Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 11 - 3pm
...smoking hot sauces, beer, wine and music
Event sponsored by Stovall's Gifts, US 98.3, Union Bank and Trust, Downtown Oxford Economic Development Corp, Coble Printing and Geek4Rent
Granville County is home to the largest pepper producer / distributor on the eastern seaboard - Bailey Farms. We are also home to "Spice it Up" Hot Sauce (2005 New Product of the year). As our community was searching for a "Smoking Hot Event" to bring people downtown... the First Ever NC Hot Sauce Contest was born!!
Producers from all across the state come together for a fun-filled day, showcasing NC Hot Sauces, NC Microbreweries, NC Wines, NC Barbeque Sauces, NC Fiery Foods, Antiques, Granville Gardeners Plant Sale, Granville County Museum Treasure Sale and much, much more!
Participants included the Hot Sauce Producers
Chili Pepper Republic
Flounder Juice
Taste Chasers
Enjoy all the beer samples provided by:
Foothills Brewing Company, Winston Salem
and the NC wine producers,
We sampled these Smoking Hot Fiery Foods from North Carolina!
Grendaddy Daves Barbeque Sauce
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Entertainment provided by
Transportation provided for a minimal fee by: McCoy Transportation @ 919-691-2317
Join us on Main Street to sample sauces, beers, wines, and special foods! Enjoy great music from 98.3's Mike Elliott's Home Grown Hour! Also on Main street, enjoy an Antique Mall Street Festival! Capture all the history of Oxford by visiting the Granville County Museum and their September Sensations Bazaar as well as at the Harris Exhibit Hall Saturday, Sept. 13th, 9-2, Parking Lot Vendors selling arts, crafts, and handicrafts. additionally, there is an Antiques appraisal held inside the Harris Hall - 1 item $5.00 or 3 for $10.00 New Exhibit! Also visit the Granville County Library's Book Sale, the Granville Gardeners Plant Sale...and see our beautiful town with a complementary carriage ride!
September Sensations Bazaar at
the Harris Exhibit Hall Saturday, Sept. 13th, 9-2 Parking Lot
Vendors selling arts & crafts, handicrafts, etc.
Antiques appraisal held inside the Harris Hall - 1 item $5.00 or 3
for $10.00 New Exhibit
Plus, please visit our retail shops and
restaurants, register for the Richard Petty Driving experience ... all in walking distance:
*Nan's Young Fashions *The
Bookstore *Granville Video *Radio Shack *Merle Norman *Hall's Floor Fashion *Ashley Jordan Florist *Ace Hardware
*Off The Wall Cafe * Jones Drugstore *Bowlings *Wilson's Carpets
*Currin -Tingen Jewelry *Schewels Furniture *Blinds For Less
*Carolina Images *Flower Gallery *Granville County
Museum *Nell's Flowers and Gifts *Unique Fashions *A to Z Pet Shop *
Granville Furniture *Rumors Restaurant *Sunrise
Biscuits *Zhakmine's Fashion *Milano's Restaurant *Celebrations
*Decorator Fabric Outlet *Remember When Antique Shop *Vintage Charm
*Miss Kathy's
**We send our Thanks to the Judges for this event**
Dr. John E. Rushing, Department of
Food Science, NCSU
Chef Ross Ragonese, Vance Granville Community College
Mike Elliott, Lakes Media WLUS FM 98.3
Al Carson, Editor, Oxford Public Ledger
Debbie Moose - freelance food
writer and author
We will award three $500.00 cash prizes. One Critics choice based on our judges decision, one "People's Choice" that will go to the producer that sales the MOST sauce and one "Meet the Heat" NC Hottest Sauce!. So communities, come and support your favorite producer!!! Special Thanks to Union Bank and Trust for sponsoring these great prizes!!!!
From 9:00 to 4:00 Antiques from the Eastern Seaboard including fine furniture, sterling, cut glass and depression glass, porcelains, antique and estate jewelry, antique books and small collectibles will be for sale at the 3rd Annual Heritage Festival.
The Granville Gardeners Club's plant sale at the Gazebo in the Men's Garden Club Park at the corner of Spring and Wall Streets will feature mums, other perennials, shrubs, trees, tender perennials, ornamental grasses, vines, ground covers, bulbs, and some tropicals. A Tom Jordan rustic bird house will be raffled, and there will be a silent auction of special items. Join us for lemonade and plant talk in the Gazebo.
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This event would not be possible without our sponsors:
and
For Your Occasion Party Rentals
Stovall's Gifts
100 Main Street Oxford, NC 27565
866-693-1217
If you are awake early on the morning of the Hot Sauce Contest, Run with the Lions!
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