16 • COMMUNITY ADVOCATE • Friday, September 17, 2021
COMMUNITY EVENTS Spirit of Shrewsbury headed to Oak Middle School Sept. 25 By Laura Hayes Senior Community Reporter
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SHREWSBURY - After a virtual festival last year, a hybrid Spirit of Shrewsbury will be both in person and virtual this year. This year also marks the festival’s 25th anniversary. “I’m looking forward to offering something to our community to try and kick start them and get them back together and not have everybody be so fearful,” said President Maria Smith. “Our whole goal and focus is to offer something fun and light and uplifting through all that we’ve been through and give people a ray of sunshine. “We’ll make it through this,” she continued. “We’re persevering.” In-person festivities kick off on Friday, Sept. 24 with the Miss Shrewsbury Pageant at the First Congregational Church.
Some residents still weren’t comfortable being around other people due to new COVID-19 variants, despite the event being held outside. “Others are just dying to be able Noelle Sowden and Nithya Sudharshan The Shrewsbury High School Robotics to safely attend posed for a photo at the Spirit of Team demonstrated some of their tech at events,” Smith said. Shrewsbury Expo in 2019. The expo is the Spirit of Shrewsbury Expo in 2019. Spirit of Shrewsback, this year, scheduled for Saturday, bury will be held Sept. 25. rain or shine. The main event, includOrganizers ultimately did Besides the expo and craft ing the Town Expo and craft proceed with planning Spirit fair, scarecrows will be disfair, will be held on Saturday, of Shrewsbury with caution. played on the Town Common. Sept. 25. This year, the festival will be People will have a chance to Smith said they were forced a hybrid of normal festivities, eat at food trucks and get their not to hold any live Spirit of Smith said, with some of the faces painted. The Shrewsbury Shrewsbury events last year, events in person and others High School Robotics Team though they did hold a couple being virtual. and Gymnastics Learning Cenof events virtually. “Not knowing whether it ter will do a demonstration. Organizers labored over was going to be well-attended, Some of the traditional the question of whether they I tried polling the community events, like the talent show, should move forward with the basically to see what their feelwill be held virtually. festival this year. ing was,” Smith said. “It was well-received last
year,” Smith said. “So, we are duplicating that effort this year by offering the talent show virtually.” The parade will also be virtual. “I must admit, I’m interested to see how that happens,” Smith said. Organizers asked people to submit clips of them walking down the road as if they were walking in a parade. This year, the Grand Marshal of the parade is Robert “Chief Joseph” Terkanian. “I’m excited because he is absolutely the most deserving person ever to be honored as a grand marshal,” Smith said. Smith has wanted to name him as grand marshal several times in the past. “The only reason why he accepted this year, with much arm twisting, I must admit, is because there is no fanfare,” Smith said.
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