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Peanut festival fun for all
Thousands flock to Brooklet for annual event
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Above, Southeast Bulloch High students Joseph Rape, 17, far left, and Ryley Baird, 14, clown around with friends in front a portable cooling unit beneath the new pavilion during the 23rd annual Brooklet Peanut Festival Saturday.
Riding green metal John Deere tractor replicas, knees to their chins, children pumped their legs with fury Saturday afternoon at the Brooklet Peanut Festival.The kiddie pedal tractor race was only one of several events that drew a crowd to the small town. Grown tractor enthusiasts took their turns “racing” too — if the slow tractor race can actually be considered a race. The goal is to see how slow a tractor can chug along without choking down and stopping — and the first one to the finish line loses.Across the festival site, beyond the rows of vendors, a new metal-roofed shelter provided a cool spot for visitors as local singers and bands performed on a newly-constructed stage.
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