15th Annual Fall Festival Brings Crowds to Pendleton

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

Pendleton’s 15th Annual Fall Harvest Festival attracted record crowds for a day of music, arts and crafts, food. A scarecrow contest and kids activities around the Village Green.

The winners of the contest by category are:

Business - Little Red Riding Hood - Helix

Church/Group/School - Cerberus the Friendly Dog

- Pendleton Elementary

Individual/Family - Demeter - Goddess of the

Harvest - Chris & Mary Bess Johnson

Masters - Faeries of the Garden - The Mercantile (Terri Brooks)

The event has grown rapidly in recent years and crowds now approach those of the town’s annual Spring Jubilee.