COUNTY LIFE
Mardi Gras Nocona style features four parades
Nocona is preparing for huge crowds to attend this weekend’s fifth annual Mardi Gras Nocona Style, Feb. 4-7.
Boots and Beads will be the theme for the festivities that will include parades, cajun food and music and much more.
The Nocona Chamber of Commerce invites you to enjoy family-friendly fun as each day features a unique Nocona-style adventure.
Joni Coursey, executive director of the Nocona Chamber of Commerce, along with other event coordinators, has been busy getting a great schedule of activities put together for each day. Read the full schedule of activities in the Wednesday Bowie News. Pictured, last year’s ATV parade was a big success in its first year. It will take place on Friday night. (Bowie News photo)
Enjoy a fish fry and live music concert on Jan. 4 all to support the 4-H and FFA youth of Montague County as they compete in the annual youth fair.
The annual Bowie fish fry for the Bowie buyers group will begin serving at 5:30 p.m. at the Bowie Community Center. Cost is $10 per plate. There will be a live auction at 7 p.m.
The evening’s concert will feature Dax Davis. Live music begins at 8:30 p.m. with the Davis concert at 9:30 p.m. Cost for the concert is $25 per ticket and $20 for a student, or $300 for a reserved table for eight.
Tickets are available at Fashion Floors, 202 N. Smythe or call 872-2468.
The entry numbers are in for the 2025 Montague County Youth Fair has 1,160 projects will be considered by the judges Jan. 8-11 at various locations in the county.
Youth fair officials said of the 1,160 there are 333 students participating from clubs and schools throughout the county. These contests provide something for everyone from robotics and skills-a-thons to top cake bakers and welders.
The home economics divisions will welcome 596 entries up significantly from the 471 this past year. There will be 132 for creative arts, 64 in fabric construction, 160 in food and 240 in photography. There are junior and senior divisions for each category.
Home economics entries can be checked in from 7-9 a.m. on Jan. 8 at the Nocona Community Center. They will be judged that day with results posted at 6 p.m.
The silent auction for home economics items will open at 6 p.m. in the show barn and end at 9 p.m.
Read the full story on all the entry numbers in your mid-week Bowie News.
Top photo – Bowie High School welders work on their projects. (Courtesy photos)
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