As many as 50,000 people attended Thorntonfest at Carpenter Park Fields Saturday, enjoying a variety of entertainment options from bands, boxing throwdowns, canine demonstrations as well as food trucks and offerings from small businesses on the main Marketplace throughfare.
The weather cooperated without a hitch, delivering a warm sun minus a breath of wind or hint of rain.
Local artist Kathryn Diaz has displayed her unique artworks at four Thorntonfests and came to her latest on Saturday with a small trailer she bought to haul her wares onto Carpenter Park.
“This camper is on her maiden voyage,” Diaz said about an hour after the event opened to the public. “So far, I’ve gotten a lot of great comments. Thorntonfest always helps my business.”
Pennies for your thoughts
The City of Thornton used Thortonfest to gather interest in at least 14 proposed projects by distributing city-donated pennies to people to vote for diagrams of each project. City staff members said they would count the pennies dropped by each diagram to determine the most popular designs.
“It’s just one of the tools we are using to determine what projects you (residents) want the city to take on over the next 20 years,” said Doug Romig, the city’s director of park recreation and community programs. “We also conduct online surveys and use other methods to gauge interest. We also wanted to show the public that there are limits to what projects we can take on.”
Sprinkles – a year-old border collie – drew plenty of accolades during the Frisbee tossing competition. With trainer Jessica Anderson flicking the Frisbee, Sprinkles quickly sprinted to catch nearly every toss.
“This is great, we are having so much fun,” said Anderson, who lives in Colorado Springs but drove to Thornton with Sprinkles to take on the competition. “We just started with the Frisbee last week, so this is good start for us.”
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