Second Sunday celebrates Macon’s mothers
Crowds of people began to fill up Coleman Hill Park as the sun set on a scenery of blankets, lawn chairs and picnic baskets gathered around a stage.
It was more than just another Second Sunday for the College Hill Alliance group because this Sunday families came with smiling moms in tow to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Dads and sons tossed around footballs and flyings discs in the 90-degree heat while waiting for the bands to start playing. And food trucks were lined up at the back end of the park ready to serve good food and drink to the Second Sunday patrons.
Off to the side of the stage, Judy Freeney shared a blanket with her daughter Trina Floyd and her daughter’s best friend, Alissa Felker.
Freeney said, “They cooked me a nice dinner” before the trio came out to hear some free tunes.
“It’s my favorite,” Floyd said, adding that the night may end with making some tunes of their own via back porch karaoke.
Lounging in the shade near the back corner of the park, Sacha Dees and her son cuddled together on a hammock that was tied between two trees.
The special gift Dees received was a little bit of free time and some extra rest.
“We let Mama sleep in, and we cooked her a pancake breakfast with homemade syrup.” Jack Caudill, a friend of Dees, said.
This year, the Second Sunday events have been taken over by the Bragg Jam group.
The group was formed to memorialize two brothers -- Brax and Tate Bragg, Macon musicians who died in a car accident.
“Bragg Jam is an all volunteer organization,” said J.R. Olive, who chairs the Second Sunday committee. He added that they have a “pretty good group of people” to work with.
Olive said that in addition to organizing Second Sundays, the group puts on a full-scale music festival on the last Saturday in July.
For the upcoming festival, “We’re expecting 9,000 people,” he said.
To contact writer David Schick, call 744-4382.
This story was originally published May 10, 2015 at 10:17 PM with the headline "Second Sunday celebrates Macon’s mothers ."