Titus Ranch is hosting a
5k / 10k / 1 Mile Fun Run. The runs start and end downtown on the square, at the corner of Central Avenue and First Street Southeast. Both the 10K and 5K runs start at 9:15 a. m., and the 1 Mile starts at 9:45 a. m. For more information visit the website page at titusranch. org / run-for-the-ranch or email to titus3800 @ windstream. net.
Set up around the courthouse square, you’ ll find about 200 vendors selling everything from jewelry and leather goods to lawn art and barbecue sauces. When you’ re looking for lunch, a snack or something cold to drink, there are a variety of food trucks and food booths to choose from. And, of course, the local eating and drinking establishments around the square will be open and ready to serve.
Some of the festival highlights include free family-friendly games, a beach, live music and performances, arts, crafts and boutique shopping, rock climbing, stilt walkers, train rides, pony rides and face painting.
The Backyard BBQ Competition will be going on all day with area barbecue crews competing in categories including beef brisket, Boston butt, pork ribs, chicken, barbecue sauce, and Brunswick stew. If you want a little taste of the barbecue competition, be sure to participate in the People’ s Choice Award, sponsored by the Magnolia Civitan Club. They will be selling tickets at their tent during the event, which will be across from the Downtown Welcome Center. Make sure to stay for the awards ceremony, which will be the last event of the day, starting around 3:30 p. m.
“ It’ s everything you expect it to be. It’ ll be a fun festival,” said Barber.
Photo by Marek Mucha on Unsplash
A brightly colored train circles the Colquitt County Courthouse Square during Spring Fling 2017. The train is a fixture at festivals in Moultrie, along with the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast. Photo submitted
A tradition at Spring Fling is to see little dancers from different dance programs perform on the main stage throughout the day. These little ballerinas were taught by Jackie Allen at the Colquitt County Arts Center. Photo by Adelia Ladson
If you have a passion for cooking barbecue, the Backyard BBQ Competition is still open for entries, as well as vendors for the festival. Arts & Crafts vendor applications, Food vendor applications and Backyard BBQ Competition entry applications can be found at www. downtownmoultrie. com / events / spring-fling. For more information, give Caroline Barber a call at( 229) 890-5455.
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