COUNTY LIFE
Nocona gets ready for Mardi Gras festival
Downtown Nocona comes alive this month with the 10th annual Mardi Gras Nocona Style celebration.
This family-friendly three-day event is full of food, fun, music and parades. Each day brings a unique Nocona-style adventure.
Festivities get underway this weekend with the Mardi Gras Ball at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 8 in the Veranda Inn Events Center. A king and queen of Mardi Gras will be crowned. Floats and krewes also will be recognized.
Tickets are $50 for a cajun dinner and live music. Call the Nocona Chamber of Commerce at 825-3526 for tickets. Seating is limited and it is BYOB.
Two weeks later activities start the evening of Feb. 20 with the popular Krewe de Barkus Dog parade at 5:30 p.m. in the downtown park. Sponsored by Lucky Paws Animal Shelter there is a $5 fee.
Owners are asked to pre-register your dog at the chamber office, 1522 E. U.S. Highway 82. There is a $5 fee to enter. Registration is needed to be eligible for prizes for best dressed.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
The Back to School Fair for Bowie Independent School District students will be 9 a.m. on July 20 in the high school cafeteria and gym.
The fair will feature free school supplies, haircuts and eye screening and vendors.
The 22nd annual July Jam returns on July 27 to the Bowie Community Center West Hall, 413 Pelham Street in Bowie.
There will be a “chickin’ pickin’ fiddling fun time” as guests will be entertained by amazing fiddling tunes and enjoying a chicken meal with delicious homemade jams because it wouldn’t be July Jam without it.
Tickets are just $15 with the event starting at 6 p.m. The funds raised help provide awards for the Championship Fiddler Competition during Chicken and Bread Days Heritage Festival on Oct. 5.
This attracts talented musicians from all over to visit downtown Bowie to test their fiddling skills on stage in the Bowie Fire Hall on Oct. 5.
Along with the live fiddling entertainment, come hungry and be ready to outbid your neighbors at the silent auction or just stop by for a great meal, fellowship and soak in the air conditioning.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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