126th Annual Clyde Watermelon Festival, August 2025
Chris Cakes employee Amanda Shore flips a flapjack onto 10-year-old Clyde resident Kaylee Robison's plate during the Clyde Watermelon Festival Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 29, in downtown Clyde.
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Chris Cakes employee Amanda Sanders mixes a large bucket of pancake batter to prepare for the Clyde Watermelon Festival Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 29, in Clyde. This breakfast acted as a "kick-off" for the annual festivities.
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Clyde resident Lillie Trost, 16, catches a pancake from Chris Cakes employee Amanda Shore during the Clyde Watermelong Festival Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 29, in Clyde.
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Chris Cakes employee Amanda Shore creates an image of a watermelon slice during the Clyde Watermelon Festival Pancake Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 29, in downtown Clyde.
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Adalee Branfort enjoys getting an airbrushed tattoo. The tattoos were complimentary at the Pancake Breakfast, a free-will donation event to kick off the start of the Clyde Watermelon Festival on Friday morning, Aug. 29.
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Amanda Shore of Chris Cakes entertains the festival-goers with her flapjack-throwing skills at the Pancake Breakfast, a free-will donation event to kick off the start of the Clyde Watermelon Festival on Friday morning, Aug. 29.
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Parade participants toss candy and trinkets to parade-goers during the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Parade on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Clyde City Mayor Rusty Sykes, left, and Edmund Rudolph, right, place a bench on Saturday, Aug. 30, dedicated to late Clyde Mayor Wendy Generoux, who died in February this year. The dedicated bench will remain in front of Clyde City Hall in memory of Generoux.
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Left to right, Ryan LeClair, Thomas Generoux, Sara LeClair and Noah LeClair pose behind late Clyde Mayor Wendy Generoux's new dedicated bench that now remains in front of Clyde City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 30.
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Parade participants march and ride through downtown Clyde for the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Parade on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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The Clyde Watermelon Festival watermelon carving contestants sat on display at KC's Country Expression's hair salon in downtown Clyde for attendees to view throughout Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Clyde Watermelon Festival attendees walk throughout downtown for local vendors, events and food trucks on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Clyde VFW members march the American flag amongst others to signify the beginning of the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Parade on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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A City of Clyde Fire Department member tosses a handful of candy to parade-goers during the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Parade on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Clyde Watermelon Festival parade participants hand out colorful balloons to parade-goers sponsored by Elk State Bank during the 2025 parade on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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A demolition derby official holds up the flags that signify the beginning of a new round of demolition during the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Mud flies through the air as demolition derby cars crash into each other vying for a first-place trophy for the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Demolition Derby on Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Larry Jones Circle of Destruction in Clyde.
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Ideal Market owner Steve James, left, and Thomas Generoux, right, weight the largest watermelons at the 126th Clyde Watermelon Festival on Saturday, Aug. 30, in Clyde.
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Families attend the 2025 Clyde Watermelon Festival Quarter Carnival on Sunday, Aug. 31, at Clyde City Park.
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