After a 10-year hiatus, our church revived its Greek Festival. Today was the first day of the festival, it will also be open tomorrow. My brother John and I worked the ticket booth for most of the afternoon. It was a little hot and muggy, but at least it did not rain.... we were worried! Tomorrow Nate and I will be back again to sell tickets and eat some more Greek food. Today's festival had a great turn-out. I saw several old friends and fellow church members. There was excellent Greek food (I sampled a little bit of everything), Greek dancers, and even tours of the church. I'm glad that our church decided to work together and bring back the Greek Festival tradition.
John selling food tickets and handing out menus. It is interesting how many pronunciations we heard for the word 'gyro'.
Taking a break from ticket selling and enjoying a gyro. So good!
I saw one of my students from last year, Selena.
Greek dancers performed throughout the day. The above picture is of a Chicago dance troupe. Below is the dance troupe from our parish.