Right in Our Region
Blueberry Festival Ends Summer with a Bang
By Lindsey Lukas, senior editor
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very year during Labor Day Weekend, one of the Midwest’s premier events returns with the Marshall County Blueberry Festival. Located at Centennial Park, 1660 N. Michigan St., Plymouth, Ind., this year’s festival takes place from Sept. 1-5 and promises a parade, fireworks, carnival, car show, hot air balloon rides and more. “We have several can’tmiss activities here at the Marshall County Blueberry Festival,” says Tracy Houin, festival coordinator. “We have something for everyone of all ages, from a bike cruise to arm wrestling to tractor pulls to a wide range of entertainment. There’s
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not a slow or dull moment the whole weekend.” Approximately 42 committees, 15 board members and hundreds of volunteers help put on the festival, Houin adds. Volunteers have been the backbone of the event since the beginning, when the Plymouth Jaycees organized a Labor Day Celebration in 1966 to observe Indiana’s sesquicentennial. The celebration was such a success that a group of citizens formed a board of directors to organize an annual festival. At the time, Marshall County provided one third of Indiana’s blueberry crop, so, the board named the celebration “The Marshall County Blueberry Festival.” Now, 56 years later, the humble event has grown into one of Indiana’s largest festivals. The board’s main objectives are to provide quality family activities at little or no cost, and to additionally provide a venue
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