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62 | April • 2014 ences, like carnival rides, the Lafayette Ford Car Show, the Battle of the Badg- es and a glimpse of the newly crowned Miss Fayetteville Dogwood Festival queens. e Lafayette Ford Car Show will take place Sunday for its 16th year in the Dogwood Festival. About 100 clas- sic and vintage cars will be on display in the 400 block of Hay Street, bringing feelings of nostalgia and excitement to viewers. e Fayetteville police and fire de- partments will battle it out in the se- ries of crowd-pleasing challenges Sat- urday aernoon. Young ladies six to 22-years-old will compete in the Miss Fayetteville Dog- wood Festival pageant in mid-April to serve as representatives of the city and its festival throughout the South- eastern region. Community service is also recognized at the pageant by the J.L. Dawkins Community Spirit Award, named for the late Mayor J.L. Dawkins. All in all, King said she is proud of what the Fayetteville Dogwood Festi- val has become. "We still stay true to our roots, which means highlighting and show- casing artists and vendors in our com- munity, all with the backdrop of cel- ebrating the arrival of spring," King said, "but over the years, I think it has blossomed into something bigger. We're a leader in the industry." Both King and Bryan Moore, the 2014 chairman of the Dogwood Fes- tival board, remember the "farmer's market feel" of the event in the early years and recognize the now-extrava- gant event as a result of the hard work staff and volunteers put into it all year round. Moore started his involvement with the festival as a voluntold, a term the festival staff has coined to name the family members and friends of the board who volunteer because they are told to do so. "Whatever my mom told me to do, I had to do," Moore admitted. His mother, Ramona Moore, has been on the festival board for too many years to count, he said. Photography by Byron Jones

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