Floyd Homecoming Festival TODAY!
We do indeed have a fine fall day ahead for the 175th Year Anniversary and Floyd County Harvest and Homecoming event today.
I'll be stationed under a white tent between two small maple trees, strategically triangulated between the Livestock Pens, the PortaPotties, and the Compost Demonstration. I'll be the one with the books--an unlikely commodity for those looking for snowcones and the winner of the Big Vegetable Awards. But hey--it's visibility to a Floyd County contingent that isn't likely to buy a book at Cafe del Sol. Could be interesting!
The excitement described above is held at the ball field on Route 8 a mile or so north (on the Christiansburg side) of Floyd. Access will be by way of shuttle buses from parking at Citizens Telephone, Bank of Floyd, the high school and perhaps a few other places around town. Gates open at 10 and remain open til 4.
There will be historical tours in town, and Slow Food displays and vendors set up at Harvest Moon.
Now. What will I do about this evening? I'll be whupped, and will have to take down the tent and pack my dog and pony show in car around 5:00. Doors open to the evening speaker at 6 and it will be packed; Kingsolver draws a crowd. Do I want to be part of it? Yes. And no. I have the feeling that by that hour, I'll have had about all the sitting and social interaction I can handle. But on the other hand, there will be a huge crowd of READERS in that one place tonight, it would make good politics to be there amongst them. We'll see.
I've heard from a few Fragments friends and readers and interested book consumers and am looking forward to meeting you, so don't be shy, do stop by and say hello. I'll be glad for the company.