Come See Me Festival

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[edit] What is Come See Me?

The Come See Me festival is the Spring festival put on by the City of Rock Hill, South Carolina each year.

[edit] About the Festival

Come See Me was originally founded to be a way for neighbors in the Rock Hill community to get to know one another.[1] The event was first held in 1962 and the citizens of Rock Hill were encouraged to invite people to see the city at the peak of its Spring beauty.[2]

The Festival was the idea of its first chairman C. H. "Ickey" Albright, former Rock Hill Mayor and State Senator, and was nurtured by nationally acclaimed illustrator Vernon Grant, a Rock Hill resident who created cereal's celebrated gnomes, "Snap, Crackle, and Pop".[3]

The festival centers on Rock Hill's historic, Glencairn Garden which is in full bloom each year during the festival. The Garden is where the name for the Come See Me mascot, Glen, comes from.

Come See Me is the largest festival in South Carolina, and is in the Top 20 Southeast Spring Festivals.

Each year the festival ends with a city-wide tailgate party and fireworks extravaganza hosted at Winthrop Lake.[4]

[edit] Highlight Activities

  • Come See Me Parade
  • Come-See-Me Decorating Contest
  • Beach Bash
  • Mayor’s Frog Jump
  • Gourmet Gardens
  • Moonlight Jazz & Blues
  • Tailgate Party[5]

[edit] Organizers

The festival is put on officially by the City of Rock Hill.

The teams that organize the festival are put together and comprised of various chosen members of the city of Rock Hill and the Board of Governors for the Come See Me Festival.[6]

[edit] Schedule

[edit] References

  1. ^ Come-See-Me Rock Hill & York County, SC Visitor Information
  2. ^ about CSM
  3. ^ about CSM
  4. ^ our events
  5. ^ CSM Brochure 07
  6. ^ about our team

[edit] External links