Whistle at the ready, Madison-Mayodan Recreation Department athletic supervisor Thad Shermer ticked off the final seconds to 11 a.m. on his watch.
Less than 10 minutes after the whistle sounded Saturday at Farris Memorial Park, scores of children had already cleared more than 2,000 plastic eggs from the park lawn.
"I'm always amazed at how fast that happens," Shermer said.
Shermer and members of the recreation department's youth council spent much more time placing the eggs around two different areas of the park – one for children four and under and another for school-aged children. Shermer said half of the eggs contained toys and the remainder candy.
"We also hid several larger prize eggs filled with special candies," he said.
As the crowd gathered for the annual event, there seemed to be as many – or possibly more – adults than children.
"Of course most of the younger kids have to have a little help finding and collecting the eggs, but I think most of the adults usually have as much fun as the kids," Shermer said.
Tianna Corum waited at the starting line for the younger children with her father, Tim, and grandmother, Shelby Corum. Dressed for the hunt in bright spring colors, Tianna, 4, held a large Easter basket ready to fill with eggs.
"I jumped at the chance to come with her today for this," Shelby said. "I can still remember taking her father to these Easter egg hunts when he was about her age."
Shelby said the hunts back then usually took place on the afternoon of Easter Sunday.
"We'd have to rush home to change clothes after church and get to the hunt," Shelby said. "This is a lot more relaxing, but just as much fun."
Saturday's free youth council event was made possible by sponsorship from First Bank of Mayodan.
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