It's Harvest and Herb weekend in Ada.
The 33rd annual Ada Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest and Herb Festival offers many activities on Saturday in downtown Ada, according to Deb Curlis, chamber director.
This year’s festival is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As in past year’s, it will fill Ada’s Main Street from Highland to College.
The festival has 180 spaces available for vendors and those spaces are almost full.
Activities take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the depot park. At noon Ada's mayor, David Retterer, will wecome everyone. The Ada VFW color guard will raise the flag. Noteworthy Community Choir, directed by Vickie Mills, will perform the National Anthem.
Following the opening ceremonies the 2018 Harvest and Herb Festival queen will be announced.
Here's the festival schedule:
9-4 p.m. - Booths open on Main Street
10 a.m. - Parade on Main Street
11 a.m. - Games for kids open at the Depot park
Noon - Welcome from Mayor Retterer, VFW 9381 color guard, National Anthem
12:30 p.m. - Crowning of 2018 festival queen
1 p.m. - Drummunity with Lori Fithian (sponsored by Ada Public Library)
2 p.m. - Andrew Martin the Magician
3 p.m. - Twiisted Creations by Pat
You can still enter the parade
Participants are invited to join the Harvest and Herb Festival parade. The parade forms at 9 a.m. in the Ada schools parking lot and starts at 10 a.m.
Junior Weihrauch of Arlington is the parade director. Persons with questions may contact him at 419-365-5304 or 419-889-4315.
This year's queen candidates:
They are: (from left to right in the photograph below):
• Senior Anabel Alexander, daughter of Robert and Shelleigh Alexander
• Senior Audrey Hazelton, daughter of Travis and Rebecca Hazelton
• Senior Allison Dotson, daughter of Carrie Dotson and Tom Dotson
• Senior Kama Arn, daughter of Scott and Corsi Arn
The queen will be crowned at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, in front of the Ada Depot following the official welcome to the festival. The queen is determined upon three written essays and a professional interview process.
Festival queens since 2012
2012 - Erica Kier
2013 - Katelyn Guagenti
2014 - Alexis Amburgey
2015 - Sidney Faine
2016 - Libbie Milks
2017 - Lyric Jones
