Hooray for summer! We are closing in on the end of the school year, which means it is time for lots of quirky summer festivals. I will never forget the first festival I attended - The Strawberry Festival in Dayton, TN. Years ago, I experienced great food, live music, a scary parade where people walked around holding posters with images of people burning in hell...lots of good ol' redneck fun. We picked up a magazine that was specifically dedicated to southern mountain festivals in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. A few must see events that I have to attend:
-the Machine Gun Shootout in Knob Creek, Kentucky draws 35,000 people over three days. You can rent machine guns or bring your own, you can use flame throwers and M-50s - and just blow stuff away. This event sounds a little like the church Men's Retreat last fall.
-The Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Georgia includes hubcap hurling, bobbing for pig's feet, "Dixie" playing with various body parts, and belly flops into a giant mud hole. I think I'll take the kids to this one.
-Gauleyfest in Summersville W. Va includes a Rock Scissors Paper tournament with over 1,000 people, late night boxing tournaments, portable stripper poles, and thousands of oars for massive river rafts.
I have left out all the food festivals (strawberry, peach, buckwheat) and the bluegrass festivals (more than I can count) and a dirty dancing festival, but all of it fills me with anticipation. Music, food, rednecks in wifebeaters...hooray for summer!
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