KUDZU
FESTIVAL!
September 2005
Blythewood
IGA Parking Lot
FAX US: (928) 244-2784
See you at the 2005
30th Annual
Blythewood Kudzu Festival
Will Be September 22, 23, 24, 25, 2005!
While you are here, please sign our guestbook.
You are visitor #22,587,043 since 02/13/95.
Questions or comments? Let us know!
GONZALEZ'S GARDEN OF KUDZU
Instructs You On How To Grow Kudzu!
By Longtime Blythewood Resident
Victoria Gonzalez
CLICK HERE!
WORLD-FAMOUS KUDZU LEAF EATING CONTEST!
AT THE 2000 Kudzu FESTIVAL
WE HAD A WEDDING!
TONY AND LISA
By Popular Demand We Include This New Section:
How To Control Kudzu
Letters! We Get Letters!
Check out the latest notes from across the USA!
KUDZU T-Shirts, Mugs, & More Stuff FOR SALE!
Get The Facts!
A Brief History of the Blythewood Kudzu Festival
.
Scenes and Photos of The 2004 Festival!!
Includes David "Bee Bee",
2002, 2003, 2004 Kudzu Tractor Pull Winner!!
And While You're Thinking About Kudzu, Visit
http://www.kudzukingdom.com/
The Kudzu Kingdom!
Kudzu Photo by Jack Anthony
** http://www.alltel.net/~janthony/kudzu **
http://www.hower.org/kudzu/kudzu
http://www.kudzukings.com/
| Saturday, September 17 |
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| 8:00 am | Kudzu Garden & Landscape Contest
judging
Bonus! How To Grow Kudzu by Thelma Mable Cooper |
| Thursday, September 15 |
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| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Kudzu Merchant's Day activities (Downtown) |
| 7:30 pm | Miss Kudzu Pageant (Blythewood School Cafeteria) |
| Friday, September 23 |
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| 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Free Kudzu "Hay"ride from Blythewood School to Festival |
| Noon - 9:00 pm | Kudzu Sandwich Tent (Carry-outs) |
| Noon - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Country Store |
| 4:00 - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Merchants' Tent and Massage |
| 4:00 - 9:00 pm | Kudzu Food Line |
| 5:00 - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Carnival Featuring The Kid With The Kudzu Ears |
| 6:30 pm | WNOK All Stars vs. Kudzu Festival
All Stars
Kudzu Slowpitch Softball Game |
| 6:30 - 10:00 pm | The Kudzues (Main Stage at Portajohns) |
| Saturday, September 24 |
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| 7:00 - 10:00 am | Kudzu Pancake/Sausage Breakfast: All-U-Can
Eat
(Kudzu Food Line Area) |
| 7:30 am | 1K & .50 K Kudzu Feet Race |
| 8:00 am - 6:00 pm | 13-on-13 Kudzu Basketball Tournament
(downtown on Jonathan Street) |
| 9:00 am - Noon | Kudzu Horseshoe Tournament |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Merchants' Tent |
| 9:00 am - 9:00 pm | Kudzu Craft Show and Sale |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Country Store |
| 10:00 am - 10:00 pm | Free Kudzu "Hay"ride from Blythewood School to Festival |
| 10:00 am - 6:00 pm | Blythewood Co-op 3-H Kudzu "Petting Zu!" (In IGA parking lot)) |
| 10:00 am - 8:00 pm | Kudzu Fast Pitch Softball Tournament |
| 10:00 am
10:30 am |
Kudzu Feet Race Awards (Farley Cromer's Tent)
Kudzu Leaf Eating Contest (IGA Loading Dock) |
| 11:00 am - 9:00 pm | Kudzu Food Line |
| 11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Fire Safety Kudzu House (North end of IGA) |
| 11:00 am - 9:00 pm | Kudzu Sandwich Tent (Carry-outs) |
| 11:00 am/10:00 pm | Kudzu Carnival Featuring The Kid With The Kudzu Ears |
| 12:00 am - 1:00 pm | 34th National Guard Kudzu Band |
| 1:00 pm | Kudzu Horseshoe Tournament Finals |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Kudzu Band and Juggler The New Generations |
| 2:00 pm | Kudzu Bed Races (Center of IGA on Zooh Street) |
| 3:00 - 6:00 pm | Ronald McDonald sings Kudzu Songs, Including
"I Fought The Lawn (And The Lawn Won)" |
| 6:30 - 10:00 pm | The Kudzues (Main Stage at Portajohns) |
| 7:00 pm | Kudzu Queen & Court (Main Stage at Portajohns) |
| Sunday, September 25 |
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| 9:45 am | Kudzu Worship Service (Farley Cromer's Tent) |
| 10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Kudzu Fast Pitch Softball Tournament |
| 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
(or until kudzu is gone) |
Kudzu Food Line |
| 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
(or until kudzu is gone) |
Kudzu Sandwich Tent (Carry-outs) |
| 11:00 am - 6:00 pm | Kudzu Craft Show |
| 11:00 am - 10:00 pm | Kudzu Carnival |
| Noon - 6:00 pm | Free Kudzu "Hay"ride from Blythewood School to Festival |
| 11:00 am - 6:00 pm | Kudzu Country Store and Kudzu Merchants' Tent Open |
| 12:30 - 3:30 pm | The Kudzues (Main Stage at Portajohns) |
| 2:00 - 5:30 pm | Gus Traber's Kudzu Clown Band |
| 4:00 pm
11:00 pm |
2005 Kudzu Parade |
