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Town officials announced today that Highway 51 from Cresthill Drive to Lawyers Road will be closed during festival hours from 5 pm Friday to 6 pm Sunday. Originally one lane of Highway 51 was to stay open, but due to safety concerns, all four lanes will now close. Police urge those who are not attending the festival to avoid the area. For more on Mint Hill Madness, check out our annual double issue of the Mint Hill Times on newsstands Thursday.
Hard to believe Mint Hill Madness is almost here. The parade on September 25 will start on the Highway 218 side of Matthews-Mint Hill Road and proceed up to Brighton Park. If you are trying to use Highway 218 or Lawyers Road on that day, you may want to consider a different route. Mint Hill Police said today the detour will be “lengthy.” The roads will be blocked from 8:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. From John Rowell of the Mint Hill Police Department:
Individuals not attending the event are advised to avoid the downtown Mint Hill area during this time. Traffic is expected to remain slow and congested from 5 p.m. Friday (9-24) through 6 p.m. Sunday (9-26) due to the Mint Hill Madness Festival.
The Mint Hill Chamber of Commerce moved the Mint Hill Festival this year from Fairview Park to the town square (Lawyers and Hwy. 51). This photo, from Dana at town hall, shows where everything will go. The festival will take place the weekend of September 24. In this week’s Mint Hill Times, find out why Presbyterian, one of the main sponsors, pulled its funding, then over the weekend recommitted. (Want to see a larger picture? Click here: Madness 2010.)
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The 2009 Mint Hill Madness was hampered by rain on Friday and Saturday, but that didn’t prevent the show from going on. Despite a cool, misty day, the parade on Matthews-Mint Hill Road was lined by parade goers from start to finish. At the festival, Saturday saw heavy rain in the afternoon, making the big day for the festival more subdued than hoped for. Read about the ups and downs of the Madness festival in this week’s Mint Hill Times.
Also in this week’s Times:
• Mint Hill could be getting a military museum in the near future. The town on Thursday told museum developers it wants to move forward with the construction of the museum next to the planned North Carolina Korean War Memorial at The Park on Fairview.
• With the military museum and the Korean War memorial, the Mint Hill Times editorial wonders if it is time to think about renaming the plain-named “Park on Fairview.”
• Columnist Leslie Southerland bemoans the amount of exercise it takes to sometimes exercise.
• Tim Long writes about the Mint Hill Lions Club’s donation to a marine from Mint Hill who is serving in Afghanistan. One of the requests from the soldiers? Baby wipes. Read why.
• Both Butler and Independence continue to dominate. The Bulldogs beat Myers Park, while Independence beat a strong East Meck team. A monumental November showdown is looking more and more likely.
Oct 172008
[singlepic=232,220,140,,left]A rainy weekend at Mint Hill Madness cost the town $3,000 more than normal according to Town Manager Brian Welch. Last year, the town spent $16,000 on labor, equipment and materials, among other things. This year, they spent $19,000. [singlepic=233,170,90,,right]More money was needed to fix ruts and bare spots, and to lay down straw. The cost could have potentially been more if Friday’s Madness was not canceled.
Want to see what it was like at this year’s Mint Hill Madness?
Oct 132008
The Mint Hill Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of this year’s Madness photo contest. They are: Best Madness: Neecie Herndon; Second best: Michael Cox; Honorable mention: Neecie Herndon. Best parade: Michael Cox; Second best: Michael Cox; Honorable mention: Scott Lang. Best Beauty Pageant: Jacob Michael. Best Kids only: Jacob Michael; Second best: Natalie Barnett.
Oct 052008
In this Thursday’s Mint Hill Times, watch for Adam Houston’s report on how the rain affected last weekend’s Mint Hill Madness. Attendance was down, Fairview Park got a little muddy, and the parade didn’t have all its floats. That didn’t stop everyone from having a good time, however. Here’s the band Volatile Baby who played Saturday at 12:30. Video by Tim Long, The Mint Hill Times.
Oct 012008
In case you didn’t get over to the pet show at Madness Saturday, the folks at Mint Hill Animal Clinic were nice enough to share these photos with the Mint Hill Times.
Sep 292008
Drop free stuff from a helicopter and watch people go crazy! That’s what happened at Mint Hill Madness last Saturday when Chick-fil-A sent stuffed cows floating down by parachute on to Fairview Park. (VIDEO by Tim Long, The Mint Hill Times)
Sep 282008
Finally, the rain stopped and the sun is out at Mint Hill Madness. Today’s music includes pianist David Roach (1-2 pm), Steve Hicks Trio (2:30-3:30 pm) and the gospel sounds of Serenity (4-5 pm).
Yesterday, the show went on despite a few mud puddles. Take a walk through Saturday’s Madness:
[singlepic=178,320,240,,center]Five minutes before the parade began, the rain stopped. What timing! So the parade marched up Matthews-Mint Hill Road without a hitch and the spectator turn-out was a lot more than expected considering the damp day. Now it’s on to Fairview Park for the festival.
Sep 272008
At 9:30 am, the parade is about 20 minutes away from beginning. It might be drizzling a bit, but the show goes on!
