Dairy Festival returns after hiatus from COVID

  • Dairy Festival Queen Lily Frisch and first runner up Erin Harvey prepare to ride in the parade. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    Dairy Festival Queen Lily Frisch and first runner up Erin Harvey prepare to ride in the parade. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • The Queen’s court prepares to ride in the parade. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    The Queen’s court prepares to ride in the parade. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • With a mix of fear and excitement, festival goers take a spin on the swings. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    With a mix of fear and excitement, festival goers take a spin on the swings. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • Eatonton-Putnam Water & Sewer won first place in the float competition with their float showing off a water tank that is decorated with cows grazing around it. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
    Eatonton-Putnam Water & Sewer won first place in the float competition with their float showing off a water tank that is decorated with cows grazing around it. BAILEY BALLARD/Staff
  • The Swafford family waves to the crowd from the Dairy Farm Family of the Year parade float. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
    The Swafford family waves to the crowd from the Dairy Farm Family of the Year parade float. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
  • It’s not a Dairy Festival parade without tractors. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
    It’s not a Dairy Festival parade without tractors. LYNN HOBBS/Staff
The Eatonton Pilot Club hosted its 61st Annual Dairy Festival after COVID caused an abrupt pause to the annual festivities. “My fellow commissioners and I would like to welcome you to the reemergence of the Dairy Festival from the pandemic,” said Jeff Wooten, Putnam County Commissioner of District 4. “This has always been the main event for Putnam County, which was once the dairy capital of…

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