THE PANDEMIC HAS FORCED
SOME THE BIGGEST EVENTS
IN NEW MEXICO TO CANCEL.
BUT THE CITY OF ROSWELL
HAS FOUND A WAY TO STILL
HOLD THE U-
F-O FESTIVAL IN A UNIQUE
WAY.
HERE'S NEWS 13'S COREY
KING.
i'm just really blown
away by the positive,
the positivety you know.
MAIN STREET ROSWELL, THE
ORGANIZERS FOR THE UFO
FESTIVAL
SAID EVEN THOUGH THEY
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HOLD
THE TRADITIONAL
FESTIVAL THAT EVERYONE
IS USED TO, THEY HAVE
DECIDED TO HOLD A
VIRTURAL ONE INSTEAD.
we're not doing the
whole festival we're
going to be on the
courthouse lawn we're
going to have a tent set
up, we're going to have
music but nothing really
big going on.
ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WANT
TO GIVE AN EXPERIENCE
ONLINE AS CLOSE AS
THEY TO THE ACTUAL
FESTIVAL.
. THEY WILL HAVE THE
ACTUAL SPEAKERS FOR THE
EVENT GIVING THEIR
TALKS.
ALL EVENTS WILL BE DONE
INSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S
HEALTH ORDER.
i still can't believe
they're still making a
virtual festival happen
there still doing the
people costume contest
the
pet costume contest.
ONE OF THE BIGGER EVENTS
FROM THE VIRTUAL
FESTIVAL WILL BE THE
COSTUME CONTEST FOR
PEOPLE AND PETS, AND
ANYONE CAN ENTER FOR A
CHANCE TO WIN.
what we're doing is
we're doing a virtual
costume contest so
anyone in the world can
enter a photo for
the pet or the people
and then each category
there's like 9 different
categories, each will
will $100 prize.
SUBMISSIONS WILL BE
ACCEPTED AT UFO FESTIVAL
WEBSITE, UNTIL JULY
2ND AND THE WINNERS WILL
BE CHOSEN ON THE JULY
4TH COREY KING KRQE NEWS
13
MAINSTREET ROSWELL SAYS
IT ALSO HAS A PASSPORT
PROGRAM
THAT ENCOURAGES PEOPLE
TO SHOP LOCAL DOWNTOWN,
AND IF THEY GET 10
STAMPS ON THEIR PASSPORT
THEY WILL GET SOME COOL
PRIZES.
WE HAVE A LINK TO THE
COSTUME CONTEST ENTRY
FORM AT ALWAYS ON
KRQE DOT COM.
AS CORONAVIRUS CASES
CONTINUE TO RISE,
SEVERAL STATES ARE
SLOWING DOWN THEIR
REOPENING PLANS AHEAD OF
THE FOURTH OF
JULY.
