GALLERY: Family fun at Diamond Valley festival

Robert Korotyszyn Jun 2, 2024 12:00 PM
Don Wilhelm, with YYC Drum Circles, plays a hand drum during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Danika Meikle, left, and Kendra Smith tumble down an inflatable slide during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
James Lane carries a bear to safety and across the finish line for a Junior Firefighters Challenge during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Raven Terra dances with some props borrowed from a nearby drum circle during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Eugene Bleau, with the Foothills Archery Club, shows Easton Pecharsky, left, how to set an arrow during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Kinsley Howden gets her face painted during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
A crowd gathered to take in numerous activities during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Keenan Pecharsky takes aim with a bow and arrow during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
A goat was one of many animals at a petting zoo set up at the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
The Lil’ Legendary Leos at their bake sale table, in front of the Sheep River Library, during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Diamond Valley Fire Rescue Chief TJ Moore in the dunk tank at the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Mike Horembala, Oilfields School vice-principal, is dunked at the the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
YYC Drum Circles hosted a pair of drum circles during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
An info booth for the historic Turner Valley Gas Plant was one of many set up by organizations or businesses during the Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival at Millennium Park on June 1.▲
Quilts hang during a quilt show put on by the Diamond Valley Quilters at the Valley Neighbours Club in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Nancy Neufeld, with the Diamond Valley Quilters, stitches a quilt block at the Valley Neighbours Club in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲
Sheep Creek Arts Council held a bake sale at the Valley Neighbours Club in Diamond Valley on June 1.▲

A full slate of activities was on the menu during a family festival in Diamond Valley.

The Diamond Valley Discovery Day Family Festival took place at Millennium Park on June 1, after a parade earlier in the day.

Bouncy houses, face painting, a petting zoo, archery, an artisan market and a dunk tank were among the activities during the event.

In addition, the annual Diamond Valley Quilters quilt show and the Sheep Creek Arts Council's bake sale took place at the nearby Valley Neighbours Club.

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