Hedley’s 63rd annual Cotton Festival will be held this weekend, beginning Friday, October 10, with a Chili & Stew Supper at 5:30 p.m. for $6 per bowl at the Lioness Club.
Bring your own chairs and blanket for good old fashioned country music played on the street by Pat Chesser and others. Bingo will be running at the Senior Citizens from 6 to 10 p.m., and a bouncy house and games will also be running from 6 to 9 p.m.
Anthony Knowles will be the Master of Ceremonies Saturday, October 11, as several local musicians perform, including Danny Mullins, Johnny Woodard, and Pat Chesser.
The high school One Act Play will host BINGO in the Senior Citizens building from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and the Hedley Senior Citizens will serve hamburgers and corn dogs along with dill pickles and candied apples from 10:00 to 5:00.
The bouncy house and games for the kids, popcorn, and cotton candy will run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the Lioness Club’s free Quilt Show. Everyone bring your quilts to show off.
The Lions Club will serve catered barbecue at 11:30 a.m. with three types of meet; sliced, chopped and sausage for $12 a plate.
The Little Princesses will be crowned at 1:00 p.m., followed by the Kiddie Parade at 1:15 and the full Parade at 2:00. If you want in the parade, be at the school at 1:00 with a card telling who you are and what you represent. Grand Parade Marshall is Patsy Spier, Director of the Hedley Senior Citizens.
Hedley ex-students will reunite at 3:00 p.m. at the school. The public is invited to the gym at 3:30 for a “geriatric free throw contest” and a half court “geriatric basketball game.” EMTs will be on the ready. There will be a $12 catered dinner for the Ex-Students at 7:00. Reservations are required.
All drawings will be at the Lions Club at 6 p.m., including the Lioness Club Queen size Quilt with 2 pillow shams; the American Legion (two prizes on one ticket) handmade metal yard swing and a tailgate BBQ grill; the Fire Department’s large and heavy Cajun cooking pot; and the Hedley Senior Citizens’ 12ga. Benelli Vinci shotgun with case and a hundred dollar bill for ammo.
Also, at 6:00 there will be a Baked Goods Auction to benefit the school Tennis Courts.
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