COUNTY LIFE
Chicken & Bread Days ready to welcome fall this weekend
Bowie welcomes fall this weekend as the 27th annual Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival fills downtown with fun and games.
Festival host, Bowie Community Development Board, invites everyone to come out and enjoy a “chicken, picking, fiddling, fun time” on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
Sip and Stroll
“Fall in Love with Bowie Sip & Stroll” fills downtown on Friday night with a record-breaking number of participating merchants that tops 27 throughout downtown Bowie.
Strolling will be from 5 to 8 p.m. The participating storefronts are in competition to win the prestigious People’s Choice Awards for their fall decorations.
Prior to the event, armbands for the ‘Sip & Stroll with Me’ may be purchased at the Community Development office located at the Bowie EDC Offices at 101 E. Pecan Street or during the event from any of the participating businesses listed above.
Participation is $10 per person to receive an armband and wine glass. Former strollers are welcome to use a previous glass. Stroll by foot or catch a ride in the horse-drawn carriage. Donations accepted for the rides as they support community projects.
Festival events
Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival kicks off on Saturday morning with a full day of activities.
The championship fiddle contest opens the day with registration from 9 to 10 a.m. at the downtown fire hall. The competition begins at 10 a.m.
Read the full story with the schedule of events for both days in you mid-week Bowie News.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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Serving will be 7:30 to 10 a.m. in the center at 501 Pelham. For $10 feast on biscuits and gravy, bacon, sausage, pancakes, scrambled eggs and hash browns, plus coffee, tea and orange juice.
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