Hart Days Plans

Hart Days Plans Underway; Parade Route Changes

At presstime, not all Hart Days activities have been finalized. The following has been given to the Pulse:

On Thursday, there will be a Little Miss Hart pageant and a Young Miss Pageant. There have not been enough high school girls to enter for Miss Hart. The pageants  will begin at 8 p.m. at Centennial Pavilion.

A rodeo is planned on Friday at the rodeo grounds, located south of the Hart Fire Station. The rodeo is set to begin at 8 p.m.

On Saturday morning, the parade is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. (Lineup is at 9:30 a.m. on Second Street between the secondary and elementary campuses.) The parade entries will leave Second Street and turn west on Avenue G and proceed to Broadway, traveling north.  Parade Marshals are Weldon and Jonalyn Jones.  Mark Castillo will serve as parade announcer.

Food booths will be set up in and outside of the fire station. Some may sell on Friday, while most are expected to be open Saturday.

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, there will be a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at Carl’s Courts. (See story in this edition for more details.) And, the traditional horseshoe tournament is set to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday just north of fire station.

There will be inflatables for kids in the area north of the fire station. Arm bands for these will sell for $8 each. And, there will be a Monkey Motion Ride for $2 a ride, not included in Arm Band purchase.

There will be a Variety Show on Saturday from 6-8 p.m. at Centennial Pavilion. There will be clowns, jugglers, magicians, balloonists, fire-eaters  and magicians. Also, a face-painting booth will be open.

Deejay Agustin Perez, Jr. will be coordinating the dance from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight on Saturday night, south of fire station.