The Pork Festival

Every year in the small town of Eaton, Ohio there is a special festival that brings folks around from near and far. You know its coming when you start to see the 10 life size painted concrete pigs all around town. We call it the Pork Festival. The festival begins on September nineteenth, and it begins with a big breakfast. Everyone comes and gets their fill of a bountiful meal before going about the daily activities. There are many things to do at the Pork Festival and many sights to see, also much food to eat. There are plenty of vendors with their homemade goodies and some businesses trying to gain sales. They have pig races all throughout the day and even a petting zoo for the little ones.  My favorite part about the Pork Festival however is the parade, and my favorite parade attraction is the old steam engine. Every year I go to the parade just to see the steam engine and I never see myself disappointed for it always entertains. I also like to see the animals that are showcased, mostly pigs as it is a Pork Festival. I always have a love hate relationship with the festival because it happens to fall on my birthday. As you know when a big festival is in town, everyone and their brother goes. So when i invite my friends over to my house for a birthday celebration, I always get the same reply.. "Sorry I can't, I'm at the Pork Festival." As much fun as it seems it always upsets me that nobody will come see me on my birthday because they are too busy with the Festival in town. Although the Pork Festival may interfere with my birthday, it always serves a good purpose. It brings many people together from such faraway places.