Article: Parish festival at Saints Simon and Jude runs on fun and technology

The 38 game booths at the Saints Simon and Jude Festival in Scott Township are perfectly aligned using computer-aided design software, an electrical engineer and his crew of 10 make sure there is enough electricity, and parking attendants use walkie talkies to assure festival-goers a parking spot.

Upbeat music is evenly piped through a sound system, and announcements are carefully planned to encourage attendance nightly.

Ss. Simon and Jude Church has its annual parish festival down to a science, but Peggy Sembrat, festival chairperson, says the emphasis on everyone having a good time makes it so successful.

"One of the big things we strive for is to make the festival fun for all ages, even ...

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