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King George Fall festival Parade Grand Marshal

Fall festival Parade Guest of Honor

This year’s parade Grand Marshal is Tommy Burrell. Tommy is a lifelong resident of King George County with a deep love for his community. More than 40 years ago, Tommy began working in carpentry and built his business, Thomas M. Burrell, Inc., with a reputation for being fair and trustworthy, delivering quality work, and helping those in need. Although some of his work has been in surrounding areas, the vast majority has been here in King George and Tommy credits the people of King George County for keeping him in business all these years. Tommy is one of the founding members of the King George Builders Association and has served as its president many times over the past three decades. The Builders Association has always had a focus on charitable work and community outreach. Particularly notable, they built a house for Johnny Johnson, a paraplegic community resident. Not long after its inception, the Builders Association hosted its first Home Show. That first show, held at the Citizens Center, was started by Tommy Burrell and Ruth Herrink and included just 18 exhibitors. Since that time, the Home Show has become an annual event and has grown and evolved into a home and craft show. It outgrew the Citizens Center and first moved to the (new) King George Elementary School, then to the (new) King George High School. This year’s Home and Craft Show boasted more than 130 exhibitors. Tommy has served as the chairman of the show for many years and continues to work on growing the show while maintaining a county focus. The Builders Association uses the funds raised by the show to help those in need and give back to the community. Tommy first became involved with the Fall Festival committee when he began representing the Builders Association as a contributing organization to the festival. His role grew into co-chairman and eventually chairman in 2003. Over the past 13 years, Tommy has led the committee by embracing positive, forward thinking ideas while maintaining the historical community-focused mission of the Fall Festival. His success stems from his ability to garner cooperation from civic groups, members of the Chamber of Commerce, and county departments. Some of these include the Ruritans, the Optimist Club, King George Farm Bureau, the Lions Club, the KG Historical Society, the KG Family YMCA, DECA, The Journal, Union Bank, the Chamber of Commerce, King George Fire & Rescue, the KG Sheriff’s Office, KG Parks & Rec,

Patsy Godley began her singing career standing in front of her home stereo using a hairbrush for a microphone. She was accompanied by such greats as Peter, Paul and Mary, Leslie Gore, Ray Stevens and any other record she happened to play. She held family members, friends and anyone else captive as long as they would let her and would perform for hours if allowed. She still tries to do that as much as possible today. Patsy has sung many years in bands, but her most satisfying experience has been with her current band, Patsy & the Country Classics. She and a group of seasoned musicians got together in 2012 to play a “little traditional country music - and much to their delight found a very receptive audience. Patsy & the Country Classics has gone on to produce two CDs, with the first CD winning the National Traditional Country Music CD of the Year award. Patsy went on to win Ms. Virginia Senior in 2014, and then competed in Atlantic City in the Ms. Senior America Pageant and won that title as well. She is currently working full time as a government contractor as well as singing in her band, and sings and speaks at Ministry events whenever invited.

King George County Schools, the Board of Supervisors, and the County Administrator. Less than two months ago, Tommy underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery. Wanting to bring an awareness of heart disease and prevention to the people of King George, he has been working to bring mobile cardiac screening

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Previous Fall Festival Themes

Year Theme 1959 Halloween 1960 Civil War 1961 Historic King George 1962 Roarin’ Twenties 1963 Things to Come 1964 Things Forgotten 1965 American Heritage 1966 World of Fantasy 1967 Far Away Places 1968 Funtime 1969 America the Beautiful 1970 250th Anniversary of King George County Old in Years – Young in Spirit 1971 Mardi Gras – Country Style 1972 Harvest Time 1973 Save Our American Resources 1974 Holidays for All 1975 Good Ole Days 1976 USA – Something for Everyone 1977 Say It with Music 1978 Happiness Is ____ 1979 Hollywood 1980 Lest We Forget 1981 The Country Way USA 1982 The Four Seasons 1983 Friends Helping Friends 1984 It’s a Family Affair 1985 We Are the People of the World 1986 King George – Almost Heaven 1987 Life on the Potomac and Rappahannock Year Theme 1988 We’re Country and Proud of It

Contest Winners FF Committee FF Committee FF Committee FF Committee P. A. Kyle June Clift Lillian Newton Kenneth Clift Nick Burrell Thelma Clare Brodie Fitzhugh Dottie Bundick Dottie Bundick Amelia Coates Mrs. R. D. Zink FF Committee Maureen Fredette Sue Coleman Mrs. Leland Riffle Mrs. Dean Sawdy Donna Shea Mary Potts Williams Barbara Davies Francis Volante Penny Dooley Carolyn Dudley Anna Williams, O. C. Jacobson, Tammy Clark John Nelson Barbara Ferrell Contest Winners Linda Yancey

1989 Our Flag – A Treasured Heritage 1990 Weren’t We Nifty in the Fifties 1991 Working Together – Making a Difference 1992 Great Discoveries 1993 One Moment in Time 1994 A Festival of Colors 1995 Come Alive in ’95 1996 People Power 1997 Our Pride, Our Future, Our Kids 1998 Fall Festival 40 Years 1999 Moving Forward & Looking Back 2000 The Beauty of King George 2001 Share Your Heart – Volunteer 2002 The Good Life 2003 Celebrate Our Hometown Heroes 2004 Three Cheers f or the Red, White & Blue 2005 King George – We’re the Best 2006 King George – Something for Everyone 2007 King George – A Community of Volunteers 2008 Celebrate the Golden Year 2009 Sounds of Freedom 2010 Be A Star 2011 Pride of King George 2012 Livin’ the Dream 2013 55 Years of Tradition 2014 Keep’n It Country 2015 It’s a Celebration

Anne Zink Pat Clift Anna McDonald KG NAACP Bonnie Finck Barbara Wisdom Ruth Loving Marlene Therrien Mary Melber & Mildred Rollins Betty Pearson FF Committee FF Committee Debby Purks Straughn Janice Hill Pete Peregory J. L. Huff Jean Graham FF Committee FF Committee FF Committee FF Committee FF Committee Kristy Satterfield FF Committee Tangelz Customer FF Committee Robert Bradley, Jr. FF Committee

Previous Fall Festival Queens 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

Ann Richardson Judy Griffith Linda Berry Sue Flaer Dina Schoenthal Jane Vaughan Gay Griffith Vickie Oesterheld Susan Farmer Loreena Hancock Dale Ranson Virginia Slusher Wendy Jones Debbie Braaten Mary Lynne McGinniss Rosemary Hales Susan Shaw Kathi Parsell Diane Innis Lisa Budnick Karen Childs Jill Farren Theresa DeBenard Karen Truslow Sheryl Hall Catherine Hudson Sheri Millan Beth Duffy Shelly Ferrell Cathy Burnley Kathy Kent Cassandra Lee

1991 Aileen Sharp 1992 Jackie Dunn 1993 Nathaline Nicole Swint 1994 Sarah Brennan 1995 Diane Soto 1996 Lorra Lee Pollard 1997 Collette Wolfe 1998 Amy Barker 1999 Christina Bogue 2000 LaShay Rose 2001 Lucy Mears 2002 Martina Mitchell James 2003 Samantha Taing 2004 Carleen Carey 2005 Kateland Clare Marie Schlemn 2006 Brittany Harris 2007 Karisa Loy 2008 Christianna Haenlein 2009 Allyson Gallamore 2010 Ray Celeste Tanner 2011 Amanda Lynn Short 2012 Victoria Garielle Bail 2013 Kathryn Strauss 2014 Elena Bianca De La Rosa 2015 Samantha Roberts 2016 FF Queens’ Contest, Sunday Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. KGHS. There is a Miss and a Teen competition.

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Local Band “Southern Explosion” will be providing live music at the Fairgrounds KGHS during the event. Parade awards are announced at 2 p.m. from their sound system. Tommy Manuel - Lead Guitar, Vocals Tommy started playing the guitar at the age of 8 and enjoyed playing Country and Rock & Roll tunes. After getting married and raising a family he returned to music about 11 years ago and has recently played as the lead guitar and singer, with local bands 300 Proof and Living Proof in Fredericksburg, VA Dan Davis - Bass Guitar, Vocals Dan has been playing and teaching guitar and bass since the 60’s . He is an accomplished performer on bass, guitar and vocals, appearing in area bands like Wildfire and Living Proof, his musical interest include classic rock/pop, country, blues, jazz and funk. Dan teaches the elements of theory and technique in a variety of styles and can tailor lessons the specific interests and needs of music students. Dan holds a PHD in Philosophy from American University and currently teaches at Strayer University and Germanna Community College. Aric McKenna - Rhythm & Lead Guitars Aric started playing guitar at age 13 along the coast of California as

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King George Festival Committee members work hard all year

The King George Fall Festival (KGFF) is organized by a dedicated group of volunteers from local businesses, organizations, and County residents. You will see information throughout the program about some of our volunteers. Priscilla Owens Morgan – I am the Treasurer for the King George Fall Festival (KGFF) Committee. I started my involvement with the Fall Festival as treasurer in 1990. As well as being responsible for the Treasurer duties, collecting festival proceeds and paying the bills, keeping all the records, I have also been responsible for lining up dumpsites, port a potties, ,trash cans (the glamorous side of the job), selling ads for the program, and working with parade lineup. I got my inspiration to work with the fall festival from my mother, Joan Owens,, who was the committee secretary for many years. One of my most vivid memories as a child was my going the meetings with her at the old fire house, now King George tire. I have built good friendships with the folks that get together each month for meeting and give back to their hometown; seeing that the fall festival continues each year, bringing the community together like no other time during the year. It has been a privilege and an enjoyable adventure to work with the King George Fall Festival especially on festival day when it all comes together. Janine Paulsen - I joined the committee in 2003 to represent King George Parks and Recreation (P&R). I have worked on the committee for 13 years and 13 festivals. My duties include providing Entertainment and Logistics Support for the Festival. I served as Vice Chair and Committee member for several years. Dee Strauss - King George High School DECA Advisor, member of Fall Festival Committee since 2002. When I was first brought onto the Fall Festival Committee, my responsibility was the preparation and sales of the Bar-B-Que sandwiches and meals. I organized and mobilized DECA student members and adult helpers to make this happen for the festival attendees. Fast forward a decade +... now we invite food vendors to provide a variety of foods to our festival attendees. And I coordinate and mobilize DECA student members and other KGHS high school students to volunteer to help out with tables for the craft show, games and rides for the kids, unloading crafters' and vendors for the fair, cleaning tables, and just

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about anything else needed! This year, I have also been recruiting more food vendors and food trucks for our Fall Festival Fair. Lori Deem - I have been a KGFF Committee Member for over 10 years. I started helping Jalna Rasmussen with the parade logistics while a member of the Dahlgren Rescue Squad. The Squad and the KG Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) were responsible for the parade. I continued as parade coordinator after Jalna resigned, and worked the parade logistics until last year when KGVFD took that over. (I'm still consulting). I am responsible for organizing the parade judges by recruiting judges for the event,

along with ordering the parade awards. I have been the Craft/ Vendor Fair Coordinator since it was added as one of the KGFF events. I also help to publicize the event, and have acted as point of contact for information, forms, etc. I'm a go to person for most folks looking for answers Rhonda Breer - I have been a member of the KG Fall Festival Committee since 2010, and I have enjoyed being a part of the largest event in the county. I have been the Committee Secretary for the past 3 years, and the responsibilities include recording minutes during the monthly meetings, ensuring State and County dignitaries are invited to join the festivities and

creating Fall Festival flyers and signs. I have contributed to the Fall Festival Program by writing articles and selling ads, and am instrumental in organizing the Fall Festival Dance from 2010-2012. I look forward to being part of this wonderful event for years to come and contributing to its success each year. Wendi Dennison Wynn – Formally a KG Fall Festival (KGFF) Committee Member since 2009 and representative for the King George Farm Bureau. Prior to being a formal committee member I assisted my mother, Leola Dennison, with the Hospitality Room before the parade for over 10 years. I’ve held the office of

Secretary, Historian, and am the current KGFF Chairman. When my father, Wayne Dennison, was the KGFF Chairman I can remember going to KGFF Committee meetings and helping put the programs together. I have wonderful memories of the festival when I was young and the marching bands played after the parade on the football field at The Pit, before the awards were presented. My daughters Gracelynn and Wrayne assist me with the Hospitality Room and volunteer their time during the year. It’s become a Family Tradition! Bob Needy – I represent the Dahlgren Lions Club (DLC) as a member of the KG Fall Festival

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367 Northumberland Hwy Callao, VA

Dentistry Fillings Extractions Implants Root Canals Orthodontics & Invisalign Snore Guards Lab Tech On-Site Dentures / Nonmetal Partials Nitrous Oxide

www.CottrellSmilesVA.com

Delta • CareCredit® • Aetna Dr. Richard Cottrell is licensed as a general dentist in Virginia


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