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IT MAY BE FALL, BUT ONE OF THE
BIGGEST EVENTS OF THE YEAR IS
TAKING PLACE THIS
WEEKEND IN GULF SHORES. AS FOX
ALEXANDER TELLS US, THE 41ST
ANNUAL NATIONAL SHRIMP FESTIVAL
ISN'T JUST
FOR LOCALS .
Festival along the Gulf were
packed today, the first day of
the festival
and it's not even the weekend.
But city leaders and tourism
officials say the
people from all over the country
time
here. SOUND 947 "It's a great
season extender.
development on Labor Day weekend
you would pretty much pull the
blinds down, board up the
windows, go home, and wait for
festival happening in mid
october it gives us a full six
weeks of extension on
our high season 1003 In between
other seafood specialties,
plenty of
happy to talk about why they
came here. Nikki Morrell has
been coming here for nine years
SOUND 2 2301 I live in wausau
wisconsin..did you drive down
here.yeah, we drove my
brought his parents this year so
this is their first time at gulf
near.. SOUND 3 2410 Where are
you from? Madison,
Alabama. Do you come down every
year? No I just came
and far, like this Ball State
fan from Noblesville, Indiana.
amazing, it's a lot bigger than
we thought we actually are
staying an extra day we're
supposed ti leave today but were
staying an
extra day to check it all out
2051 Malcom Biedekapp likes it
moving here. Well theres
where are yu from water town new
york. thats a long drive...its
a three day trip but I'm
going to get married down here
saturday and live here the rest
suggest the caterer serve
shrimp. Reporting from Gulf
Shores, Steve Alexander, Fox Ten
News.
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