North County's Big Event is Back: April Showers Bring May's Valley of Flowers
With a couple of weeks left in April, here's a peek at the Valley of Flowers Festival. Will you be attending?
Thousands of people will descend on the Florissant area during the first weekend of May for the annual Valley of Flowers Festival. The 49th Valley of Flowers Festival takes place May 5-8 at various venues throughout Florissant, including the James J. Eagan Center, the Knights of Columbus grounds and the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine. This year's theme is "Valley of Flowers Mothers Love...," and mom Marquita Parker has been chosen as the parade marshal after her 10-year-old daughter, Mera, a student at Atonement Lutheran School, won the festival's essay contest. "I hope my mom gets picked to be parade marshal because she is an example of how a mother's love has gone further than her own kid and has positively impacted many kids in the community…
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