The 2009 Grasshopper Festival was held on Friday, June 5th this year.  A Bar-B-Que dinner (hotdogs, hot links, hamburgers and bratwurst too), complete with ice cream, was served and no one was disapointed. This years Festival was be bigger and better!  More live (and different types) of music - more great activities for the little ones - a dunk tank with the Mayor, and representatives from all four grade schools was a HIT.

Vendors were be on hand with various items and baked good for sale.  A free movie was shown in Augusta's Historic Theatre.  A Viet Nam era huey helicopter was on display and four jet simulators were available for a fly-off contest. Clowns wandered through the crowd making balloon items for the kids. Dance and Karate demonstrations were held on several stages and even a just-for-fun dog show was held with prizes in several categories.  Elvis joined us for the fun and the TIMBER CREEK  and POWDER RIVER BANDS had people "dancing in the streets".

IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND - YOU SHOULD HAVE

A HUGE thank you to all the friends and volunteers of DOWNTOWN AUGUSTA for helping make the 2009 Grasshopper Festival a success.