More Fest to savor til next year

Cont. from last week

Although Saturday morning's weather was a bit of a downer for the folks in the parade, as well as for those watching, the event went on as scheduled, and the spectators took their places on the sidewalks to applaud the participants.

Tim Coley and Gordon Neale, former Odessa residents and still members of the Oom Pas and Mas polka band, were the announcers for the parade and kept the downtown crowd entertained with their banter.

The rain at parade time was unfortunate, but the power outage following fires on two power poles in town (not outside of town, as we reported incor...