Time for Wessington Springs to Shine
By Loree Gaikowski, Director, WS Area Chamber & Development
Our 2nd Annual Foothills Days celebration will soon be underway. It’s an opportunity for Wessington Springs to shine as various groups from our community come together to collaborate and create a jam-packed weekend of fun. New and old traditions mix to create an atmosphere of fun and excitement for all ages. Kicking off this year’s weekend on Friday, will be the Mayor’s Classic golf tournament at the Country Club followed by the always fun family night at the Fireman’s funfest held this year at the City Park. Saturday morning wake up to City-Wide rummage sales, sidewalk sales and then take in the classic cars, tractors and motorcycles at this year’s Foothills Classic Show n’ Shine event held at the high school beginning at noon. Following the show, will be a Classic Cruise as participants cruise the town, showing off their sweet rides.
Throughout the day, the scrumptious smell of smoking ribs will be filling the air as our competitors give their best in our Rockin’ Ribfest at the City Park. Beginning at 5pm the public is welcome to come join the fun. 11 Years New, featuring our very own hometown connections Jessica (Long) Schultz and Jeremy Baker, take the stage from 6-9pm. New this year, we will also be featuring local beef. Foothills Cattle Producers will have a booth selling beef burgers to attendees, Horizon Health Care will be handing out bottled water to ward off the heat, and for the kids and kids at heart, a kettle corn and lemonade stand, and the Humm-Dinger will be serving snow cones. Also helping with the heat situation will be our very own WS Volunteer Fire Department who will be running our beer garden. Camping spots are available in the park on a first come first serve basis. Other camp spots and motel rooms are available with reservations. Contact the Chamber for more information on those.
So come on out, bring the family and make it a weekend in the safe outdoors space of Wessington Springs for Foothills Days, July 31st and August 1st.
