dogwood festival

Carnival ousted from park?
Published on Apr 23rd, 2009
18 comments NBC29 has a report that suggests yet another big change at McIntire Park: the alleged departure of the Dogwood Festival Carnival. First, softball was ousted and then saved. Then, wading was ousted...
Snap o' the Day: Lonely chairs
Published on Apr 15th, 2009
0 comments The Chair Swing sat empty for most of Monday night, April 13, the fifth night of the Dogwood Festival carnival, which then closed, due to weather the following night. "See you Wednesday," says the...
A bloomin' good time: Dogwood carnival rolls along
Published on Apr 24th, 2003
0 comments Yes, it was damp. Yes, it was a little cold. But the Dogwood Festival didn't let this weekend's weather get in the way of its amusement park festivities. Families of all shapes and sizes showed up...
Shiver me timbers! It's Dogwood Festival time again
Published on Apr 10th, 2003
0 comments Despite the fact that at presstime it's snowing and raining and feels more like November than April, it's almost time for the Dogwood Festival. To help set the mood, the East Rivanna Fire House...
In the middle of Mayberry
Published on Apr 11th, 2002
0 comments I have a friend from Northern Virginia who teases me about living in the sleepy television town of “Mayberry” where friends and neighbors love to pull up a chair on Sheriff Andy Taylor’s porch an’...