EVENTS
PEACH JAMBOREE Reigning over the 60th annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, June 18-19, will be Second Duchess Viviana Carreno, Third Duchess Jolie Peavy, Peach Queen Abigail Schladoer, First Duchess Sophia Mills and Fourth Duchess Rachel King. — Standard-Radio Post file photo
ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY, JUNE 18: AARON WATSON SATURDAY, JUNE 19: RECKLESS KELLY ne of Gillespie County’s most famous crops — the peach — will be in the spotlight at the 60th Annual Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo on Friday and Saturday, June 18-19.
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A variety of other foods from local vendors will also be available on the JAMboree grounds, including peaches and ice cream, as well as peach cobbler.
Sponsored by the Stonewall Chamber of Commerce, the two-day salute will again feature music, rodeo performances, a parade, contests, peach show and auction, queen’s contest, children’s activities and more.
Activities planned throughout the afternoon include the Peach Patch area for kids, 42 tournament, washer pitching tournament, peach show and auction, peach eating and pit spitting contest, mutton busting and more.
The public is invited to come out to the rodeo grounds on Thursday evening, June 17, to enjoy the slack events. This evening is free of charge, and food vendors will on the grounds. Peach JAMboree activities get started on Friday night, June 18, with an 8 p.m. rodeo performance. The gates open at 6 p.m. The Friday night entertainment will be Aaron Watson. JAMboree activities resume on Saturday, June 19, when entries are taken that morning in the baking, preserves and salsa contests. The annual parade steps off at 10 a.m., and barbecue by the pound will go on sale after the parade.
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Prize winning peaches, pastries, preserves and salsas will be sold during the auction on Saturday, June 19, held as part of the Stonewall Peach JAMboree and Rodeo, which takes place June 18-19. — Standard-Radio Post file photo
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