Fair, Homecoming Parade and Football Game Close Out Spirit Week

School spirit is spilling over onto Seventh Street today as the Garden City Chamber of Commerce's 33rd annual fall festival street fair kicks off at 10 a.m. followed by the Homecoming parade at noon and football game at 2 p.m.

The parade will proceed west along Seventh Street to Cathedral Avenue, north on Cathedral Avenue to Stewart Avenue, west on Stewart Avenue to Oxford Boulevard and north on Oxford Boulevard to Garden City High School where the Trojans will take on the Wantagh Warriors.

The street fair will offer something for everyone, including the younger set who will enjoy face painters, trackless trains, the popular money cube, an inflatable bouncer and more. (Tickets must be purchased at the chamber table in front of Joseph & Joseph for all children's activities.)

To add some pizazz back into the annual event, craft and gift vendors from outside the village will sell their wares at the fair for the first time, according to John Wilton, chair of the village's Merchant's Committee. Vendors will set up along the northern side of Seventh Street from Key Food to Hilton Hall.

Seventh Street merchants are also welcome to set up outside their shops to sell merchandise and offer giveaways.

Things and Stuff owner Teresa Adams will be joining the outdoor festivities by offering unique Garden City inscribed items she designed specifically for the fair. Items will include baby bibs, soft throw blankets crafted in sweatshirt material and rugby striped fleece bags in a range of colors. All these items feature the Garden City “Established in 1869” insignia.

A New Leaf, the new tea shop on Seventh Street, will be celebrating its grand opening on the day of the fair. Owner Kimberly Orlic will be handing out sample teabags, cookies and pastries.

The “musical” MC will be on stage between Natural Market and Joseph & Joseph, the Fivestone Contemporary Rock Band is performing at Leo’s and the Crash & Burn rock band is entertaining between Roslyn Savings and People’s United Bank.

Dancers from the Broadway Bound Dance Center on New Hyde Park Road will perform, in front of the stage between Natural Market and Joseph & Joseph, at 1:15 p.m.

The chamber event committee thanks the many sponsors of cornstalks that are now decorating Seventh Street, particularly the 12 activity sponsors: Avalon Garden City, primary sponsor; Coach Realtors, La Nonna Bella and SMPL Technologies, major sponsors; Taylor Warner Realty, Your Wireless, Verizon of Garden City, Armao, Costa & Ricciardi CPAs, Leo's, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group (LIPSG), Securities Consultants, LLC, Walsh Markus McDougal & DeBellis, LLP and the Welcoming Club of Garden City. The committee is also grateful to the Garden City Parks & Recreation Department and Broadway Bound Dance Studio for their contributions.