As published in the Courier-Tribune on May 15, 2014
By Hugh Martin
biscoewriter@yahoo.com
CANDOR — Planning for the 2014 N.C. Peach Festival on July 19 is in full swing in Candor and the town needs sponsors.
At the planning committee meeting on May 8, Planning Director Tammy Kellis, who is also town clerk, updated the committee on the plans for this year and sent out a call for sponsors.
“Last year it cost $24,000 to hold the festival,” Kellis said. With just two months to go only $7,800 has so far been pledged by sponsors.
Sponsorships begin at $100.
Sponsors will be included on the N.C. Peach Festival web page, on festival T-shirts as well as on a banner that is displayed at the information booth.
Festivities will begin Friday evening, July 18, with the Peachy Feet 5K race and continuing the next day with the annual parade, followed by the festival, which is centered at Fitzgerald Park and overflows into several blocks surrounding the area.
Since its humble beginnings in 1997, the festival has become well-known across the state and beyond. Each year the town opens its doors to thousands of guests who descend on the little town to enjoy the festival that celebrates the juicy, fuzzy fruit.
The Saturday festival kicks off at 10 a.m. with a parade down Main Street.
There are over 100 vendor spaces with everything imaginable from food and desserts, ice cream (peach, of course), crafts, jewelry and peaches galore.
Helicopter rides, trampolines, camel rides, a petting zoo and a whole lot more have been scheduled. Perennial music favorite, the Sand Band, will perform and for the first time, The McKenzie Brothers Band will appear.
During band breaks, The Quicksilver Cloggers and the Shadows of Darkness Belly Dancers from Fayetteville will perform.
“They are classy dancers,” said committee member Sue Myers.
To make all this happen the festival needs the help of sponsors.
For information on becoming a sponsor, contact Tammy Kellis at (910) 974-4221 or email her at townofcandor@embarqmail.com.
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