With the 2021 Corrales Harvest Festival cancelled due to safety concerns during the pandemic, a few related activities and side events are continuing. The Pet Mayor election, for example, is still under way. The winner will be announced on Sunday, September 26, which would have been the final day of the festival. Candidates include five dogs, a peacock, a Canada goose and a cat. Voting continues online, at the Corrales Growersรขโฌโข Market and at stores up and down Corrales Road.
But the usual Pet Parade associated with the festival will not be held this year. Another parade had been planned by Mayor Jo Anne Roake to build community interest in the 50th anniversary of Corralesรขโฌโข incorporation as a municipality. That was to have culminated in the opening of the time capsule outside the Village Office. รขโฌลThe Village hasnรขโฌโขt given up on the parade, but thatรขโฌโขs not happening for awhile,รขโฌยรขโฌหthe mayor explained.
Another event long associated with the festival, the annual race along Corralesรขโฌโข ditch banks (most recently known as the Corrida de Corrales) was held as planned although it had been decided toรย precede the festival by a week. A stronger than usual participation in the Corrales Ditch Run was indicated by sign-ups as of September 18. A highlight of the annual festival has been the Growersรขโฌโข Market on its final day. That will go on as usual on Sunday, September 26, regardless of the festivalรขโฌโขs cancellation.
And the Corrales Historical Society has shifted gears on what had traditionally been its contribution to the Harvest Festival: special exhibits and activities at theรขโฌหOld Church.รขโฌหAll that was cancelledรขโฌยฆ except for fundraising homemade pies, a raffle for a Celtic knot quilt and sale of notecards and other gifts in front of the Old Church Saturday and Sunday, September 25-26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
2021 SEPTEMBER 25 ISSUE HARVEST FESTIVAL CANCELLED DUE TO PANDEMIC SURGE
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But the usual Pet Parade associated with the festival will not be held this year. Another parade had been planned by Mayor Jo Anne Roake to build community interest in the 50th anniversary of Corralesรขโฌโข incorporation as a municipality. That was to have culminated in the opening of the time capsule outside the Village Office. รขโฌลThe Village hasnรขโฌโขt given up on the parade, but thatรขโฌโขs not happening for awhile,รขโฌยรขโฌหthe mayor explained.
Another event long associated with the festival, the annual race along Corralesรขโฌโข ditch banks (most recently known as the Corrida de Corrales) was held as planned although it had been decided toรย precede the festival by a week. A stronger than usual participation in the Corrales Ditch Run was indicated by sign-ups as of September 18. A highlight of the annual festival has been the Growersรขโฌโข Market on its final day. That will go on as usual on Sunday, September 26, regardless of the festivalรขโฌโขs cancellation.
And the Corrales Historical Society has shifted gears on what had traditionally been its contribution to the Harvest Festival: special exhibits and activities at theรขโฌหOld Church.รขโฌหAll that was cancelledรขโฌยฆ except for fundraising homemade pies, a raffle for a Celtic knot quilt and sale of notecards and other gifts in front of the Old Church Saturday and Sunday, September 25-26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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