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The ADVANCE, October 6, 2021/Page 2A
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Georgia State Champion-
ship-sanctioned contest.
Cooking teams will com
pete in the four KCBS meat
categories: chicken, pork,
pork ribs and beef brisket.
Cash awards will be pre
sented for teams earning
first through tenth places,
and the Grand Champion
will carry home a $2,500
award.
So far, 25 teams have
signed up to compete in
this year’s cookoff, includ
ing returning competitors
from 2020 Choo Choo
BBQi Maya Jane BBQ_Co.,
Quenut BBC^ and Cool
Hand Que, plus a lot of
new faces who will vie for
top honors.
Friday Events
The Disc Golf compe
tition will begin at the Par-
tin Park’s new 18-hole disc
golf course at 9 a.m. on
Friday. The event will host
groups of four to five who
play through each hole of
the course. After course
completion, points will
be tallied and cash awards
will go to the winners. The
event is for new and expe
rienced players and par
ticipants are encouraged
to bring their own discs.
There will be a limited sup
ply of discs at the site. Go
to the festival web site and
Facebookpage for registra
tion information.
Also on Friday at Par-
tin Park is a Steak Coo
koff Association (SC A)
sanctioned contest where
grillers will be competing
for a first place payout of
$1,000. The contest will
also feature an “Anything
With Pecans,” compo
nent where good cooks
can compete with dishes
featuring pecans for cash
awards. For more infor
mation and to register, go
to the festival web site or
Facebook page. The com
petition is limited to 25
teams.
After strolling through
downtown Lyons Friday
where the vendors will be
selling everything from tee
shirts to snow cones, and
where kids’ rides and the
car cruise-in be staged, fes
tival goers will be treated
to the music of the DIL-
LIGAF Country Band and
the Ripleys, both known
for their Southern Rock
repetoire. The music and
street dance start at 4 p.m.
The Backyard Barbe
cue Contest for amateur
competitors will be held
downtown Friday. This
contest (not a GBC event)
is open to individuals,
teams, families or corpo
rate groups and is strictly
for fun and BBQ_Braggin’
Rights. Teams will com
pete with chicken and pork
dishes for a part of the to
tal $1,350 in prize money.
Returning for a rematch
are the teams of Bad Hab
its BBQ^ and Backwoods
BBC^ who will be facing
off with several new con
tenders in 2021.
The festival is also
hosting a BBQ^Sauce Con
test that solicits sauce en
tries from individuals and
teams. Sauce samples are
limited to three per entry
and are due Friday at 7
p.m. at the Main Street Of
fice downtown. To enter,
see the festival web site or
Facebookpage.
Friday evening closes
with a spectacular fire
works display downtown
at 8:45 p.m.
Saturday Events
When festival-goers
enter Partin Park Saturday
morning, the aroma of
barbecue will fill the air as
the professional barbecue
teams tend their smok
ers. Public tasting is not
allowed, but dozens of
vendors, including several
cooking teams, will be sell
ing BBQ^and other foods
and beverages throughout
the day. Prizes in the vari
ous cookoff contests will
be awarded at the park
stage at 4 p.m.
Also on Saturday at
Partin Park, the Music
Showdown (see related
article in this edition) and
the Arts and Crafts Show
get underway at 9 a.m.
Other attractions at
the park that open Satur
day morning include the
Quilt Show at the Dream
House. Visitors can en
joy learning about quilt
ing from the local quilting
groups, Crafty Quilt ers
and Needy Friends, and a
quilt raffle will be held.
Children will be enter
tained at Carter’s Rock-N-
Rides from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m. Tickets are $ 1 and ac
tivities cost $l-$3. At Kids
Creative Play, children
will enjoy building proj
ects from kits provided by
Lowe’s and other hands-on
activities.
The Real Squeal Open
Car Show will be held
from 9 until 11 a.m. with
registration from 11 a.m.
until 2 p.m. and judging
and awards at 2 p.m. The
Cruise Out is at 3 p.m.
(For more information,
see the Car Show article in
this edition.)
At the Native Ameri
can and Artifact Show
at the Callaway Center,
visitors can learn from the
experts, including mem
bers of the Peach State Ar
chaeology Society, and are
encouraged to bring their
own arrowheads, pottery
sherds and tools for assis
tance with identification.
A flint knapping demon
stration will be ongoing
throughout the day out
side of the Callaway Cen
ter and festival goers can
purchase modern repro
ductions of arrowheads,
spear points and knives at
this site.
The park gates close at
5 p.m. No dogs, alcohol,
motorized vehicles or golf
carts will be allowed at the
two-day event.
Real Squeal
Beauty Pageant
The Real Squeal Pag
eant was held at Toombs
County High School on
October 2. Girls from 0 to
21 competed for the op
portunity to be crowned
and represent their title at
the Real Squeal BBQ_and
Music Festival this week
end. Scholarships were
also presented in the Miss
and Teen categories. Other
categories included Junior
Miss, Young Miss, Little
Miss, Tiny Miss, Teeny
Miss and Baby Miss. Look
for photos of the winners
throughout the A section
in this edition.
TEENY MISS REAL SQUEAL — From left, Renleigh Hendrix, Prettiest Dress and Most Beau
tiful; Karter Jane Smith, 1st Runner-Up; Vana Grace Griswold, Teeny Miss Real Squeal
and Prettiest Smile; and Ryleigh Grace Hitchcock, 2nd Runner-Up and Photogenic
Winner.
BABY MISS REAL SQUEAL — From left, Remi Grace Butler, 1 st Runner-Up; Mary Catherine
Jordan, Baby Miss Real Squeal, Prettiest Dress, Prettiest Smile and Most Beautiful; and
Carlie Ann Long, 2nd Runner-Up,
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