DEXTER, New York (WWNY) – A strong community is practically a necessity for a good festival.<\/p>\n
Otherwise you could see vendors with no buyers, food trucks with no eaters, carnival rides without riders or soap box races without racers.<\/p>\n
Luckily for General Brown\u2019s Weekend Festival, a strong community has never been an issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew that the people of this area were going to come out,\u201d said President of the General Brown Weekend Committee Dan Conner. \u201cIt\u2019s one of these- it\u2019s been a staple of this community for decades.<\/p>\n
And that held true even as the venue of General Brown\u2019s festival had to change this year.<\/p>\n
Normally held in Brownville, the venue was moved to Dexter as Brownville finishes on-going water infrastructure work.<\/p>\n
A yearly vendor at the festival tells us that didn\u2019t change the size of the crowds one bit this weekend. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019re going to be up a little bit this year from last year so, we had a great weekend,\u201d said Shanie Strife, owner of Sticky Dicks Honey Products. \u201cI know everything was a little different this year with a change in venue but we were just as successful as we always are.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers say this wouldn\u2019t be possible without volunteers, several of which this year were like Gabriela Ashley, students at General Brown High School who were glad to help lift up the community staple they\u2019ve been coming to for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I\u2019ve been coming for so long it\u2019s nice to actually help and do stuff around here,\u201d said Ashley. \u201cThere were so many people because of the parade and fireworks yesterday so it was definitely really like crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers say they only keep enough money to put another festival on next year, and the rest goes to benefit local kids, groups, and other community projects.<\/p>\n
General Brown\u2019s Weekend Committee President adds why he thinks this weekend is so special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a teenage daughter running around here just like I was 30 years ago,\u201d said Conner. \u201cIt just like- the generations before. It\u2019s got a little history to it and this is one thing we can all have in common with our kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s festivities ended Sunday, a successful year due largely to this strong community. <\/p>\n
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