'Moorpark Country Days Goes Hollywood'
This year's Country Days was said to be the best ever by many who attended. Here are a few memories captured by our Acorn photographer.
A BIG THANK YOU!

STRIKE UP THE BAND- The Moorpark Country Days Parade kicks off with the American flag as it passes in front of the High Street Theater.

Thanks to all the Country Days sponsors. They are: the City of Moorpark, the Moorpark Acorn, Wayne J. Sand and Gravel, the Ventura County Star, Your Hub.com, Moorpark Girls Softball, Moy Serrano State Farm Insurance, Vision Wireless, Moorpark Dental Group, Chaparral Middle School, Black Star Graphics, Moorpark Chamber of Commerce, Time Warner Cable, Waste Management, Kahoots, John Hustad/Moorpark Little League, Ventura County Parent magazine, One More Time Senior Thrift Shop, Technical Manuals.com and ACS/RACES.
Parade Award Winners
Grand Sweepstakes Award
Pam Rossi's Dance Ten
Automobile
1. Bad Habits Car Club
2. Ventura County Sheriff - Bob Brooks
3. Moy Serrano - State Farm Insurance
Equestrian

HIGH STEPPERS- Students from Pam Rossi's Dance Ten Studio perform for an enthusiastic audience as they dance their way down High Street.

1. Wells Fargo Bank
2. Moorpark Rotary Club
Marching Dance or Drill
1. Moorpark High School Marching
Musketeers
2. Pam Rossi's Dance Ten
3. Camarillo Community Theater

Youth Group
1. Moorpark Girls Softball
2. Moorpark Unified School Distict
3. Moorpark High School Cheerleaders
Nonprofit
1. Camarillo Community Theater
2. Community Christian Church
3. Moorpark Rotary Club
Noncommercial
1. Bad Habits Car Club
2. Civil Air Patrol/Ventura Military
Explorers Post 2861
3. Ventura County Sheriff - Bob Brooks
Commercial
1. Jason Flame's Tang Soo Do
University
2. Pam Rossi's Dance Ten
3. Moorpark Acorn Squirrel

To become a sponsor and help continue the legacy of Country Days for 2008, mail a check made payable to "High Street Events" and addressed to Country Days, P.O Box 193, Moorpark, CA 93020, or for information visit www.countrydays.org.

I'M CURIOUS, GEORGE- Jett Landis, 4, of Moorpark gets a hug from Curious George but still continues to wave at parade goers.

Donations of all sorts are greatly appreciated, volunteers and new committee members- cherished. Eric Dee Volunteer Moorpark Country Days

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A HERO- Justin Stankiewicz, a 2-year-old Moorpark resident, tries on an official Ventura County Sheriff Search and Rescue helmet. IN SELF-DEFENSE MODE- From left, Moorpark residents Avrey Larson 6, Stephen Piurkowsky 10, Edgar Haro 9, and Evan Bruzzi stop to demonstate some martial arts as they march in the Moorpark Country Days Parade. Photos by Wendy Pierro T'S NOT HELIUM- Irish the Clown made balloon animals and hats that delighted children of all ages. WHICH WAY TO CHICAGO?- Celebrity Grand Marshall Jason Scheff, lead singer for the classic rock group Chicago, waves to the crowd as he rides on down High Street.