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 Todd Wetherington | Daily Herald Xyana Harrell, right, and her twin sister Ayana enjoy a soft drink break after braving the rides and the heat at Saturday's Northampton County Farm Festival. |
Instead of letting it get the best of them, both women were upbeat even when the heat stifled early attendance at the Northampton County Farm Festival Saturday. They plan to have the two-day event again next year around the same time.
Collier said EMS and rescue squad members were stationed around the festival, held on the grounds of the Seaboard Lions Club property, to make sure no one was overcome by the heat.
Both Collier and Warren said attendance Friday evening was excellent as people came in to take advantage of the free event that included bands, food, children's entertainment and exhibits.
“We put a lot of thought in (when to hold the event),” Warren said. “May is full of graduations. This was the best time.”
The heat didn't stop Xyana Harrell and her twin sister, Ayana, of Jackson from having a good time Saturday. “We got on all the rides,” Xyana said.
She said she liked the bungee jump the best. “Because you get to do flips,” she said, sipping on a cold drink.
Nathaniel Ausby, chief of Garysburg Volunteer Fire Department, was out with other firefighters selling herring plates. “We just wanted to be a part of the community.”
Jim Long was out showing vintage farm equipment at a Roanoke River Antique Engine and Tractor Club exhibit.
A circa-1944 Roanoke peanut picker was running and Long explained this was the way peanuts were harvested before combines.
A 1919 Fairbanks wood saw was also on display. “You would hitch two mules to it and go and cut firewood,” he said.
The club has been together for 16 years, Long said, and has been displaying its equipment at Harvest Days in Halifax since its inception.
Each piece of equipment displayed was used in the Roanoke Valley, Long said. “That's the way they all had to do it.”
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