The town of

Brooks has opened its arms to members of their community and the surrounding

area each year for the past 20 years to celebrate Brooks Day. The festival

returns this Saturday for its 21st year, offering loads of fun, entertainment,

food and more.

The day begins,

as always, with a one-mile fun run starting in the center of town at 7:30

a.m., followed by a 10K race starting at Brooks Elementary School at 8

a.m. Registration for both races starts at 7 a.m. The fee for the fun

run is $3 and the fee for the 10K is $20 and includes a t-shirt. Festival

organizers believe that the number of entrants in the 10K this year will

surpass last year's 165 runners. The awards will be presented at 10 a.m.

The main events

of the festival will get underway at 10 a.m. and will include dancing

and music as well as demonstrations from a blacksmith, a Cycle Specialty

display that will include an autograph session with Brooks' own professional

Supercross rider 16-year-old Michael Graham, The Richard Petty Driving

Experience, a Legend and Bandolero car on display from Senoia Speedway,

The War Between the States Living History Camp from the Sons of Confederate

Veterans and more. Fayette Field of Hope will have an information booth

set up during the day and there will be a Challenger League exhibition

at 4 p.m. on the 9/10 field.

Some of the

activities available for kids will include a rock climbing wall, a moonwalk,

pony rides, caricatures, a clown, carnival booths and a giant slide.

There will

be a number of food booths as well as dozens of craft booths to peruse,

including booths specializing in floral arrangements, jewelry, woodworking,

and crochet among others. Some of the food and craft booths will stay

open in the evening as well when the Ramblin Rose Band takes the stage

from 7:30 -11:30 p.m. Admission is free and visitors are encouraged to

bring their chairs and blankets and have a good time all day.

In addition

to Saturday's events, there will be a spaghetti dinner on Friday night

at Whitewater Baptist Church from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The dinner, hosted by

Boy Scout Troop 73, is free for entrants in the 10K race and $5 for the

general public.