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Panacea Blue Crab Festival |
2009 Blue Crab Festival
Be sure to mark your calendars now and see you on
"Saturday, May 2nd 2009 for the 35th Annual Blue Crab Festival."
2009 Panacea Blue Crab Festival
Join us in Panacea on May 2nd, for the 35th Annual Blue Crab Festival.
Held annually at Woolley Park on scenic Dickerson Bay, the quaint
festival originated in 1975 to promote the crab industry in Wakulla
County.
35 years later, the festival has grown in size and tradition. The
festival is kicked off each year by a parade down U.S. 98. After the
parade, the gates open to Woolley Park... where the old, young and
young-at-heart can enjoy a day's full of waterfront fun.
Park Admission is $3.00 Per Person (Children under 12 get in free)
Come ride in the Coastal Optimists Club Parade! Click here for the form
Throughout the event you will be entertained by live music, dance
performances by cloggers, and historic demonstrations. A long-time
tradition of the festival is the Crab Pickin' Contest. Watch entrants
pick their way through a basket of Blue Crabs to "weigh-in" the
delicious meat for a prize. Of course, it is always exciting to watch
the Mullet Toss, where contestants throw a real mullet in a
distance-toss competition.
Make sure you bring your appetite to the festival, as vendors will be
cookin' up boiled crabs, fried shrimp, hushpuppies & other various items
throughout the day. Take a stroll through the park to visit the many
arts & crafts on display, where you can buy souvenirs and gifts. And
while you are there, don't forget to buy your 2008 Blue Crab Festival
T-Shirt or Cookbook!
As the sun sets over the bay, settle onto the lawn, enjoy the live
music, drink a little lemonade, and end your evening with a BANG...
with a spectacular fire works show... a tradition that ends the Blue
Crab Festival every year. Hope to see you there!
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