Smiling children and parents piled into the Lake Country Community hall for another year of winter fun.
The second annual Indoor °ä³ó¾±±ô»å°ù±ð²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Festival had more than 40 vendors providing entertainment, bouncy castles, face painting, drumming games and more, Feb. 25.
One parent also attended last ²â±ð²¹°ùÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s festival.
Stella Hundert, a mother of two, said Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥œt³ó¾±²õ year it seems bigger and more ´Ç°ù²µ²¹²Ô¾±³ú±ð»å,Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥
Her son enjoyed himself in the many bouncy obstacle courses while her daughter was on an adventure to find a henna tattoo.
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Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥œF²¹³¾¾±±ô¾±±ð²õ from Lake Country and neighbouring Kelowna and Vernon had a great time at the event last year and ·É±ðÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™v±ð expanded the event for 2017,Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥ said cultural development coordinator Ryan Donn.
The whole community got involved with the festival as the Lake Country firefighters provided a combat challenge, the LakeCountry Museum did a historical photo booth and there was a teen vocal competition at the Creekside Theatre for older youths.
Fire inspector Eric Degelder set up the combat challenge.
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Last year because the weather was warm, the combat challenge had a huge lineup. This year was a little more organized, said Degelder.
More than 10 firefighters volunteered at the course held a tour of the fire truck.
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