SANDY HOOK —
Seed spitting, sack races, “hooee sticks” and loads of live music will be among the highlights of the 2012 Elliott County Heritage Festival getting under way today and continuing through Sunday in Sandy Hook.
With the theme of “Our Heritage Runs Deep,” this year’s festival begins today at 5 with a 4-H livestock show and auction at Lakeside School, and resumes after the Friday morning school bus runs with Main Street closed off and vendors with food and merchandise.
Music on Main Street begins at 6 and 9 p.m. Friday with Second Set featuring Johnnie Lewis; David Carroll & New River Line starting at 6:45 and 10:30 p.m.; Billie Renee & Cumberland Gap at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., and The Clay Hess Band at 8:15 and 11:15 p.m.
The festivities continue Saturday with the Heritage Festival 5K Run & Walk with pre-registration at the sheriff’s department in the courthouse, or on-site registration on race day from 7:30 to 7:55 a.m.. The race will start at 8 a.m. with the route along Laurel Curves closed to traffic. Along with street vendors, there will be Arts In The Park, featuring crafters, folk artists, and fine artists at city park.
Parade line up begins at 11 a.m. in the high school parking lot. The Heritage Parade, from the high school to First National Bank, begins at 1 p.m. Youth activites include inflatables on the Sandy Hook Elementary playground; and making “hooee sticks and button whizzers” with Sharon Boggs, all day at the city park. The Elliott County Schools Spelling Bee & Talent Showcase will begin at 10 a.m. and Main Street Sack Races start at 2:30 p.m. The festival’s watermelon-seed-spitting contest will call upon the spitting skills of participants ages 5 to 19 in city park at 3:30 p.m.
Following Saturday’s parade, festival participants are invited to gather on Main Street for Karaoke with State Sen. Walter “Doc” Blevins. Music on Main for Saturday begins at 6 and 8:15 p.m. with Hammertowne; 6:45 and 9 p.m. with Ray Craft; 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. with Bo Isaac & The Rounders, and 10:30 and midnight with Still House and guest Josh Hale.
Sunday’s Eliott County Heritage Festival features a Gospel sing sponsored by the Sandy Hook Fire Department starting at 5 p.m. at Adkins-Caudill Performing Arts Center. The singing is free to the public, although donations are appreciated.
TIM PRESTON can be reached at tpreston@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2651.
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