"by Pamela O’Neill /Staff Reporter
The annual Norseman Floatplane Community Festival, which took place this past weekend, is something Red Lakers get the pleasure to experience every year and we all know exactly what to expect: tents for family entertainment during the day and partying at night, Norseman planes and rides, a street full of booths, and hundreds of people from all walks of life and various ages out to have fun.
So what made this festival different from previous ones? A couple additions to the 2008 schedule included a Guitar Hero Contest sponsored by Video Plus and the highly anticipated International Air Rally arrival and reception, both of which were a smashing success. (See full story on the 8th Inter-national Air Rally for details.) And something unique to us all that everyone was able to enjoy, a weekend full of pleasant weather.
Of course the festival wouldn’t have been the same without the customary Norseman Fly-By, Water Bomber Display, Car Show, fireworks that light up the sky, or the Mixed Slo-Pitch Tournament, as these are always crowd stoppers and pleasers.
Making a comeback from 2007 was the Soap Box Derby sponsored by North American Lumber, and after a year off, hypnotist Michael Leach’s return was a great way to start off the weekend on Friday evening.
As always, music could be heard both day and night throughout the streets. This year’s musical lineup included a mixture of both local and out-of-town talent such as The Service, RLMPS African Drum Choir, Small Rooms, Devon Slobozian, Jim McCann, Shyanne Hovorka, Papa Smurf, I Kill My Shadow, Jamshack, Prep Boy, Rahill, and Country Gospel...."
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