Fenton Founder's Day - Part 2

After watching the parade we made our way back into the City Park to see what else was going on. There were a number of stalls selling refreshments & other activities/displays put on by local groups & associations. Beth had a ride on a minature train & petted the horses that had been in the parade. We also had a look at the display by the local police force which included a robot that can climb stairs (similar to UK bomb disposal robots seen in the UK) & is used to enter into dangerous situations.

D.A.R.E, which is an association that uses police officer-led classroom lessons worldwide to teach children how to resist peer pressure & live productive drug & violence-free lives, also had a display. This included a top of the range Corvette that had the D.A.R.E logo on it & had been converted into a high pursuit, sort of unmarked, police car (reminded me a bit of Miami Vice). In a couple of places the car had been signwritten with the message that 'this vehicle was siezed from a drug dealer' to show that the program was a success.

As we made our way back to the car, the band started playing. Their stage was really cool as it was a semi truck trailer that opened up to make the stage & the canopy over the musicians. The band was due to play until about 9:00pm. As we didn't have chairs or anything else to sit on, we thought that we would go home & come back later to watch the fireworks that were scheduled for after the band had finished.