SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Strawberry Time's Calling Me"   Friday- April 27, 2012 2:00 PM/JUDGING FOR RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL DISPLAY CONTEST Tuesday, May 1, 2012 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm     Chicken Bog Fundraiser for "Our Park"  5.00 per plate 6:30 p.m./ Opening ceremonies for the 79th North Carolina Strawberry Festival at the event field behind Hardees. Free concert featuring "The Anchormen" & Special Guests:"Friends of Jesus Quartet" Thursday, May 3, 2012 12 noon/ "National Day of Prayer", Gazebo located at corner of 1st Avenue and Wilson Street. 7:00 PM-9PM / STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL JAM VARIETY SHOW-WEST COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, CERRO GORDO Friday May 4, 2012 6:00 PM-9:00 PM/ EVENING OF STRAWBERRY ENCOUNTERS - Chadbourn Depot Museum /201 West First Avenue, Chadbourn, NC SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2012 7:30 AM-9:00AM/REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL ARTS, CRAFTS AND FOOD COURT (Event Field Behind Hardees) 8:00 AM-10:00 AM/ STRAWBERRY QUALITY CONTEST ENTRIES (Register at Civic Center) 8:30 AM-10:00 AM/ ENTRIES FOR FOOD PRODUCTS CONTESTS (Chadbourn Community Library, 301 N. Wilson Street Chadbourn) 8:00 AM/BAND CONCERT FESTIVAL  (West Columbus High School Auditorium- Cerro Gordo, NC) 9:30 AM-UNTIL / PROFESSIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS AND FOOD COURT (Event Field Behind Hardees) 9:00 AM -9:00 PM  NC STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL ENTERTAINMENT/VARIETY SHOW - (Event Field next to Food Lion Shopping Center) 5:00 PM/ Strawberry Spitting Contest (Event Field next to Food Lion) 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM/THE NC STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL CAR SHOW-Food Lion Parking Lot (Registration 8 am - 12 noon) - Judging 12:00 - 2:00 pm --Awards at 4:00 pm 10:00 AM-11:00 AM/JUDGING FOR FOOD PRODUCTS CONTEST (Community Library) 11:00 AM/ VIEWING FOR FOOD PRODUCTS CONTEST (ARTS BUILDING) 11:30 AM/ STRAWBERRY LUNCHEON (Chadbourn Baptist Church -Invitation only) 12 NOON-1:30 PM/ AUCTION OF STRAWBERRY QUALITY CONTEST ENTRIES-(Chadbourn Baptist Church, Howard Street) 2:00 PM/THE NORTH CAROLINA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL PARADE 6:30 PM/ North Carolina Strawberry Festival Scholarship Pageant. West Columbus High School Auditorium SUNDAY- May 6, 2012 Go To Church...   CLICK HERE TO PRINT OUT A COPY OF THE SCEDULE OF EVENTS Coming Soon...