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Gainesville Spring Chicken Festival adds art show to parade, entertainment and buckets of birds
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Lt. David Stringer, right, and the Gainesville Fire Department serves a sample of the department’s “controlled burn” wings Saturday to Kurt Feldhaus in downtown Gainesville during the annual Spring Chicken Festival sponsored by Keep Hall Beautiful.
If you smelled barbecue, cajun or other flavors coming from the Gainesville Square as you passed by Saturday, and you didn’t stop by to see why, then you missed the ninth annual Spring Chicken Festival. The festival attracted fans from around North Georgia, and cooler temperatures and potential rain didn’t dampen the chicken fans’ spirits. Nor did it stop the grill masters from cooking many different flavors of chicken visitors were treated to. “(The festival) has grown for one thing,” said Kelly Norman, Keep Hall Beautiful executive director and organizer for the festival.