Donna Curran, Maple Leaf Festival booth committee chair, said she knew the 361 vendors she signed up for the festival would be busy Saturday. The day was perfect for the festival, she said, with sunny weather and mild temperatures.
“We’re always busy when we have nice weather,” she said. “I knew it was going to be nice. I didn’t even look at the forecast.”
Curran and other festival organizers estimate from 30,000 to 35,000 people attend the annual festival, although they have no way to take an exact headcount. Even when the booths opened at 9 a.m., she said, there had been large crowds downtown, with people lining up to get the soups and warm breakfasts a few of the food vendors were offering. The park-and-ride lots at the two Baldwin City school campuses were also full, she said.
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