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BOWLEGS POSTPONED: The 65th Annual Billy Bowlegs Festival and Torchlight Parade has been postponed due to COVID-19. Rachelle Graves from Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce joins us this […]

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BOWLEGS POSTPONED: The 65th Annual Billy Bowlegs Festival and Torchlight Parade has been postponed due to COVID-19. Rachelle Graves from Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce joins us this morning to give us the details on the new date and news on the DOWNTOWN INVASION!

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