Kailynn Karl, left, and Draven Sangster joined others in painting pumpkins at the Clifford Ruritan Club Sorghum Festival.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
Jars of sorghum and locally made honey are pictured at a past Sorghum Festival in Amherst. This year’s event will be held on Saturday.
Lee Luther Jr photo, The News & Advance file
Sheena Ferrell had a table representing Central Virginia Chiropractic services.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
ABOVE: Raw sorghum stalks were on display to show visitors the process. LEFT: Kailynn Karl, left, and Draven Sangster joined others in painting pumpkins at the Clifford Ruritan Club Sorghum Festival.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
In this fall 2021 file photo, Clifford Ruritan Club member Jasper Fletcher, left, chats with Vance Wilkins Jr. at Sorghum Festival in Clifford.Â
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
Susan Holton, known in the festival circuit as the “Pillow Lady," offered multiple blankets and pillows with different themes.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
A poster with photos shows the cooking process in making sorghum.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
Claudia Van Koba, right, sketches Chris Falwell during the Clifford Ruritan Club’s Sorghum Festival on Oct. 2.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
Music plays during the Clifford Ruritan Sorghum Festival, an Amherst County fall tradition that returned Oct. 2. The event was not held in 2020 because of the pandemic.Â
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
This dog found a shady spot to to watch a local dance group perform.Â
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
Members of the Amherst Dance Academy perform on stage at the Clifford Ruritan Sorghum Festival on Oct. 2.
Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
A dancer from the Amherst Dance Academy performs.
Photo by Lee Luther Jr, for the New Era-Progress
The Amherst Dance Academy performed several different styles of dance during the Clifford Sorghum Festival in the fall of 2021. A photo collection of the event by photographer Lee Luther Jr. recently won a Virginia Press Association award for the New Era-Progress.
