Once again, Maysville will try to garner enough hugs in two hours to qualify as the "friendliest town" in the Guiness Book of World Records.

Autumn Leaf Festival is this weekend

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Wednesday, September 28. 2011
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Maysville will use one of the oldest festivals in Northeast Georgia this weekend to try to set a world record.

At the peak of the Autumn Leaf Festival Friday through Sunday, officials will again try to garner 2,000 hugs in a single hour to establish Maysville as the friendliest town in the world in the “Guinness book of World Records.”

Katrina Loucks will be soliciting hugs starting at 9 a.m. on the roadside by the parade. She will have one hour to collect the 2,000 embraces, all of which will be recorded on video.

Otherwise, the festival will highlight the usual events, singing from the stage opposite the park, a parade on Saturday, and booths selling food, crafts and other merchandise. The lineup is as follows:

Friday

•5:00: cakewalk

•7:00: The Dalton Gang

•8:00: the Haunted Hayride

Saturday

•9:00: Let the hugs begin

•10:00: Parade

•11:00: Opening ceremonies

•12:30: Commerce School of Dance

•2:00: Regeneration performs

•3:00: Matt Joiner performs

•4:00: Regeneration performs

•5:00: Cake walk

•6:00: Smokie Jones performs

•8:00: The Bourbon Cowboys perform; cake walk

Sunday

•1:00: Glory Road performs

•2:00: The Mitchells perform

•3:00: Freddie Smith performs

•4:00: Ray of Hope performs
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