{"id":6386,"date":"2026-08-08T18:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=6386"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:35:29","slug":"dayton-celtic-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/08\/dayton-celtic-festival-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Celtic Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;ve been in the cultural area at the Dayton festival for more years than I can count. The people in the Dayton area have been wonderful supporters of my books and I usually get to see some old friends when I&#8217;m there. I attended high school and college in the area and still have many friends from the church I grew up in who live in the area, not to mention my best friend!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6387\" style=\"width:393px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CindySandyJuly2026-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By the way, don&#8217;t try to scan the QR code in the pic. It no longer works. But if you&#8217;re interested in my genealogy services, which is what it linked to, <a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festival is held in Riverscape, which is a lovely downtown park on the river. There is some historical info about the area posted there. A devastating flood hit Dayton in 1913. The park was once called Van Cleve Park after one of Dayton&#8217;s first white settlers. There is a line on this stone marker that shows the flood level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6390\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/RiverScapeDayton-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"6388\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DaytonFlood-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"6389\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VanCleveParkDayton-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I caught this guy warming up before the festival began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dayton-bagpiper.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I played story bingo with the kids. They did great! But I didn&#8217;t get any photos. I snapped the one below of Tom helping kids make St. Brigid crosses. We were slammed on Saturday so no other pictures, although I&#8217;m pretty bad anyway at remembering to take them. I wouldn&#8217;t have the one above of me and my bestie if she hadn&#8217;t asked her daughter to take it!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6392\" style=\"width:633px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TomCrossesDayton-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was a great time and I look forward to next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been in the cultural area at the Dayton festival for more years than I can count. The people in the Dayton area have been wonderful supporters of my books and I usually get to see some old friends when I&#8217;m there. I attended high school and college in the area and still have many&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6393,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6386\/revisions\/6393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}