WILLISTON — Thousands of peanut lovers made their approach to Williston’s Heritage Park on Saturday for the 33rd annual Central Florida Peanut Festival.
The competition, organized by the Williston Area Chamber of Commerce, was initially set for Saturday, Oct. 1 however was rescheduled due to the unknowns of Hurricane Ian that week. Roughly 100 distributors attended the occasion, which additionally featured reside music from “Butch Batts and the Southbound Band” and several other meals choices.
Some of the meals out there for buy included: sizzling boiled peanuts, apple dumplings with ice cream, shaved ice and extra. Additionally, Squeezy Lemonade, a cellular concession, was additionally readily available promoting recent squeezed lemonade and pretzels to festivalgoers.
”The Mustangs Cloggers” additionally took to the stage within the Kenneth A. Schwiebert Pavilion through the afternoon and peanut royalty was additionally topped in two sperate age teams. Infants and kids.
The winners of the competition had been:
Baby Peanut King: Pedro Hernandez
Baby Peanut Queen: Ava Oliver
Peanut King: Braxton Barker
Peanut Queen: Cali Hernandez
As for the children, bounce homes and a practice experience had been a number of the actions setup on the north finish of the park for kids. A mechanical bull is also noticed within the park, as nicely.
The chamber additionally held its reverse ticket drawing, giving somebody the chance to win $2,000 money with a $10 donation if she or he held the final ticket drawn. That winner was Jess Hudson.