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Children's festival has even more activities

The second annual Indoor °ä³ó¾±±ô»å°ù±ð²ÔÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Festival had more than 40 vendors providing entertainment.
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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.

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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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