dramatic production, including performances by area church choirs during the day at The Fly Arts Center, a block from the square.
Bedford County is surrounded by the quaint and picturesque communities of Bell Buckle, Normandy, Shelbyville and Wartrace. The county and its surrounding communities are know for the famous Tennessee Walking Horse Celebration, Pencil Capital, USA and its people.
For more information, contact Dawn Holley at 931-703-2292.