PASCAGOULA -- Chris Covacevich and Mike Nelson decided at the last minute to attend the third annual Live Oak Arts Festival held in downtown Saturday.
"I think the weather messed everything up," he said. "We weren't even coming because of the rain."
The Ocean Springs couple said the rain almost put them off, though there really wasn't much rainfall from overcast skies in Downtown Pascagoula during the day. Nelson said Saturday's forecast had been for a 100 percent chance of rain.
"It sprinkled in Ocean Springs this morning," said Covacevich. "At the last minute I said, 'Let's go.'"
A graduate from Pascagoula High School, she and Nelson were found looking over classic vehicles that lined Pascagoula Street across from the city library. Nelson priced the 1964 Corvette on display.
"He likes Corvettes," she said.
The festival featured a number of activities, including a train trolley, a DJ on the east end of Delmas Avenue and live bands at the west end of the street, where vendors provided an array of foods and beverages, and children played on space houses.
Councilman Frank Corder and his family left the festival around early afternoon, leaving behind a markedly smaller crowd than the past two years since the festival celebrating the city's Live oaks began.
"It's kind of slow because of the weather," he said, "but I still had a good time."
Though she now lives in Ocean Springs, Covacevich has attended the Live Oak Arts Festival before in Pascagoula. She and Nelson make a point of attending such events in other South Mississippi cities.
"We love coming to these things," she said.
"I think the weather messed everything up," he said. "We weren't even coming because of the rain."
The Ocean Springs couple said the rain almost put them off, though there really wasn't much rainfall from overcast skies in Downtown Pascagoula during the day. Nelson said Saturday's forecast had been for a 100 percent chance of rain.
"It sprinkled in Ocean Springs this morning," said Covacevich. "At the last minute I said, 'Let's go.'"
A graduate from Pascagoula High School, she and Nelson were found looking over classic vehicles that lined Pascagoula Street across from the city library. Nelson priced the 1964 Corvette on display.
"He likes Corvettes," she said.
The festival featured a number of activities, including a train trolley, a DJ on the east end of Delmas Avenue and live bands at the west end of the street, where vendors provided an array of foods and beverages, and children played on space houses.
Councilman Frank Corder and his family left the festival around early afternoon, leaving behind a markedly smaller crowd than the past two years since the festival celebrating the city's Live oaks began.
"It's kind of slow because of the weather," he said, "but I still had a good time."
Though she now lives in Ocean Springs, Covacevich has attended the Live Oak Arts Festival before in Pascagoula. She and Nelson make a point of attending such events in other South Mississippi cities.
"We love coming to these things," she said.
