Onslow Oktoberfest

On Saturday we went to the Onslow Oktoberfest http://onslowco.org/Home_Page.php in downtown Jacksonville.  This was their 3rd year and it benefits the Onslow Community Outreach programs.   They really have a lot of good programs that help the needy.  I was very surprised as to how nice this was for family's with children.  There were many things set up for the kids to do from face painting to crafts, bull riding and several bouncy play sets.  There was a really nice petting zoo set up, they even had a camel.  Home Depot had kids workshop kits that they could build.  The fire company was teaching fire safety to the children.

 Of course there was your usual stands with food and crafts.  It's always nice to check the crafts out this time of the year (Christmas is just around the corner).  We had great weather so it was very nice walking around.  One of the tents was the animal shelter with some very cute puppies.  It sure was hard not to take one home with me.
They had a tent set up where you could buy hot dogs, bratwurst and lots of beer.  Greg was very excited when they carded him.  They actually carded everyone didn't matter how old you were (but we won't tell him that).  You then got a wrist band to be able to buy the beer.   While we were eating there was a guy singing and playing polka music. I kinda felt bad for him because it didn't seem like anyone was listening to him.  Everyone at our table thought it was a tape playing till we realized there really was someone singing live.

  There was a stage set up in the kids area with many different types of entertainment.  They also had a main stage for the adult entertainment.  When I seen there was going to be an Elvis entertainer you all know I had to go check him out.  His name was Jay Barnes, he wasn't to bad, had a nice voice.  My family knows how picky I am when it come to Elvis impersonators. Greg did good, he sat for a song or two then walked around and came back towards the end of the show.  I do have to say my friend Michael http://michaelhoover.com/ has such a beautiful singing voice (singing Elvis and Gospel) that I'm a little spoiled. 

We had a really nice day, close to home so we didn't need to drive very far.  A festival we would come back to next year.  Till next time....

Love,
Jennifer