Hedley will host its 82nd annual Cotton Festival this weekend with activities starting Friday night.
A chili supper will be held at the Lioness Club starting at 5 p.m. and barbecue sandwiches at the Lions Den with chips and drinks. Johnny Woodard will provide music, and everyone is invited to come, stay, and visit.
The Hedley One Act Play student will also have their annual Bingo games starting Friday from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Hedley Senior Citizens Building.
The Hedley Volunteer Fire Department will get the day started Saturday with a breakfast fundraiser from 7:00 to 9:30 a.m. or until the food runs out. The breakfast will be at the Hedley Senior Citizens building and will cost $9 per person.
The firefighters will also be holding a 50/50 raffle that day. Tickets are available from any firefighter or at Country Bloomers in Clarendon.
The Hedley Senior Citizens will be having a raffle for a Henry Golden Boy .22 rifle and a Henry Lever Action .410. Tickets will be for sale in front of the senior citizens building. The One Act Play Bingo and silent auction will continue from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Cotton Festival Kiddie Parade will be held at 11 a.m., and the Festival Parade will be at 1 p.m. For parade entries, contact Mark C. White at 806-277-0412.
The third annual Wicked Fast Poker Run will take off from the Big Red Barn at 2:30 p.m. Barbecue will be available there at noon with check-in beginning at 1:00 p.m. The cost is $25 per person and proceeds benefit the Rowe Cemetery Association. Call Stephanie Wilkinson at 806-930-1252 for more information on the poker run.
The senior citizens will serve hamburgers and chips at noon for lunch, and barbecue sandwiches will also be available again in the Lions Den. All drawings for the festival will be held at 6 p.m. at the Lions Den.
The festival will close out with a community dance Saturday night behind City Hall with a DJ providing music.
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