Shelby Fest '06

Shelby Fest happened. Drum roll please. AND...IT....WAS....A...SUCCESS!!!!!!! Thank goodness. Below are some pictures, but first a quick anecdote about the festivities.

The music was awesome. The festival games were a huge hit. There were children on line for all the games for every minute of the day. The races on the half hour had enthusiastic particpation. Everybody had a tremendous time and the mayor keeps telling me, "Mr. C you got to keep with working with me." We sold 2000+ carnival game tickets to over 500 festival revelers and raised about $2000. Who-wah! The fourth grade will be going on two heavily subsidized class trips.

The community came together, both black and white, to enjoy a fun-filled day of music, games, good weather, and food. The event was a success because of the hard-work and dedication of my fellow organizers, donations by the businesses of Shelby, teachers from around the Delta who came out to lend a helping hand, Shelby Women United, the police and fire departments, Mayor Grimm, and of course the other SMS faculty that helped keep things running smoothly. Please check out the blog link to Ms. Hayes and Mr. Frailich for more pics and info. Also, thank you for the support from all who bought T-shirts, they will be mailed out shortly.

Check us out.

The Shelby Middle School Starlight Steppers.

Shelby Fest '06 presents The Wessley Jefferson Band.

Look at the crowd. Just look at them. It was like this ALL day.

Bite the Donut...10 dozen donuts were gobbled up.

The crazy clothes race.

Check out this little tyke at the football toss.

Yes, we did in fact have a bouncing castle.

Face painting.

Bracelet Making.

Chief Daniels, rib chef extraordinaire.


The production values were high, things ran pretty smoothly and clean up went fast. We traded hot dogs to kids who filled up enitre bags of garbage. Who knows what the next project will be, but for now I am excited to focus on my classroom.