Norwalk Strawberry Festival gears up with talent show and parades
Norwalk fans gear for the three day Strawberry Festival with a Gong Show talent contest emceed by Richard Garner and judges including Marie Tansey. The event features a Beautiful Baby Contest with secret judges, a returning band Cleveland with a 1940s big band sound plus disco, and stage acts like The Payne Family and local acts. Parade marshal Rusty Shadle leads 100 units while 20 visiting Ohio festival queens appear. Proceeds from the Norwalk Music Boosters barbecue fund instruments and scholarships as booths, flea market, antique car show and strawberry pie contest fill Main Street. A Honda Odyssey raffle draws $1 tickets with proceeds supporting festival needs.
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Norwalk
Wayne C. Goodsite
Main Street
Goodsite
Phyllis Stewart
Richard Garner
Ohio
Strawberry Festival Event Schedule Card
A detailed festival agenda lists events from 6 30 PM to 11 PM Ride Night and 9 30 PM setup of games and booths Midway opens at 9 AM Antique Car Show at Methodist Church lot Payne Family on stage from 10 AM to 1 PM Skateboard Competition 1 2 PM Gunn Dancers on stage 2 3 PM Antique Car Parade 3 30 PM to 6 PM Rock group Legend on stage Festival Queen competition 6 30 PM to 7 30 PM Cleveland Disco and Light Show 8 PM to midnight VFW Flag Raising 10 30 AM Parachutist Larry Bick and friends 12 noon Midway opens 1 PM Grand Parade 2 PM Parade awards 9 PM Parade awards on stage 7 PM to 11 PM Cleveland plays on stage 1 PM Beautiful Baby Contest 2 PM Strawberry Pie Contest 4 PM Gong Show 3 PM More parachute jumps 6 PM to 9 PM Rock group Suits on stage Note rain contingency Midway stage events moved to Norwalk High School auditorium
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VFW
Milan Avenue
Midway
Methodist Church Lot
Payne Family
Gunn Dancers
Cleveland
Larry Bick
Strawberry Festival brings weekend parking restrictions in Norwalk
Norwalk police remind residents that street and lot parking will be restricted this weekend for the Strawberry Festival. Detours on Ohio 61 begin 9 p.m. Friday May 25 and end midnight Tuesday May 29. No parking on specified streets and city lots, with additional time windows on South Seminary Street, Railroad Street area, and West Main Street sections, plus full closures on listed streets Sunday May 27.
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Norwalk
Ohio 61
South Pleasant Street
West Elm
Seminary Street
Railroad Street
West Main
Whittlesey
Case
Church Street
West Main Street
Newton Streets
Newton
Chatham
Harkness
Erie
North Garden
Terry Arcade
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Susan Kimbler
WLKR
James Westerhold
California
William Boose
Boose
Crewmen
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Chico and the
Man
Toledo
Oberlin
Rusty Shadle
Maple City
Michele Lynn Riley
Dayton
Kimberly Howatineck
Huron County
Cate
Rascal
E. Main
Ryan
Boy’s & Men’s
Eels
U.S. Keds
Oe Alia
Amsel
W. Main St
Norwalk, Ohio
Parade
Norwalk High School
Michele Riley
Miss
Ohio State Fair
Austin Shadle
Dick Garner
Gong Show
Kim Howatineck
Strawberry Queen
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut Inc
Robert Smith
Dee'd
Betty Helman
Willard City
William & Treva Miller
Danny
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Singer
Love-Youngland
Polly Flinders
Mayfair
By Chicco
Kiddee Korner
Whittlesey Ave
Benedict Avenue
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