Cracker Trail's Hoedown, the annual Mustang family fall festival on our campus returned for the first time since 2019 on Thursday evening, November 2nd, 2023! Thanks to the PTO planning committee, led by event chairperson, Morgan Norris!
Announcements:
Least pennies collected, 8 cents: Principal, Mr. Kogelshatz
Most pennies collected, $575++: 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Melendy
Activities:
- Bounce houses
- Face painting
- Bookwalk
- Roping Calves
- Aeromed helicopter tour
- Touch-a-truck (Firetrucks, tractors, Florida Fish & Wildlife)
- Yard games
- Train rides
- Petting Zoo
- Pony Rides
- Snacks, popcorn
- Snow Cones
- Dinner (BBQ and Hotdogs
- and more!
Entertainment:
- Live DJ (Belanger Media Group)
- Mountain Dew Cloggers
- Dance Unlimited
- Hoedown Throwdown (whole school dance)
- Door Decorating contest winner announcement
- Kiss the Pig 💋🐷
Thank you to the following businesses for being a part of the Hoedown:
- Cock-a-Doodle-doo (Petting zoo, pony rides, and train rides)
- Jump and Slide Rentals (Bounce houses)
- Aeromed
- Highlands County Sheriff’s Department and SWAT team
- Leisure Lakes Fire Department
- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
- Grove Equipment
- Bible Fellowship Church (Gaga Pit)
- Children’s Museum of the Highlands (yard games)
- Mayworth family (calf roping dummies)
- Highlands County Library
- Sebring High School Art Club (Face Painting)
- Mountain Dew Cloggers
- Dance Unlimited Dancers
- Belanger Media Group
- Sebring High School SGA and NHS (volunteers)
- Austin Maddox, Josh Eveleth, and Sebring Firemen, Inc. (cooked over 300+ hotdogs)
Financial & Donation Sponsors:
- DripBar
- Everglades Seasoning
- Sherley Hay
- Sugar Blossom Bakery
- Shirt Shack
- Sweetwater Coffee Company
- Skincare by Elle
- Heal by Touch Massage
- Float Therapy
- Mrs. Hill
- Grove Equipment
