A boy tries to motivate his frog to jump during the frog jumping contest held for the 49th Annual Corcoran Cotton Festival at John Maroot Park on Saturday, Sept. 26. The festival started with a pancake breakfast and followed by a parade down Whitley Avenue. Food booths, musical entertainment and carnival games were also held at the park.

This is one of the few weekend festivals I have done this year. My editor had asked me forgo the parade that we normally cover and go to the activities afterwards. This was fine by me. I’ve never been excited by parades. Plus, this is the first frog jumping contest I’ve ever taken pictures of. It was a great time for me and for the kids. I don’t how much the frogs enjoyed it.