2009 NORTH CAROLINA WATERMELON FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FAIR BLUFF, NORTH CAROLINA
Saturday, July 18, 2009
7 PM - LITTLE PAGEANT for Wee Miss, Wee Master, Tiny Miss, Little Miss & Junior Miss Divisions - LOCATION CHANGED TO - WEST COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - HWY. 76 - CERRO GORDO, NC
Friday, July 24, 2009
6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. - SOUTHERN WATERMELON DELIGHT to be sponsored by Fair Bluff Community Library - will be held at Fair Bluff National Guard Armory - For more information contact Fair Bluff Community Library - (910) 649-7098
Saturday, July 25, 2009- Festival Day!
7 a.m. - 10 a.m. - FOOD COURT- *** Will be Fair Bluff Restaurants only Selling Food*** The following vendors with food will will ONLY be accepted: Popcorn, Cotton Candy, Blooming Onions, Funnel Cakes, Ice Cream. No other food items will be accepted. Fair Bluff Rotary Club will be selling their famous Snow Cones!!!!!!! Come and enjoy a snow cone on a hot summer day! Also watermelon slices water, lemonade, popcorn, – Concessions coordinated by Terrell and Sheila Ellis
Watermelon Contest Entry - Entry Contest Location: Fair Bluff Baptist Church near the Potato House- Luncheon / Auction Location: Fair Bluff Baptist Church Family Life Center: 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. Quantity: 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. Chairpersons for Watermelon Contest: Chandler Worley & Monroe Enzor - Contact Chandler at (910) 649-7407
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. ARTS & CRAFTS BOOTHS - Chairperson: Melissa Hinson at (910) 649-7551 with any questions.
CHILDREN’S AREA – Sponsored by: Fair Bluff Rotary Club - To Be ANNOUNCED
N.C. Watermelon Festival T-Shirts For Sale - Sponsored by: Fair Bluff Chamber of Commerce - *T-SHIRT PRICES are $15.00 Adults and $12.00 for youth! *T-shirts are Sold at local merchant stores for the months of June and July and Watermelon Festival Fair Bluff Chamber of Commerce Committee Members will be on the Riverside Drive selling shirts on Festival Day!!!
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. -- VARIETY SHOW (Children's Contests) - Downtown Stage
12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - ENTERTAINMENT -Chairperson: Neill Smith -Downtown Stage - Riverside Drive - Fair Bluff, NC -
Time To Be Announced in Information Packets - REGISTRATION FOR FESTIVAL INVITED VISITING QUEENS - Sponsored by: Fair Bluff Historical Society - Held at Fair Bluff Depot-Museum - **** BY INVITATION ONLY ****
NORTH CAROLINA WATERMELON FESTIVAL PARADE - 11 a.m. http://www.ncwatermelonfestival.com/parade participant info.doc
Immediately following Parade - N.C. WATERMELON FESTIVAL LUNCHEON & AUCTION- Fair Bluff Senior Center - Main Street * By Invitation Only * Luncheon sponsored by Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation.
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - WATERMELON EATING - SEED SPITTING CONTEST & LEGS CONTEST Riverside Drive - Fair Bluff, N.C.;
6:30 - Preshow
7:00 p.m. - N.C. WATERMELON FESTIVAL SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT Teen Miss & Queen Scholarship Pageant/Mr. Watermelon Competition - LOCATION CHANGED TO WEST COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM - HWY. 76 - CERRO GORDO, NC
