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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

2008 Hope Watermelon Festival

 

Thursday, August 7th

12:00 pm

Arts & Crafts Open

5 - 7 pm

Kiwanis BBQ Chicken Supper/Community Center

Adults $6 - Children $3

Tyson Foods

6:00 pm

Dog Show/BancorpSouth Stage

Strodard Veterinary Clinic & Klipsch

 

Hand Dipped Ice Cream/Coliseum

Beta Sigma Phi

Friday, August 8th

9:00 am

Arts & Crafts Open

4:30 - 7:00 pm

Lion's Club Fish Fry/Community Center

$9 adults - $4 Children - Free Under 4

6 - 8 pm

Hometown Day - Watermelon Olympics

Sponsored by Fikes Truck Line

Behind BancorpSouth Stage

Watermelon Olympics Entry Form

7:00 pm

Invitational Softball Tournament/Kelly Field

Hope Parks & Recreation Legion Field

 

Hand Dipped Ice Cream/Coliseum

Beta Sigma Phi

Saturday, August 9th

6:00 am

10th Annual Big Bass Classic/Millwood Lake
Tri-County Bass Club State Park Landing
KHPA, Official Radio Station
Fikes Truck Line,  Rothwell Marine & Alcoa Mill Products

8am - 3 pm

Watermelon Festival Car Show near swimming pool
 $15 entry fee...contact: Dale & Peggy Comer 870-777-8745

7:30 am

Watermelon 5K Run/Walk Fair Park Gate
RRCA 2007 Grand Prix Series XXVI

Race to start at 6th & Mockingbird

Don Still 870-777-1917/still1@sbcglobal.net

8:00 am

Arts & Crafts Open

9:00 am

BINGO/Coliseum
Hope Business and Professional Women

9:00 am

Inv. Softball Tournament Cont./Kelly Field
Hope Parks & Recreation Legion Field

9:00 am

Baseball Card Show/Community Center
Autra Barnes  870-777-8148

9:00 am

Melon Mile Kid’s Fun Run/Pool Area
Hope Auto Company
Melonvine Striders Club

Don Still 870-777-1917/still1@sbcglobal.net

10:00 am

Horseshoe Tornament/Rodeo Arena
David Parker State Farm Insurance

10:00 am

13th Annual Motorcycle Show

 ABATE

Registration 10am-1pm

Ballots given out at 1:30pm

Voting closes at 3pm

Use Main Gate Entrance

10:00 am Melon Judging & Auction/Super 1 Tent
Auction by Don Worthey

10:00 am

Money In the Haystack Near Super 1 Tent
Bob Wright, State Farm Insurance

11:00 am

Hillbilly Horseshoes

UACCH

BancorpSouth Stage

12:00 pm

Watermelon Eating Contest/FNB Stage

Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Contest
First National Bank

1:00 pm

Seed Spitting Contest/FNB Stage
UACCH

Sunday, August 10th

9:00 am

Arts & Crafts Open

9 am - 5 pm

Baseball Card Show/Community Center

Other Attractions

Southwest Arkansas’ Largest 4 day Arts & Crafts Show  sponsored by Fulton Grass Co.
Hope Watermelon Big Bass Classic  sponsored by Tri-County Bass Club
Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Aquarium
Train Rides  sponsored by UACCH
Kids Area with Inflatables
Rusty Wheels Antique Engine Show
Antique and Classic Car Show 8am-3pm
Motorcycle Show sponsored by ABATE
Melon Slicing sponsored by Hope Auto Company
Tent sponsored by Super 1 Foods
Riceland Rice Tent with free samples

Schedule of Festival Entertainment

2008 Watermelon Festival Arts & Crafts Application

Watermelon Olympics Entry Form

 

 

Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce

200 South Main  •  P.O. 250  •  Hope, Arkansas 71802

(870) 777-3640  •  Fax (870) 722-6154
Email: hopemelonfest@yahoo.com
Mark Keith, Director

The Chamber Office

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