Tryon Downtown Development Association (TDDA) members amped things up for this year’s festival. In place of last year’s street dance, the committee opted for a Fool’s Jam, sponsored by Costco and Main Street Financial. The event will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at Sunnydale (next to IGA) and will be the perfect opportunity for musicians to come out and play together while the rest of attendees dance the night away.
The Trophy Husbands will play opening and closing sets and will provide musical equipment for musicians to sign up and “jam.” All necessary gear – PA system, guitar and bass amps, and a digital keyboard – will be there. Just bring your instrument, and drummers will want to bring snare, cymbals and sticks.
There will be a sign-up sheet at the door, and groups of up to six players will be assigned times to play their 20-minute sets.
Saturday, March 31 is when the foolishness kicks in full force.
The morning will begin with games, music, food and other activities in the Tryon Depot plaza. Here kids and adults can stop by the Tryon Daily Bulletin booth to create outfits out of recycled materials, get their faces painted and participate in other games.
At noon wackiness in an assortment of shapes, sizes and colors will stroll down Trade Street in the April Fool’s parade. Community members wishing to be in the parade are encouraged to “be something you are not” and meet at the Tryon United Methodist Church on New Market Rd. at 11:30 a.m.
After the parade, anyone interested in participating in the Foothills Humane Society (FHS) Stroller Race, IGA TP (toilet paper) Trot or Stott’s Ford Outhouse Race will want to head down to the crosswalk outside Café at My Place. Registration earlier in the day is encouraged, organizers said. Anyone interested in the FHS Stroller Race – you race pushing strollers filled with bags of dog food down the road – will sign up with FHS at their On the Road trailer outside of the old St. Luke’s Thrift Store building.