Celebrating being a community as a community
Shannon LeClair
Times Reporter
Looking for something to do with the whole family this weekend? Head over to Langdon and participate in the annual Langdon Days celebration held July 20 – 22.
“It’s a celebration of the community that’s been set up and it’s a community fundraiser to help pay for sports teams, and recreation,” said Chrissy Craig, one of the volunteer organizers.
“The slo-pitch tournament is kind of a big part of it and that’s what started was just a slow pitch tournament and then it’s developed into this huge, huge event.”
Everything begins at 4 p.m. on Friday when the Mac’s street team Froster Truck comes out. The vendor’s village opens at 5 p.m. and slo-pitch begins at 6 p.m.
Saturday is the day guaranteed to keep the whole family entertained.
“Saturday is the one with the most activities because all of the family activities are on Saturday. There’s a kid carnival and family wagon rides and the slo-pitch tournament and all that sort of stuff,” said Craig.
“I’m most excited for the kids carnival because I think it’s going to be a lot more for the kids to do this year than just the one set of bouncy castles. I think more of the community will be able to access it and use it. I think it should be fun, the whole thing should be fun actually,”
New this year said Craig is there is just one price to get into the children’s carnival and that price gives access to all of the activities.
“The only thing that is extra is the pony rides and that’s just due to insurance,” said Craig.
“Other things that are new are is we have new food vendors this year, so we have a couple of different vendors and there’s a couple of different bands in the beer gardens. We have a band on Friday night and Saturday night.”
Saturday night will wrap up with fireworks. For the adults, and players in the slo-pitch tournament there are the beer gardens open all three days. On Friday night people can see High Stepping Daddy, and on Saturday night Higher Ground will be keeping the crowd entertained. Wristbands are only $10 for the evening.