| Saturday at the Food Tent |
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the first line as the Food Tent opens |
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the McAlester dentists association taking their annual turn in the Food
Tent serving line |
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piling on that delicious Italian food for hungry Festival-goers |
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1999 Chairperson Paul McDaniel working on the Italian sausage |
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Rick DeFrange mixing fresh spaghetti with fresh sauce to feed the throngs |
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draining freshly-cooked spaghetti |
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part of the 6+ hours of a crowded Food Tent |
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1998 Chairperson Ron Boyer mixing up a batch of tea |
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Mary Ann Fields passing an empty plate to the serving line to be filled
and turned into the inimitable McAlester Italian Festival Italian Dinner
- Max Kinyon is at the ovens and Sam Magdalena is at the holding trays
table, in the background |
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McAlester Rotarians Steve Brock and Bob Harrington working the serving
line |
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Bob Harrington and Randy Saunier (incoming 1999-2000 McAlester Rotary
Club President) |
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Larry Bishop and Bob Basolo from the McAlester Rotary Club |
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Larry Bishop pulling up a serving of that famous Festival spaghetti
- al dente! |
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Rotarian Angie Nelson in the serving line, with saucemaker John Wynn
bragging about the best tomato sauce in the world |
| Saturday around the Festival grounds |
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Hi Impson cleaning (and then re-cleaning over and over all day) the
pots and pans and utensils |
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Brenda Spears, the wandering clown entertaining kids and adults alike
with |
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Massimo Cappo and Art Quadracci greeting friends and welcoming visitors
at the Italian Dinner Ticket Booth in front of the Food Tent |
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one of the most popular attraction for the kids |
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the kids line up to enter the fun house |
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pony rides are something special for city kids |
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one of the many food vendors at the 1999 Festival |
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her first pony ride ever? |
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the helicopter above the Festival grounds |
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you could smell these almonds cooking and that drew buyers all day |
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entering the "dragon's" mouth |
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and emerging from the "dragon's" tail |
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walking through balls is not as easy as you think - when you're kinda
short |
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Tulsa visitor with a corn dog from one of the food vendors |
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the Festival is great springtime fun for young families - Mom buys the
Italian Dinner food tickets while Dad watches their pride and joy in the
stroller |
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one of the rows of vendors |
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yes, the dunk tank really worked if your aim was good enough - Pittsburg
County Shrine Club |
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he said "no photo" - she said "yes, take a photo"
- guess who won? |
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1999 Chairperson Paul McDaniel |
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Past Chairperson Kim Impson points to Randy Pinney, Tourism Director
for the City of McAlester, as he does some "non-exeuctive" type
work |
