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By Mark Bretz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florissant City officials were very pleased with the Valley of Flowers Festival this year. Although last year\u2019s festival was plagued by cold and rainy weather, this year\u2019s festival benefited from mild spring temperatures and sunny skies.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people, many of them families with young children, came out throughout the weekend to sample a wide selection of food from vendors at the food tent on the grounds of the Eagan Civic Center as well as at Knights of Columbus Park in Old Town. Visitors also enjoyed a wide selection of carnival rides and booths and an entertaining array of acts for children.<\/p>\n

A special bonus this year was the addition of four free performances by the popular Nino the Clown and his Zopp\u00e9: an Italian Family Circus, who brought their own, 500-seat big top tent to the Eagan Center grounds, set up adjacent to the food court.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Valley of Flowers Festival in Florissant traditionally kicks off the festival season in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area,\u201d said Florissant Mayor Thomas Schneider. \u201cThis year, the sold-out performances of Nino the Clown and his circus, the wonderful Children\u2019s Celebration of Performing Arts, the new family-only rules at the Knight\u2019s grounds and the great weather for our entire festival and parade all combined for a grand slam for our 52nd annual festival.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gary Gaydos, director of the Florissant Civic Center Theatre, was delighted with the results.\u00a0 \u201cWe were overwhelmed by the response of people to Nino the Clown\u2019s return to St. Louis,\u201d said Gaydos. \u201cAll four of his performances were filled to the brim, not even one seat left.\u00a0 It was wall-to-wall people.<\/p>\n

\u201cNino loved being here,\u201d added Gaydos. \u201cWe hope that he has found a new home here in Florissant.\u201d Gaydos said that the Florissant Civic Center Theatre was able to \u00a0bring Nino to the festival with support from the Regional Arts Commission and the Missouri Arts Council.\u00a0 \u201cWe received a festival grant from them, and couldn\u2019t have done this without them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gaydos also noted \u201cthe team effort of all city employees, the hard work of our employees behind the scenes that makes Florissant a better place to live.\u201d And the immense success of Nino\u2019s circus helped across the board with other activities, according to Gaydos.\u00a0 \u201cAll boats rise with that attendance,\u201d he said. \u201cThe food tent was swamped with happy people and vendors as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

New family-only rules, instituted for the 2013 festival by Mayor Schneider with input from Florissant Police Chief Tim Lowery and his Command Staff, the Knights of Columbus, the Valley of Flowers Festival committee and local businesses, also contributed to the positive impact of the event. Due to inclement weather that hampered attendance at the 2013 event, this year\u2019s festival marked the first true test of the family-only rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted this to be a family event and we got that word out,\u201d said Col. Lowery. \u201cWe had no problems, no fights and no disturbances on the Knights of Columbus park grounds.\u00a0 It was a joint effort with the Knights, the Valley of Flowers committee and us.\u00a0 We enacted some rules and regulations that made the festival go very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lowery, while not having specific numbers, said \u201cI thought it was one of the best-attended festivals in the last 10 years. I know that the vendors at the Knights of Columbus Park had cooked more food by Saturday than they had for the entire previous year.\u201d He noted that the City of Florissant had 12 uniformed officers, plus a lieutenant and a sergeant, on site at the Knights fairground, plus two Parks Department police at the Eagan Center.<\/p>\n

Todd Schmidt, director of Florissant\u2019s Parks and Recreation Department, was pleased as well. \u201cFrom our standpoint it went very, very well,\u201d he said. \u201cWe could not \u00a0asked for better weather. As far as the public, everyone was behaved and the turnout was very good.\u00a0 It never got so crowded that it was upsetting people, just a steady flow of people the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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