[Stateside Twins' Eyeshot] Cross and Conflicts

Dave Winfield, #31 of the New York Yankees.

Due to a conflict in scheduling which had occurred over the last few years, this was the first year that the festival was held the first weekend in August. (Unfortunately, the committee never expected that the Canton Football Hall of Fame would also move their ceremony date to the first weekend in August). A violent rain and lightning storm rolled over Twinsburg just prior to the parade. Though the rain came and went again and again that day, the twins and their families and friends stayed. They got a little wet, but enjoyed the wide variety of activities that were planned. 1980 saw the forerunner of the Twins Contests as we know them today. Hee Haw's Hager twins were masters of ceremonies of the fifteen contests. Later that evening they performed a concert. This was also the first year that the governor of Ohio issued a proclamation designating the first weekend in August as "Twins Day" throughout the State. In 1980 we hosted 343 sets of twins.