Semicentennial Scrapbook

For the 50th celebration of fall fun in Willow Springs, the Chamber of Commerce introduced a bear mascot who gamely toured the festival, cheering and posing for photos throughout the warm, sunshine-y day.

Betty Church, in blue, dances along with the Cornerstone Dance cloggers.

Cloggers from Cornerstone Dance Studio bring high energy and thundering heels to their thirty-minute performance.

The crowd stretches from Center St to Walnut and beyond for one of the best-attended event in Willow Springs this year.

Crowds peruse 150 booths at the 2024 Bear City Fall Festival in abundant sunshine.

Hope McClellan relaxes with her cow, Olympia, at the FFA petting zoo.

From left: Jacelyn, Miranda, and Saripha Smith play in the kid-sized helicopter on display courtesy of Air Evac.

A new tradition in a fifty-year-old celebration – Matt Knapp serves as the event emcee for the first time.

The Gospel Hymnals perform on the main stage at the intersection of Main and Harris on Saturday, October 5 in Willow Springs.

FFA Sponsor Grant Talburt takes the plunge in a dunking booth to raise money for Willow Springs FFA.

Stringed Union performs at the fiftieth fall festival in downtown Willow Springs.

Entries lined up in the Bear City Car show, a traditional feature of the festival.

Danielle Buckner and Huckleberry the horse ready to great visitors to the FFA petting zoo.

Larger-than-life boardgames set up in the Center Street event center proved popular with kids.

The Bear City Fall Festival on October 5 marked 50 years of fall fun in Willow Springs. These celebrations may have had many names throughout the years, but for fifty Octobers – the people of Willow Springs have gathered to have a great time. And hand out some blue ribbons.

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