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Georgefest Set For Big Final Weekend

    The climactic weekend of this year's GeorgeFest festival has arrived, culminating a week of activities that has seen Eustis set abuzz with special events, concerts, and once-a-year activities.  It all culminates this weekend with an entertainment schedule that features country music star Jo Dee Messina on Friday night and the annual GeorgeFest parade on Saturday morning.
    The growth of the event has been on display this week.  Carrying the theme of ‘Out of This World”, the annual downtown carnival has played to historically large crowds and a full slate of activities has led to the headline events this coming weekend.  
    Thursday, February 20, will see a concert by Love and Theft downtown at 7 p.m., next to the carnival.  Friday will see a full evening of live entertainment leading up to the Messina concert in the bandshell at 8 p.m.  On Saturday, a full day of fun will be bracketed by the street parade at 10 a.m. (dog jog at 9 a.m.) and a big fireworks show at 9 p.m. over Lake Eustis.  In between, there will be all-day live entertainment, the Little Miss Eustis pageant at 2 p.m., arts and crafts vendors, and more.  
    The street parade will be held downtown on Bay Street.  The City of Eustis has announced that SR 19 South, which is the road into Eustis for much of North Lake County, will be closed at 9 a.m. at CR 44.  Attendees are encouraged to come early or expect to use a detour.  The parade will run north from Norton Avenue to Bates Avenue.
    For more information on the event, including a recap of last weekend's Miss Eustis and Miss Georgefest pageants, see inside this week's paper. A complete Georgefest guide can be found at www.eustis.org/residents/georgefest.