Morehouse May Madness New Fun and Exciting Additions to Street Festival for 2018
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ITH THE HUGE SUCCESS OF THEIR FIRST Morehouse May Madness Street Festival (MMM) and so much to celebrate in Morehouse Parish, event organizers thought why not expand the event with more entertainment and activities. Local law enforcement shared the enthusiasm for a larger festival and agreed to block more streets off in downtown Bastrop. The Rose Theatre will kick the street festival off on Friday night, May 4 at 7 p.m. with an acoustic show by Barrett Pepper and Chad Thomas which should be a great performance. Tickets are $20 each. Since Morehouse Parish has many acres of farm land and their roots are in agriculture, an antique tractor exhibit seemed a natural fit for the festival. As many as 30 antique tractors are expected to be on display across from the Morehouse Parish Farmers Market. Many people that appreciate art have requested that the event include an art show. So supporters of the Snyder Museum and Art Center, located at 1620 E. Madison in Bastrop, have joined together with the MMM organizers to provide an art show in downtown Bastrop. Additionally, local artists will be freshening up a mural located near the Visitor Center at 124 North Washington. Motorcycles of all types are popular in the northeast Louisiana region and local motorcycle enthusiasts were happy to put on their calendar a motorcycle exhibit. This exhibit will clearly enhance the festival and the classic car exhibit which will be located in the same area of the street festival. From the parents of travel ball baseball players came a request for a baseball tournament to celebrate the popular sport. From as far back as 1950 when semi-pro teams played at Baron Ballpark in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish has loved baseball. So what better way to celebrate Morehouse Parish than with a baseball tournament which will be held at Carter Park in Bastrop? These new additions will clearly provide more fun for everyone and enhance the original festival activities which included a classic car exhibit, a kid zone, music, the Morehouse Parish Farmers Market program and activities, food and merchant vendors, the Morehouse Country Club golf tournament (1729 Gladney Drive) and a quilt show. Wanting to provide festival information and an easy registration for food and merchant vendors, the organizers and Northeast Tel, which is located in Collinston, LA; joined forces to create a website, morehousemaymadness.com. The website is user friendly and shares the vendors that are registered for Morehouse May Madness as well as photos from the 2017 fesival. For more information on this exciting event, please see the advertisement at left. See you there!
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