The Frazier Park Wild Bunch (l-r) Barbara Swanson, Michal Mekjian, J.D. Darwin and Thomas Stuntebeck (plus deputy sheriff Penny Estrada) will be holding shoot-outs at Fiesta Days, Saturday, Aug. 2 at 1:30 and 6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 3 at 1:30 p.m. Meanwhile, the famous Pet Show and the Fiesta Days Parade are being prepared. Volunteers meet next at 7 p.m. July 21 at La Sierra.
By Gary Meyer and Patric Hedlund
You might want to be on guard at Fiesta Days this year. Rumor has it that a band of crude characters known as The Frazier Park Wild Bunch might start some trouble.
These performers of ‘western shoot-outs and scenes of mayhem’ will stage an old fashioned shoot-out with real six-shooters, Winchester rifles and shotguns. Bring your earplugs.
Fiesta Days fun has already begun as floats are being planned for the 41st annual Fiesta Days Parade—known among the old timers as the Ed Perine Memorial Parade.
Those who would like to join in to help put the mountain’s traditional three-day summer party together can come to La Sierra Restaurant in Frazier Park at 7 p.m. for the next two Mondays, July 21 and 28.
By Thursday, July 31 we’ll be seeing the carnival trucks pull into town. Frazier Mountain Park will suddenly blossom with a Ferris wheel and carnie rides. We’ll almost be able to smell the alluring fragrance of cotton candy and ‘rescue burgers.’
Saturday morning, Aug. 2 will start early for the devoted parade watchers who come out with the sun to park their cars, staking out the perfect place to watch the colorful annual pageant. Many will stop for pancakes at the annual VFW pancake breakfast, then be in place when the parade kicks off at 10 a.m.
The route goes from Frazier Park School, west on Mt. Pinos Way to Monterey Trail, where it turns left and continues to Frazier Mountain Park.
The parade will be led by The Kern County Sheriff’s Mounted Posse, a display of proud men and women atop beautiful horses. Leading the Posse will be Kern County Sheriff Donnie Youngblood along with Captain Walter Young and Lieutenant Kevin Page. Riding with the Posse is the 2008 Stampede Rodeo Queen Shannon Walker along with Junior Rodeo Queen Tyana Hawker and Princess Jaycie Branch.
Parade fans can expect to see Caveman Cavey’s funsters throwing their red Frisbees; the Frazier Park 4×4 Club in their tricked out vehicles; and many of the local service groups, such as the Fire Department and the Search and Rescue Unit, sandwiched between imaginative floats with whimsical themes.
Chuck Herbert will be on the microphone as the Fiesta Days Parade announcer. His daughter, Julie Herbert, will assist him for her sixth year. Trophies will go to three adult entries and three children’s entries.
If you or someone you know would like to contribute to the health and welfare of the community by being a volunteer who helps with parade traffic, please call Dr. Kathy Crandall at 245-2550.
–Reporting by Sabrina Stolting
Interested in the annual pet show? Read more about how to enter.
This is part of the July 18, 2008 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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