Wednesday, October 31, 2001
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Wednesday, October 31, 2001 |
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Annual car show adds children's festival By
MICHAEL BOYLAN
The Palmetto campus of the Georgia Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries Inc. will host a children's festival and car show Saturday, Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is the first time that there will be a children's festival along with the car show. The proceeds will benefit the Children's Home. The children's festival will include arts and crafts booths, clowns, face painting, the moon walk, as well as myriad food booths and entertainment from local singers and dancers. The Barfields will perform at noon and the Palmetto Senior Citizen Center Dancers will perform at 1:30 p.m. There will also be booths featuring Mary Kay products, jewelry and hand-painted crafts. Groups can sponsor booths for $25 each. 104.7 FM The Fish also will be on hand broadcasting live from the event and giving away concert tickets. The car show will have several categories, including classic, antiques and street rods and awards will be presented to Best in Show and the top 10 in each category. Awards will also be presented to Trucks, best in show and top 10, and others, top five and best of others wheels. Judging will be done at 1 p.m. based on people's choice awards. Cars and trucks can be entered into the show for $20 pre-registration if paid by Oct. 31 and $25 day of event. To get to the Georgia Baptist Children's Home in Palmetto, take I-85 south to exit 56 - Palmetto/Collingsworth Road. Take a right at the end of the ramp, and take a right onto Fayettville/Collingsworth Road. Pass under the railroad underpass and straight through a stoplight onto Toombs Road. At the third stop sign, take a right and the campus is directly ahead. Phone 770-463-3800.
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