 Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Woodruff and welcome to the Fort Report. So today I'm in the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens in the Japanese Gardens with Erty and Steve to talk about the Fall Festival, which is coming up pretty soon. So first of all Steve, for our friends who do not have any idea, what is the Fall Festival? Well it's really a celebration of Japanese culture and we do that twice a year at the Botanic Garden in April and then again in October. Very cool. So what kind of activities or vendors or people can we expect to see this year? We have taiko drummers, which are a traditional drumming group that have these Japanese, the big drums that you can feel, vibrate the ground whenever they're playing. You know I had a granddaughter that would come and would lay down on the cement so she could just feel the vibration. And they're loud, you can hear them all across the board. We have the Sakura Dancers, which are if you want to see the most colorful, beautiful Japanese outfits and these ladies do the dancing and they just move effortlessly. It's just really, it's really a melody in motion with them. It's an art form. Yeah, absolutely. And then we have food, we'll have Japanese food, we'll have Japanese crafts, they'll do the fish printing. Cool. And then all kinds of martial arts demonstrations. So it's going to be really good. And this year we hit the first time that we've been able to have access to the pavilion for mothers with strollers and for people who have wheelchairs. They can come right through the entrance here and go right on up to the pavilion and all over the whole part of the garden without having to make some special entries there. So we're really pleased to be able to offer that this year. Cool. Sounds like it's going to be a really awesome cultural event today. Absolutely. So when is it and how can we become involved? How does the mission work? Well, it's October 27 and 28th. It's a Saturday and Sunday and on Saturday the hours are 10 to 5 and then on Sunday from 11 to 5. And admission is required. $5 for adults, $3 for children, 4 through 12. And if you're younger than 4, you get in free. Well, what could be better than that? I know. One thing can be. What? Yes. If you are a member of the Botanical Society and if you have an individual membership, you can come in by yourself. Free. Or if you're a couple, you can come in as a couple. Free. Or if you have a family membership, you can bring your family members and enjoy the whole festival. Free. The membership has advantages. Absolutely. Lots of advantages. Yeah. Stop by the garden center and see and smell hundreds of locally grown cut roses on display. Fort Worth Rose Expo is on Saturday, October 27 from 9.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. For more information, visit www.fortworthrosesociety.org.