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Calling all Chili Eaters, Chili Festival to Hit Havelock /Cherry Point NC this Weekend!

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty

Here is a great article in the Havelock News about this wonderful event to take place this weekend October 20th in Havelock NC by the MCAS Cherry Point.

By Corey Friedman
Havelock News
Chili's still the main course, but this year, Havelock's premier fall festival is adding an appetizer. A chicken wing cook-off Oct. 19 will join the chili and salsa competitions Oct. 20 at the annual Havelock Chili Festival and Big Boy Toy Show, with a $500 grand prize and the title of "Best Chicken Wings in the East" up for grabs. Previously held only on Saturdays, the chili festival has been expanded for 2007, with vendors, live music and the chicken wing competition scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. the Friday before the event's International Chili Society-sanctioned cook-off. "We're really excited about it," said Joy Mason, executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the festival. "To our committee, it's exciting to expand the festival to a two-day event and to offer this chicken wing competition on Friday night." Judging for the chicken wing contest is a democratic affair, Mason said. Festival-goers can buy a $5 ticket to sample wings from five cooks and vote for their favorite. The winner will receive a trophy and $500, with the second- and third-place cooks receiving trophies only. Mason said there is no entry fee for the competition, but cooks must provide at least 250 wings, which will be cooked on site. The first-ever Friday night portion of the chili festival will also feature vendor booths and a performance by the group Ghost Riders, a country and rock act. Held at Walter B. Jones Park in Havelock, the festival will continue Saturday with the chili and salsa competitions, live entertainment, children's activities and the Big Boy Toy Show, an outdoor marketplace of horsepower and high-octane featuring cars, motorcycles, boats, all-terrain vehicles, grills and heavy equipment. Applications for all food competitions and merchandise, food and nonprofit vendors are due on Oct. 1 for participation in the chili festival Oct. 19 and 20. Participation guidelines and applications are available at the chamber of commerce office in the Havelock Tourist and Event Center.

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