Contests Abound!  Try your luck at any of these "egg-citing" events...

chicken icon Crowing, Strutting & Clucking
1:00 pm Saturday, SANDERS COURT STAGE
Sponsored by Cumberland Valley National Bank.
$100.00 prize. Contact Annie Chesnut (606) 878-7010.
chicken icon Survival Egg Drop Contest
9:30 am Friday in front of CVNB on Main Street
Sponsored by Cumberland Valley National Bank and the Ruritan Club. Area students can test their skills and try to be the successful one at dropping an egg without breaking it!  $600.00 in prizes.  Contact Annie Chesnut (606) 878-7010.
chicken icon Hot Wings Eating Contest
2:00 pm Saturday at the SANDERS COURT STAGE
Sponsored by Golden Corral
Contact Sherry Moore (606) 546-4128.
How many can you eat?
animated egg drop

chicken icon "Chick-O-Lympics"
6:00 pm Friday at Mill Street Park
Sponsored by
Sentinel-Echo and Laurel County Kiwanis. Contact Willie Sawyers (606) 878-7400.  For children ages 4-7. Compete for prizes in four events: Egg Hunt, Spoon Race, Egg Toss, and Chicken Scratch -- In 600 pounds of flour!  Register Early... Chick-O-Lympics is limited to the first 40 contestants. Non-cash prizes. Sentinel-Echo and Laurel County Kiwanis. Contact Willie Sawyers (606) 878-7400.  For children ages 4-7. Compete for prizes in four events: Egg Hunt, Spoon Race, Egg Toss, and Chicken Scratch -- In 600 pounds of flour!  Register Early... Chick-O-Lympics is limited to the first 40 contestants. Non-cash prizes. Sentinel-Echo and Laurel County Kiwanis. Contact Willie Sawyers (606) 878-7400.  For children ages 4-7. Compete for prizes in four events: Egg Hunt, Spoon Race, Egg Toss, and Chicken Scratch -- In 600 pounds of flour!  Register Early... Chick-O-Lympics is limited to the first 40 contestants. Non-cash prizes.
chicken icon Mother-Daughter and Father-Son Look-Alike
1:45 pm
Saturday
STAGE OF STARS ON BROAD STREET

chicken icon Red Neck Games ---- NEW!!!
6:00-8:00 pm
Friday
SANDERS COURT STAGE
Watermelon/Pumpkin seed spitting (for distance and accuracy)
Spam Eating (time trials and consumption)
Toilet Lid Horseshoe
Redneck Joke Competition (Audience participation)
Armpit Serenade (Song recognition)
Bobbing for Pig's Feet (Contestants should be blindfolded)
Burping Contest (Length of burp and song content)
Corn Shucking Contest (Timed event)
Register on site.  No Entry Fee.  Prizes and Bragging Rights.
Contact Krista Bruner or Terry Harris (606) 528-6617
or email traffic@wkdp.com.
chicken icon "RUN FOR THE ROOST"
The Pepsi/Gatorade 5K Run/Walk
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at London Elementary School
Various Sponsors. Non-cash prizes.
FAMILY FUN RUN (1 mile) and 5,000 meters
7:00-8:30 am Race Day Registration: Fee $15.00
8:30 am Family Fun Run ($5.00 Kids under 12)
Pre-registration fee (prior to Sept. 19): $12.00
Payable to Run For The Roost c/o Steve Wright.
Contact Steve Wright at (606) 682-5539
   or Don Johnson at 682-3591.
Awards to overall top 3 males and females, and to the top 3 finishers in each age group.  Age Divisions: Male / Female.  12 and under, 13-15, 16-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65+
CLICK HERE for a printable registration form.

This event sponsored by:

Donald K. Johnson,
  DMD
Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
Monumental Life Ins.
Gatorade
Ormsby Hardware
Ford Brothers, Inc.
Senture
White & Maggard
  Orthodontics
Laurel Medical Center
Cumberland Valley
  National Bank
Fellowship of Christian
  Athletes

chicken icon WCF Pageants
Laurel-London Optimist Complex. Pageants for all ages. Entry fee. CLICK HERE for complete information. Contact Shianne Pageant Productions at (859)
624-3036.

Colonel Sanders Look-A-Like Contest
6:00 pm Saturday, STAGE OF STARS on Broad Street
Sponsored by the London-Laurel County Tourist Commission.
Registration Required. No entry fee. CLICK HERE for online registration; or you can register at the WCF Chicken Coop Information Booth on Thursday and Friday during the festival.  First place $350.00; Second place $100.00; and Third place $50.00.  Contact the London-Laurel County Tourist Commission (606) 878-6900.

2003 Colonel Sanders Look-A-Like Winner:
Colonel Bob Thompson (pictured above center).
Visit his web site at www.geocities.com/colbob2003/index.html.

chicken icon Karaoke Contest

WKFC, the Bandit, 101.9 & Mix 96 Karaoke
8:00 pm Friday at the SANDERS COURT STAGE
Sponsored by WKFC, the Bandit, 101.9 & Mix 96.1.
Contact (606) 546-4128.
Win nice prizes.
Very entertaining and lots of fun.
You can register on-site starting at 6:00 pm.


For contest information, contact:
Annie Chesnut at (606) 878-7010, or the World Chicken Festival Office at (800) 348-0095.

 

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