Three fun-filled days in store for Fluorspar Festival revelers
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Rosiclare's celebrates its 46th Fluorspar Festival Thursday through Saturday with a car show, bicycle show, contests, a carnival and musical entertainment.
The festival provides an opportunity for those in Hardin County to celebrate another year together and for those who have left to come home for a visit.
"I think everybody looks forward to Saturday for the parade. People come home to visit when we have the parade. And a lot of people enjoy the fireworks, we have a very good display of fireworks," Kay Tolbert said.
Nothing sets the tone for a fall festival like the smell of barbecue and the Rosiclare Masonic Lodge is cooking up 120 smoked hams for sale Saturday morning.
Sixteen years ago the festival organizers added a car show to the festivities and Tolbert said the car show on the river at the Rosiclare park has grown each year.
"The whole park is full of cars," Tolbert said.
The schedule is:
Thursday
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7 p.m. -- The Fluorspar Pageant at the Hardin County High School Commons Area.</li>
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Friday
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5 p.m. -- Children's Games at the band pavilion, fourth annual bicycle show at Area Bank's parking lot with trophies awarded at 6:30 p.m.</li>
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5:30 p.m. -- Pet Parade.</li>
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Evening -- Carnival.</li>
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Saturday
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8 a.m. -- Barbecue sales at the Rosiclare Masonic Lodge.</li>
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8 a.m. -- 16th Annual Auto Show registration with trophies awarded at 3:30 p.m. at the Rosiclare City Park on the river front.</li>
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All day -- Vendors and carnival will be operating on Main Street.</li>
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8:30 a.m. -- Pie Baking Contest with judging at 9:30 a.m. at the Rose Clare Craft and Antique Mall.</li>
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10 a.m. -- Noel E. Hurford Memorial Photo Contest Winners will be announced at the Rose Clare Craft and Antique Mall.</li>
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10 a.m. to 1 p.m. -- Open House at the American Fluorite Museum.</li>
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10:30 a.m. -- Pre-parade entertainment at the Masonic Lodge.</li>
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12:30 p.m. -- 30 minute rides on the Shawnee Queen River Taxi begin at the Rosiclare City Park and operate until 4 p.m.</li>
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2 p.m. -- Parade on Main Street.</li>
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4 p.m. to 7 p.m. -- Taxi performs classic rock and roll at the band pavilion.</li>
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Dusk -- Fireworks at the Rosiclare City Park.
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DeNeal receives e-mail at bdeneal@yourclearwave.com.
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