The Pumpkin Festival features
inflatables for kids to play in as well as
pumpkin painting--but not carving.
“We don't want to have any children
with knives,” Lambert agreed with a
chuckle. “That's a big draw,” Lambert
said of pumpkinpainting.
Music is also a big draw, Friday after
the Parade, Saturday night, and
Sunday, with the focus Sunday on local
talent.
Nonprofits raise money during
Pumpkin Festival, Lambert said,
including school involvement and Boy
Scouts. Area churches do an ecumeni-
cal worship service 9 a.m. Sunday,
Sept. 23, at theHistorical Park onHunt
Street.
“You knowwhat? It's been fun every
year. There are always new people. I
love it. I'm very happy about it,”
Lambert said. “We do have crafters
and food vendors. I thinkwe've evolved
a littlemore inmusic. Absolutely, I love
my baby,” Lambert said of the festival
and its hard-working volunteers.
Druyor added that the massive
event is the work, really of a few dedi-
catedpeople.
“It's a small group of volunteers.
We're there from start to finish,” she
said.
The city of Romulus is also key,
including the public safety and public
services departments, Druyor added.
“We try to add something different
each year. We do try to change it up. It's
something for visitors to look forward
to.”
Druyor says of herself, “I do a lot
behind the scenes,” and notes she and
others relax over beverages when the
festival ends.
Druyor also serves on the Romulus
Arts Commission, and appreciates the
efforts of that group to support
Romulus resident student scholarships
in themusic/arts field
The festival committee's work began
in 1996 with the first Romulus
PumpkinFestival taking place in 1997.
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