Many thanks to our Fall Festival sponsors: AirTight Insulation; American Pest Control; Curbside Services; F-4 Sanitation; Georgia Neurological Surgery & Spine; Golden Pantry;  Oconee Parks and Recreation; St. Mary’s Healthcare System; The Classic Center Cultural Foundation; and Watkinsville Golf Cart.
We would like to thank those businesses who supported the festival with their Friend of the Festival sponsorship: AT&T; Georgia Square Collision; and SpringHill Suites.
A special thank you goes to Kevin Christian who organized and set up the musical entertainment. Many thanks to those bands who played for us (free of charge as a gift to the community) during the festival: The Oconee High School Band; Jim Cook & Friends; Masters Academy of Fine Arts; Emily McCannon Band; Josh Daniels; Stone Kids; and Benjamin Simpson

Thanks to the Oconee Enterprise for designing the Fall Festival brochure and posters. We also thank Piedmont Impressions for their donation of the Fall Festival posters.
Thank you to Walton EMC for donating the decorations around the festival.
We appreciate the Oconee Parks and Recreation Dept. for their contribution of marking off the booth spaces and bringing in the bleachers for seating. Also, thanks to Marvin Poe and his crew for bringing in the picnic tables that are borrowed from Oconee Presbyterian Church.  Tom & Kathy Little provided the festival with tables and chairs; a big Thank You to both of them.
Those volunteers who braved the early morning hours to help the vendors get checked in and parked enjoyed delicious biscuits donated by the Golden Pantry.
Our sincere thanks goes to Mayor Ivie and his staff for being involved from the planning stages of the festival to the very end. Also, thank you to the Chief Lee O’Dillon and his officers for their help with traffic the day of the festival.
We would like to thank Sgt. Partain for driving the Polaris with his K9 partner around town to bring those attendees who needed extra help a ride to the festival area.
Jim Hutto, with WMSL – FM radio station set up at the festival with a live remote and interviewed many of those who were involved with the festival, along with vendors. We appreciate your help in promoting the festival.
This festival would not be a success without the hard work and dedication of the Fall Festival Committee. This committee dedicates their time and talents for a year in the planning and organization of the festival. Those involved on the committee are; David Williams, Marks Towles, Kay Keller, Sarah Caven, Kenneth Mann, Michelle Burger, Randy Wilkes, Paul Boykin, Becky Finney, Nancy Smith, Maria Caudill, John Caudill, Cindy Haddon, Jonathan King, Lindsey Moore and Larry Cole. We also have the support of spouses and family members of the festival committee who pitch in to help set up and clean up after the festival.
The Festival had a number of volunteers throughout the day who helped with various jobs from getting the vendors setup and parked in the early morning hours, helping with sanitation during the day, keeping pedestrians safe from vehicle traffic by tending to the road barricades around the perimeter of the festival, directing traffic out of the festival area, and finally getting the area cleaned up after the festival is over. We couldn’t do this without their help and there are many of them. Thank you!
The Scarecrow 5K Road Race was a great success due to the hard work and dedication of Melissa Lord and Nelson Pavao.  Our thanks for this year’s presenting sponsor: Georgia Neurological Surgery and Comprehensive Spine. Thank you to the race sponsors: Golden Pantry, Jackson Spalding, Lord & Stephens Funeral Homes, Oconee State Bank, Trader Joe’s, St. Mary’s Healthcare, Tribe Fitness, and Wal-Mart.  The Oconee Sheriff’s Department does a great job of directing traffic for the race and keeping everyone safe, thanks to those deputies who helped on that day.
The Fall Festival is a very large production that requires the collected effort of the wonderful people of our community, chamber members, Leadership Oconee, Youth Leadership Oconee, family and friends, all of whom are committed to providing Oconee County with the best Fall Festival possible.
Thanks to All Who Volunteered Their Time to Make This Fall Festival One of The Best!
Julia Estess-Fall Festival Coordinator