Rush Springs Watermelon Queen Visits TSM Lawton

The Annual Rush Springs Watermelon festival is this weekend. According to festival Queen Brittany Ball, there is going to be a lot of melon to eat and to be shared. brittany is the 69th lady to be crowned as the Watermelon Queen and we got to spend some time with her recently to talk about the event of this upcoming weekend.

It is not all about watermelon. There are plenty of other activities that go along with the festival, which will take place at Jeff Davis Park on the east side of Rush Springs.

Some of the events that will go nn during the day include:

5K run and 1 mile fun run / walk
Car Show
Pioneer awards
Tiny Tots contest
Carnival rides and attractions
Concessions
Melon judging
Seed pitting competition
77th U.S. Army Band
Local entertainment

Of course the Coronation of the Queen and her court will be the highlight of the day along with the free watermelon feed which will begin around 4pm and will last until all the melons are gone. It is estimated that there will be 50,000 melons served this Saturday.

Sources from Rush Springs have indicated that the weather this year has been perfect for the growing of not only watermelons but cantaloupe as well. Many local stand have already begun selling their bumper crop leading into this weekends event.

A big thank you to Brittany Ball for bringing us a couple of the melons straight from the field for us to eat. They were delicious!