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by Brittany Walker Get ready because Banana Days are back, August 7, 8 and 9, in Melita, MB. This three day award winning event will once again bring hundreds of people to the community for a festival full of events that are family friendly for all ages. The events will kick off on Friday, August 7, with a photography contest in the afternoon. A public viewing of all the submitted photographs will be held at the Legion Hall from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Following the photography contest will be a carnival in Central Park. The carnival is fun for all ages and includes free entry as well as many free games and activities. New and returning to this year’s events are the giant inflatable bouncers, DeeDee the Clown, a stilt walker, face painter, balloon artist, bike parade, carnival games, sparkle tattoos, dunk tank, food vendors, horse
rides, $2 water gun fights plus much more. Also back this year at the Melita Golf Course is the popular best ball golf tournament. A new feature to Friday night’s events for the over 18 crowd will be a beer gardens starting at 7:00 p.m., with live performances from country music singer Kendra Kay of Elkhorn, MB. At dusk on Friday, an all ages Wildfire Show will be held. Your senses will be dazzled as performers dance with spinning fire to the tribal beats of live drummers. Saturday morning starts off the second event-filled day of the festival. Things get underway with the bed races, starting at 10:00 a.m., across from the Melita Fire Department. The beds will leave the starting line with four people pushing and one person, in pyjamas, riding on the bed. At a designated point, there will be a “Melita Banana Days fire
drill� where the person on the bed will have to get off the bed, take off their pjjamas and give them to the next person, where they have to put the pyjamas on properly and get back on the bed then continue onto the halfway point. In the second half of the race there will be another “fire drill� where the team has to completely change the sheet on the bed. The competition will then continue on to the finish line. The Ultimate Banana Belt Experience will also take place at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. During the challenge, teams will have a list of 100 tasks to try to complete in 100 minutes. The team that successfully completes the most tasks with the most points will win a grand prize of $1,000! Other attractions at the Banana Statue Site on Saturday will include a petting zoo, bouncy houses, fire truck and Continued on page 2 - Banana Days
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