North Carolina Turkey
Festival
101 North Main Street
Raeford, North Carolina 28376
2009 NORTH CAROLINA TURKEY FESTIVAL
Raeford, NC – Raeford-Hoke County invites you to celebrate a week of fun and festivities at the 25h Annual North Carolina Turkey Festival, September 11-19th. Since this festival began, it has grown from a local celebration with 10,000 visitors to a widely recognized and much anticipated festival attracting more than 50,000 people from across the state and beyond.
Honoring an industry that ranks North Carolina as the nation’s leader, the Turkey Festival features everything festival goers care to gobble up; free non-stop music and entertainment, one of the most outstanding displays of North Carolina arts and crafts, car show, dog show and military displays. In addition to these events the second annual Senior Day with bingo, lunch and musical entertainment for senior citizens, a Children’s Day with storytelling, entertainment and activities for school age children and of course there is food of any kind including Turkey Bar-b-que, Turkey wings, and much, much more.
This year the Festival is celebrating “Stayin’ Alive for 25” and there are many opportunities to do just that starting on September 11th with the Turkey Bowl at Hoke County High School, continuing on September 12th with the first annual Step Team Competition and 2nd Annual Turkey Throw Down. All through the week activities are planned but the Festival really gets started on Thursday, September 17th with Opening Ceremonies at 5:15 pm and the Parade at 5:30 pm. On Friday, September 18th the popular Stuffin’ and Stompin’ Dinner will be held and then the big day of Saturday, September 19th starts at 9:00 am in McLauchlin Park with arts & craft, commercial, informational and food vendors all ready to go. There is musical entertainment and a Kidz Zone, not to mention Fire Trucks, Ambulances, Military Displays until 4:00 pm. Beginning at 8:00 pm the Celebrating “Stayin’ Alive for 25” Concert kicks off with Elmwood getting the crowd started with a great musical performance and then Rough Draft will take the stage for dancing the night away.
Don’t miss this week-long celebration of arts, crafts, family fun and of course the TURKEY. The 25th Turkey Festival promises to be the best yet, so make plans to be in Raeford Celebrate “Stayin’ Alive for 25”. For information, call or write to the NC Turkey Festival at 101 North Main Street, Raeford, NC 28376, 910-904-2424. You can also visit www.NCTurkeyFestival.org or contact us via e-mail at nctf@embarqmail.com.
