Queenship of Mary Catholic Church, 1324 Newport Ave., Northampton, held a successful, well-attended parish festival event June 26.

The festival’s charge for the day was fellowship, food, refreshments, fun and music.

Musical entertainment was provided by the popular Dave Betz polka band, followed by Flirtin’ with the Mob. Their music emanated from the full tables at the entertainment tent, creating a festive atmosphere throughout the day.

Kandi’s Karicatures of Bath entertained children during the afternoon.

Ginny Downey occupied the role of food and beverage ticket seller. Downey was happy to sell tickets located at the end of an outside corridor, which had a steady breeze flowing through.

The cuisine featured homemade perogies, longos, macaroni and cheese, funnel cakes, fries, egg rolls, Mario’s pizza, cabbage and noodles, baked goods, shucked corn and more. Lucille Sommers said she learned the craft of making the Hungarian longos from her mother and grandmother.

Lisa Fahringer, April Luzzi, Marysa Fahringer and Carter Weber ran the Mario’s Pizza stand with great efficiency. Delicious pizza from Mario’s, located at Ninth and Main streets, Northampton, were being made as quickly as possible in the temporary oven at the festival.

The Aw Shucks corn stand, staffed by Judy Moran-Burton, Doug Burton and Natalie Mullen, was serving food to attendees who enjoy corn on the cob.

Adult beverages, such as beer, wine, slushies and wine coolers, were available for purchase. Andrea and her husband, Steve Weber, staffed the popular adult beverage slushie and wine cooler stand. Andrea Weber noted business has been brisk.

There was also a bake sale, cash raffle and a gift card/basket raffle. At the bake sale stand in the church’s social hall, Jane Amato was delighted to serve. All the baked goods were homemade and sold rapidly.

Father Patrick Lamb was delighted with the turnout and the apparent fellowship of the attendees and their willingness to support the church as lines for food and drinks were steady throughout the festival.

“I just love talking to the people here,” Lamb said.

A popular area on the hot, summer day was the ice cream stand. Volunteer Kirsten Trinkle noted she was busy all day.

Eddie and Evelyn Reilly brought their gorgeous full-sized, well-trained German shepherd named Violet. Eddie Reilly noted Violet was excited as she smelled all the different foods offered for sale at the festival.

Arnold “Nick” Nicklas, of Northampton, and Lisa Queen, of North Whitehall Township, were excited to be at the festival.

All agreed it was a fun event that displayed attendees socializing with each other and provided a rich sense of fellowship between multigenerational church members and visitors.