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Public Invited to Founders’ Dinner June 11
Celebrate Houston County’s 175th birthday by attending the Founders’ Dinner/Re-enactment of Signing the Petition to create Houston County at 6 p.m. Monday, June 11 at the Crockett Civic Center. You don’t have to be a descendant of the founders – the public is urged to attend! Tickets are just $15 and include dinner and the awesome 30-minute historic dramatization Bryan Lake of PWFAA is directing (local actors!). You really don’t want to miss this. Buy tickets at the Crockett Area Chamber of Commerce office or at the Houston County Courier.
- This year marks the 76th Annual Fiddlers’ Festival in Crockett. Fiddlers will soon be making their way to the oldest county in Texas, celebrating its 175th birthday June 12, 2012, to compete in the World Championship Fiddlers’ Festival, which will take place Saturday, June 9, beginning at 9 a.m. Every year the World Championship Fiddlers’ Festival as well as the Annual Regional Steak Cook-off brings hundreds of visitors to Crockett.
This year the fiddler’s registration fee has been waived, the antique tractor and classic car show registration fee is $10, and vendor booth fee is $25.
Registration will begin from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Opening ceremonies begin at 9 a.m. along with the opening of the arts and crafts vendors. Other festivities include an antique tractor and classic car show, parade, art and crafts booths, 7th annual steak cook-off and topping off the night a ribeye steak dinner with entertainment provided by Dennis Ivey’s Texas Opry. Houston County’s 175th birthday will be recognized throughout the day.
Event Schedule
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Registration
9:00 a.m. – Opening Ceremonies and Opening of Arts & Crafts booths
9:30 a.m. – Senior World Championship contest begins
Junior registration begins
Open World Championship (begins 30 minutes following Junior Championship)
10:30 a.m. – Tractors and cars in place for parade
11:00 a.m. – Tractor and car parade begins
Noon- Steak Cook-off begins
5:30 p.m. – Steaks must be turned in for judging
6 p.m. – Ribeye steak dinner served
7 p.m. – Dennis Ivey’s Texas Opry
Admission to the fiddlers’ competition is $5 for children 6-12 and $10 for ages 13 and older. The steak dinner includes a concert by Dennis Ivey’s Texas Opry for $25. For more information or to reserve steak dinner tickets contact the Crockett Area Chamber of Commerce at 936.544.2359 or visit their website at http://www.crockettarechamber.org.
To the Crockett Community:
American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) had the opportunity to bring our Cost of Freedom Tribute to Crockett, TX from May 30 – June 3 of this year.
Crockett proved to be a community filled with patriots and those that truly understand what it means to honor, respect, and remember our American heroes. We at AVTT want to extend our appreciation to the community for hosting us and for participating in the weekend’s events.
A big thank you to everyone involved with this event! Special thanks to Fred Newtz and the entire Crockett AVTT Event Planning Committee. A huge thank you to the escort participants, the setup crew who did such a terrific job in the rain on Thursday, the teardown crew who toughed it out in the heat of the day on Sunday, the daily locator computer and security volunteers and countless others…thank you! There were so many people that made this event possible!
Thank you for welcoming us into your community and thank you for taking the time to honor our active duty, veteran, and fallen heroes.
We very much look forward to coming back to Crockett in the future.
Respectfully,
Leah DeLuzio
American Veterans Traveling Tribute
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