There was a community cooked & served BBQ (tender roast beef, baked potatoes, marinated carrots, baked beans, roasted onions, and watermelon, yummy); canoe races; games for kids (the kind that you rent...this year they had a water slide); paper plate drop at the airport (the local businesses put candy or silver dollars etc on paper plates and they are dropped from an airplane for the kids to run around and pick up); the band, Boomtown, (a very fun-for-everyone band) for the Friday night street dance and a DJ for the Saturday night street dance; and also on Saturday after the BBQ was the singing group from Fargo, Great Plains Harmony - amazing singers and performers.
This is just a small sampling of what went on...the young gals that organize this are amazing. And probably the most amazing part is that most everything is free. They fund raise like crazy during the year.
Also on Saturday was the 3rd annual McBake Off Dessert Contest. I entered the 1st year, was lazy last year and decided to enter again this year. Well, I had a new cheesecake recipe and so that was it. I had to make it. And here it is....
There were 19 desserts in all. That's a lot of tasting for the judges! I didn't win but I did get perfect scores for appearance. :)It was a very fun weekend. A lot of people came home to visit. Our town was hopping!
I'm sure the organizing committee is taking a break and heaving a sigh of relief and then shortly they will be planning for next year.
Good job ladies!
