Cancellation made with a heavy heart

Here is an explanation why there will be no South Carolina Apple Festival this year in Westminster and in the apple-growing areas of rural Oconee.  Jane Suttles, president of the Apple Festival Association, makes this announcement: “It is with heavy hearts that the APPLE FESTIVAL BOARD has come to the decision to make some major changes for this year’s festival due to the ongoing pandemic. We will not be holding the craft fair on Main Street this year. Instead we will be celebrating our apple growers on social media and we encourage everyone to visit the beautiful orchards to pick up your apples this year. We are encouraging all of the local business owners to decorate your store fronts with APPLES and for our community to shop local.  Let’s not forget the APPLES! We will have updates on our website….We hope you will make plans to join us next year on Main Street as we will be celebrating the 60th South Carolina Apple Festival!”