Pioneer Festival, Labor Day events offer plenty of activity
Published 11:06 am Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Emilia Zahabi was crowned as the 2019 Labor Day Queen Monday prior to the parade through downtown Winchester.
The Kentucky State University band capped Monday's Labor Day Parade in downtown Winchester. (Photo by Fred Petke)
The George Rogers Clark High School marching band parades down Main Street during the annual Labor Day parade Monday afternoon. (File Photo by Fred Petke)
Rhyleigh Deaton sits really still while her face is painted at the Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival in 2019. The 2020 festival has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Walker Puckett tries to climb a wall whil ehis parents watched Saturday morning. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Sophie Coleman, Amelia Jones and Lily Bloomfield pet a goat in the petting zoo Saturday morning during the Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Debbie and Kenny Lamb look through shirts at one of the many vendors at the Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival Saturday. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Marvin Collier cooks another griddle of country ham at Celebrate Recovery's booth for country ham sandwiches Saturday morning. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Declan Moore, right, takes a bite of shaved ice from Amanda Moore while Dax Moore looks on at Lykins Park. (Photo by Fred Petke)
The Wooks jam on "Deal" during their set Sunday evening at Lykins Park during the Kitty Strode Concert Series. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Winchester's Rifletown opened the Kitty Strode Concert Series Sunday night at Lykins Park. They were followed by The Wooks and Runaway June. (Photo by Fred Petke)
Labor Day weekend means a lot of things to Winchester.
The Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival wrapped its 41st year with two days of arts, crafts and food throughout College Park, until everything moved to Lykins Park for Sunday night’s concert and fireworks.
Simultaneously, the Labor Day Committee had its own weekend of events including dances, the Labor Day Queen and the parade through downtown Winchester including the George Rogers Clark High School marching band.
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