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Article: Borderfest Takes Another Award.
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- The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2006
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Byline: Marc B. Geller
Jul. 26--HIDALGO -- Last year, the International Festivals & Events Association recognized Hidalgo's BorderFest with the prestigious Grand Pinnacle Award in its budget category.
Now, the annual South Texas celebration of the frontier region has won the top honor in its budget category at the statewide level.
A delegation of more than 20 of the festival's roughly 1,000 volunteers recently attended the annual Texas Festivals and Events Association conference in San Antonio, where they accepted the association's Zenith Award for best festival in the $200,000-to-$500,000 budget category -- the second largest of the four ...