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Maple Leaf Festival 2007 December 17, 2007
Baldwin City celebrated its 50th Maple Leaf Festival this fall.
Baldwin City celebrated its 50th annual Maple Leaf Festival this October. The festival was estimated to be one of the largest ever.
A huge crowd estimated at 40,000 people came out for the 50th annual Maple Leaf Festival over the weekend. Part of the crowd here strolls down Eighth Street, past booths and maple trees.
Several Maple Leaf Festival visitors stop by the Baker University women's basketball food booth Saturday afternoon. Numerous food booths are located on High and Eighth streets during the annual festival.
Collin Huxman, 4, Topeka, enjoys the carousel Sunday afternoon during the final day of the festival. Huxman was accompanied on the ride by his mother, Lindsay Fogelberg.
Aeryn Hughes, 5, took advantage of the petting zoo Saturday to get to know a pot-bellied pig. She is the daughter of Brian and Kathy Hughes, Baldwin City.
The Kids Zone was moved to in front of the Baldwin City Public Library for this year's Maple Leaf Festival and the new location was a big hit and drew its usual big crowd.
The Baldwin City Lions Club has turned funnel cakes into a long-standing Maple Leaf Festival tradition. The Lions have the formula down to a science as shown by, from left, Steve Baldwin, David Reed and Larry Janssen. The Lions churn out hundreds of funnel cakes each year and usually raise around $5,000 which goes back into the community
Glen Stansberry, center, 2002 Baldwin High School graduate, leads the band "One Night Onlys" as it performs Saturday evening in the Lumberyard Arts Center.
Gloria Roach, left, and Alonzo Beardsheer perform on the Lumberyard Arts Center stage. They were two of the many performers to play at this year's festival.
Will Cooper, Baldwin High School band teacher, leads the Baldwin City Community Band as it plays in the Lumberyard Arts Center during the festival. The LAC was busy with different bands throughout the weekend as it opened its doors this year for local music groups.
Maple Leaf Festival visitors walk through the annual quilt show, located in the Baldwin Elementary School Primary Center multi-purpose room. The show attracted hundreds of visitors all weekend long.
Maple Leaf Festival goers relax on one of the trams that carries visitors around to different parts of festival. Here this tram passes by the First United Methodist Church, located at Eighth and Grove streets.
The Kappa Sigma fraternity was one of the many food booths that dealt with long lines Saturday after the annual parade. Here visitors wait in one of the longest lines for turkey legs, which have become a popular snack at the festival.
Ethan Mayers, 5, Overland Park, shows off as he takes his turn on the pony rides at the Kids Zone. He was visiting the 50th annual festival with his mother, Tracie Mayers.
Claire Koops, Baker University junior, takes her time painting the face of Baldwin City youth Christian Cox, 2-and-a-half.
Three Baldwin City friends enjoy their popcorn and cotton candy Sunday at the festival. Pictured here, from left, are Ava Huntoon, 4, Gabrielle Huntoon, 2, and Sheridan Bach, 6.
Vera Chowning, 6, Overland Park, enjoys the inflatable slide in the Kids Zone Saturday afternoon.
Matt Winters, 8, Baldwin City, enjoys feeding the goats at the petting zoo Saturday after the annual Maple Leaf Festival parade.
Storyteller Priscilla Howe entertains several children during one of her sessions at the Kids Zone Saturday afternoon.
Once again the carnival was a popular spot for children and families during the festival.
David Pressgrove, 1998 Baldwin High School graduate, works on making a sno-cone Saturday afternoon. Pressgrove returned home to the festival to help work his family's annual booth.
Rural Baldwin City resident Mark Brown was in his usual spot in front of the grill at the Douglas County Pork Producers festival booth Saturday.
Baldwin City workers take down the large Maple Leaf Festival banner that hangs over the corner of Eighth and High streets after the 50th annual festival this year.
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