North Carolina Watermelon Festival
The North Carolina Watermelon Festival is an annual celebration of the watermelon started in 1957 in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] In 1985 it was relocated to Murfreesboro, North Carolina. The festival features a seed-spitting contest, the crowning of a "Miss Watermelon" and an award for the best/biggest melons.
There'll be no celebration planned in 2020.
Winners
Watermelon grower
Miss Watermelon / Watermelon Queen
Activities
The four-day event now includes:
- a parade
- musical performances
- food festival
- carnival rides
- craft sales
- 5 km run
- watermelon-seed spitting contest
- crowning of the Watermelon Princesses
- a visit from the North Carolina Watermelon Queen
References
- "118 Pound Melon". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. 25 July 1970. p. 6D. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- Ives, Millard K. (1 August 2004). "Minding Melons". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina. p. 1B. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Cool and Refreshing". Kentucky New Era. Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Associated Press. 13 July 1966. p. Front Page. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- Bryant, Cal (29 July 2013). "Watermelon Festival begins Wednesday". Suffolk News-Herald. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "NC Watermelon Festival opens Wednesday". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald. 29 July 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Watermelon Day at the State Farmers Market Thursday, Aug. 6". In the Field. North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "Watermelon Queen 2014 Breanna Williams". North Carolina Watermelon Festival. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- "No Melon, No Spit-Off". The Dispatch. Lexington, North Carolina. United Press International. 14 September 1963. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
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