{"id":72096,"date":"2017-03-20T22:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T04:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-days-festival-will-honor-service-members\/"},"modified":"2017-03-21T04:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T04:41:06","slug":"mancos-days-festival-will-honor-service-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-days-festival-will-honor-service-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos Days festival will honor service members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kids ride on a float in the Mancos Days parade in 2016. The theme for this year\u2019s event is \u201cHonoring Those Who Serve.\u201d<\/span>Sam Green\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Mancos residents will salute military service members with this year\u2019s Mancos Days festival, which features the theme \u201cHonoring Those Who Serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mancos Colorado Days Association has taken over planning the event from the town, and president Daria Sparks said the transition has gone well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s going well, but we can always use some more people,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s truly an event celebrating the town.\u201d<\/p>\n

The committee chose the theme at a meeting last month. Sparks said it was a \u201cno-brainer\u201d to choose that theme. Mancos Days takes place during the last week of July, so they wanted to begin and end the month with patriotic events, she said.<\/p>\n

Most of the events held in previous years will continue, Sparks said. The committee hopes to add a basketball tournament. The Mancos High School football team will play a game to kick off the first night of the festival.<\/p>\n

A disc golf tournament at Cottonwood Park is possible, but details haven\u2019t been finalized. The committee is looking to add small events such as cornhole and washers, Sparks said.<\/p>\n

Sparks said she\u2019s looking forward to the volleyball and softball tournaments. She hopes to see softball teams from as far as Telluride and Farmington join the fun.<\/p>\n

The Mancos Schools PTA is organizing the Mancos Days fun run this year, which will be a color run, she said. Funds from the color run will go to the PTA so they can put it toward school programming, she said.<\/p>\n

Sparks also said she\u2019s excited to see how creative people are with the theme during the parade.<\/p>\n

There are lots of people in the Mancos Days Association who want to help grow the event as much as possible, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what I would do without these awesome volunteers who are stepping up,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to see new activities blossom, and we just want growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The goal for the committee is to get as many people as possible involved in the festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want everyone to have a say in the town,\u201d Sparks said. \u201cWe want the town to be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

People who want to get involved can send an email to mancosdays@gmail.com<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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