By Alexandra Pedrini

Maize Days was the topic of the August 12 Community Events committee meeting. The group spent over two hours hammering out details of the September 25 event.

The committee plans to bring a variety of events to the festival for adults and children of all ages. The first event of the day will be the Murphy Maize Days A-Maize-ing 5K Run at 8:15 a.m.



The largest part of the event will be the kids’ zone. Over 175,000 square feet will be designed for children and teens. Attractions will include face painting, pottery painting, a rock climbing wall, a video games truck and more for free or at a small fee.

“We’re going to have a rocking kid zone,” said committee member Barbra Dube.

The committee chose to not have a car show at this year’s event because the show would not be located in a convenient location in relation to the festival. Even with shuttles running back and forth between the potential locations of the show, this would not add to the festival other than adding something adults will be interest in going to, members said.

Instead of just cutting the car show, the committee decided to approach car dealerships to ask if they would display some of their new cars. This will still give adults a chance to look at cars, but the city will not be out $600 for fees and trophies.

Maize Days will also feature Karaoke Corn Idol, corn spitting and scarecrow decorating contests, and a corn cook-off with cash prizes awarded to winners.

The committee will be getting a bin from the North Texas Food Bank and will be accepting canned food donations before and during the event.
Various venders will be selling food and goods at the festival. The committee said they are still accepting applications for venders.

For festival-goers’ entertainment, bands Hard Country, Zane Williams and Eleven Hundred Springs will perform at 3 p.m., 4:15 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. respectively.

For event times and information, visit www.murphymaizedays.com.

Pictured left to right:  Barbara Dube, Nancy Dinh, Keri Kirkwood, Debbie Ison and Margaret Whitt