• Catfish Festival

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    Name: Catfish Festival
    Date: April 28, 2012
    Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Event Description:
    Spring is finally here and it is time for the 25th Annual Virginia Catfish Festival sponsored by the Southside Shrine Club. In addition to delicious farm-raised catfish, attendees will enjoy catfish gumbo, baked beans, hush puppies, coleslaw, grits, hot dogs, coffee, lemonade, iced tea, soft drinks and Lite beer. Bring a lawn chair, enjoy music and eat outside!

    In addition to the food and drink, attendees will enjoy great music by local bands Angie Gail & The Double Crossed Band, Country Fried Grass, and Dark Hollow. Get your friends together; bring your lawn chairs and journey to Farmville for a fulfilled evening of bluegrass music and good eating and you will be helping the Shriner kids!!!

    The Shriners Hospitals for Children is a system of 22 hospitals in the United States, Canada, and Mexico who provide medical care to children suffering from orthopedic problems, burn injuries, club foot, spinal bifida, spinal injuries, brittle bone disease, cerebral palsy, and cleft lip and palate. This care is provided without financial obligation to the child or his/her parents. At the present time over 500 children from Central and Southside Virginia are being treated in the Shriners hospitals. This includes about 35 children from Southside Virginia. In addition to the treatment, ACCA Shriners provides free transportation, food and lodging for those patients needing these services. Last year ACCA spent in excess of $60,000 providing this service. At the present time, most ACCA sponsored patients are being treated at hospitals in Greenville, South Carolina and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for orthopedic problems and Cincinnati, Ohio for burn injuries.
    Location:
    Five County Fairgrounds
    Fair Grounds Road, Farmville
    Fees/Admission:
    Admission to the event is still only $20.00 if tickets are bought in advance from a Shriner or $25.00 when purchased at the gate. Children under 10 years of age are admitted free. Net proceeds from this event go to benefit the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

    Call to order tickets:
    Amelia Family Campground  804-561-3011
    C&L Machine & Welding 434-392-8173
    Percy Cochran 434-767-3735
    Robert Willis 804-561-2115

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