Town pride was on full display Saturday during Maplesville’s Heritage Day.

The event was organized with the Maplesville Fire Department.

Booths lined both sides of Main Street, and festival patrons turned the road into a sidewalk.

According to event coordinator Christine Epperson, all 42 booths that signed up to participate were present for the event.

“At least three vendors wanted to go ahead and pay for the next year,” Epperson said.

Six of those booths made up the food court, which featured an array of choices such as barbecue, fired pies and other fair favorites.

“There was nothing quite the same,” Epperson said. “It was a good job of mixing things up and offering a variety.”

The betterment of the town was showcased in several activities that included Maplesville’s junior high cheerleaders selling snow cones and a pie throwing booth where town members and workers at the booth were subject to a face full of pie.

The day began with a 5K run that was sponsored by Maplesville High School’s “Relay For Life” team.

The 5K was not run last year and made a difference in attracting more people from throughout the surrounding area, Epperson said.

Entertainment was provided during the event and included performances by the “Perfect Peaches,” a local group that won the line dancing competition during the 2015 Masters Games of Alabama.

Hilda Atchison and Ann Arnold are Maplesville residents and members of the group. Atchison also serves in the town council representing District 3.

The Maplesville Fire Department acknowledged its appreciation to all those who helped in the effort and especially Town Clerk Dawn Smitherman, who was influential during Heritage Day’s preparation.

“At one point, I looked down the street and it was packed,” Epperson said. “I couldn’t even see the street. That warmed my heart.”