Look for the 2012 information on Aunt Het 2012 to be posted in August 2012.

The 2011 28th Annual Aunt Het Family Fall Festival will be held October 1, 2011.  

Enjoy all the great food and shop the street crafters with all their new and favorite creations.  There is always plenty of fun, activities and amusement rides for all the kids.  This year brings back one of our festivals favorite musical band, The Funktion. Playing your favorite "beach / Shag" songs, Motown sounds, along with other great varieties of songs, from 1PM til 4PM. The Mighty McFly band will also be playing from 10AM til 12 noon.  And don't forget to visit The History Center at Commerce Park where there will be activities for all ages.

Classic / Antique Car & Truck Show

All cars and trucks are welcomed.  Unique Car Club is hosting this show for the Aunt Het Festival.  Car show is from 10 AM til 4 PM. Registration fee is $10/vehicle.  Registration will take place from 10AM til noon.  Awards will be given at 2PM.  Car owners, guests and visitors are asked to bring your extra canned foods as we will be collecting food for GOD'S Pantry. 

Click on Car Show flier at bottom of page.

  The first 50 cars to register get a free,

collectible dash plaque as shown.

Who is Aunt Het?

She was created by Fountain Inn native, Robert Quillen, an internationally-known humorist and syndicated writer and founder of The Fountain Inn Tribune (today it is known simply as The Tribune Times). It was through his wit and his love of the pen that Aunt Het came to life from the late 1920’s through the late 1940’s. Robert Quillen declared, “There is no original Aunt Het”.  She was a woman of Quillen’s imagination, though perhaps every community has it’s own Aunt Het - a woman who observes and reflects on what is going on around her. Aunt Het could have been anyone’s next door neighbor. She was the nice motherly type, pure-at-heart and always ready to freely speak her mind.

 Perhaps you have an Aunt Het               Original Quillen cartoon                       Robert Quillen at Work

Directions from Columbia, SC: Take I-26 West. At Exit 51 on left, merge onto I-385N towards Laurens / Greenville. Take the SC-418 exit,

EXIT 23, toward FOUNTAIN INN. Turn RIGHT onto McCARTER RD/SC-418. Turn LEFT onto S MAIN ST/SC-14.

Directions from Asheville, NC: Take I-26 E toward ASHEVILLE AIRPORT/HENDERSONVILLE/SPARTANBURG (Crossing into SOUTH

CAROLINA). Merge onto I-85 S via EXIT 18A toward GREENVILLE. Take the I-385 S/SC-146/WOODRUFF

RD exit, EXIT 51, toward COLUMBIA. Take EXIT 24 toward FAIRVIEW ST/FOUNTAIN INN. Turn RIGHT onto

FAIRVIEW ST. Follow into downtown Fountain Inn.

The information and application for all vendors may be downloaded and printed.  ALL applications must be received by the Fountain Inn Chamber of Commerce by September 1, 2011.  Applications received after that date will be charged a $25 late fee.  The Aunt Het Festival is a rain or shine event.  No refunds are given due to weather conditions.

Attachments:

2011 Vendor Application.pdf	[ ]	28 Kb
Aunt Het Vendor Letter 2011 and Info.pdf	[ ]	80 Kb
Large flier for car show 2 color.pdf	[Classic Car show Flier]	258 Kb