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Olden Days Festival
Friday & Saturday, June 29-30, 2012
Begun in the 1980s, Olden Days has been one of the most popular community events to take place annually in Smithfield.
6th Ever, Re-Inaugural Pagan River Raft Race
Saturday June 30 at 3:00 p.m. at Smithfield Station
This year's theme is "Op Sail - Smithfield 2012." The Race course will be from the Smithfield Station Light House north to a buoy which must be circled then south to the finish line at the Cypress Creek Bridge.
There are two categories of rafts permitted: MODIFIED – any existing floating hull modified so that the original hull is not readily apparent or visible, powered by hand/paddle or humanly powered and HUCK FINN – any homemade floating vessel powered by hand/paddle or humanly powered. Join the fun!!!
For further information call (757) 357-2214
Special Thanks to our generous 2012 Olden Days Sponsors:
Please visit them often!
C & R Services
Daily Press
Edward Jones Financial Services - Phil Frix
Isle of Wight County Park & Recreation
Smithfield Station Waterfront Restaurant, Inn & Marina
The Bank of Southside Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8545
S & B Tents
John Heirmel
W. F. Magann Corporation
Non-Profits:
Sponsoring Olden Days Festival allows exposure for many hometown non-profit organizations and for some this is their largest money making event of the year.
Olden Days Participating Non-Profits:
Preservation Virginia
Smithfield Ruitans
VFW
American Legion
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Xi Delta
Smithfield Farmers Market
Luter Family YMCA
Toys for Tots
Timeline
Friday, June 29
- 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Classic Car Show, Main St. to Institute Street
- 7:00 p.m. Pigs, Pork, Paving Parade! Celebrating Historic Smithfield’s Grand Re-Opening! “Everything Old is New Again!”
- 6:30 p.m. Unveiling of the Porcine Statuary
- 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The Rhondels will perform on stage at Smithfield Times Square -
- 8:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Ghost Walk
Saturday, June 30
- 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Smithfield Farmer’s Market – BSV Parking Lot
- 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Kids, Bike and Pet Parade – “Fly Fourth of July” Starting at Underwood and Main
- 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.:
- BearPath Acres Petting Zoo –Main Street
- Food vendors - BSV Parking Lot
- Beer Garden - behind the old Court House
- Crafters and Artists - Main Street
- Picasso Face and Body Painter – Main Street
- Hampton Roads Radio Control Club- Model Airplanes – Joyner Field
- Military Vehicles Preservation Association of Tidewater – North Mason Street
- Bleu Fox Stables Pony Rides – Joyner Field
- Kids Area with Dunking Booth – Joyner Field
- United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) Heritage Fair at Mansion on Main on Main Bed and Breakfast Smithfield-Isle of Wight UDC Chapter #699 will commemorate the 150th Civil War (Sesquicentennial) Anniversary
- 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- Antique Cars will be featured along Main Street in the 300 block of Main Street
- Hampton Roads Chapter of the Studebaker Club – 300 Block Main Street
- Civil War in Smithfield-Isle of Wight talks inside Mansion on Main on the half hour from 11:00 until the last tour at 3:00
- 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. RS Cloggers at the Smithfield Times Square Gazebo Stage.
- 12:00 p.m.- 2:00 p.m. Music at the Gazebo –
- 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Hard Knox Band –Beer Garden at the Old Court House
- 2:00-Line up for Raft Race – Smithfield Station
- 3:00 p.m. - 6th Ever Re-Inaugural, Pagan River Raft Race, Smithfield Station Boardwalk.
Highlights from Olden Days 2011
"Kids, Bike & Pet" Parade
First Place Winners: Dylan, Annabelle and Daxon
Second Place Winners: Angela, Joey,Aubrey, Joshua, Kim, Loren
Third Place Winners: Dempsey Family
Many Thanks to our Parade Volunteers - Venture Crew 36 of Carrollton
and the Wonderful Ladies from the Luter Family YMCA!
Cars, Kids, Good Food, Music, Art & Entertainment!
"Skirmish at Mackie's Mill" Revolutionary War Reeanctment
The 5th Ever Re-Inaugural Pagan River Raft Race
"On your mark...get set...GO!"
A few "casualties"
The crowd enjoys the show!
A close race!
The Rafts...
And the winner is...
"Size Matters!"
New Triple Crown Title for 2011! Anything That Floats But A Boat!
The Harborfest Lazzy Lizzy Anything That Floats But A Boat Race will pair up with the Pagan River Raft Race and The Chuckatuck Creek Raft Race to make the FIRST 2011 Triple Crown Title, beginning at Norfolk Harborfest in Town Point Park, Norfolk Virginia.
Participate in all three for your chance to win over $1,000!
Join the fun along the banks of the Elizabeth River for the Lazy Lizzy Race on Saturday, June 11th, the Pagan River Race on Saturday, June 25th and the Chuckatuck Creek Race on Monday, July 4th for a hysterically outrageous summer kick off! Spare-parts engineering at its finest!
From battleship-size rafts to puddle jumpin’ crafts. This light hearted international armada is open for all to join! Create your own signature homemade showpiece and paddle... ramble... loat or just drift... to the exciting finish line!
Open to teams of at least 4 people (maximum 8 people)
• Registration is limited to the first 100 entries.
• Lazy Lizzy Race: No registration fee. Deadline for registration: June 5, 2011
• Pagan River Raft Race: $50 registration fee. Deadline for registration: June 10, 2011
• Chuckatuck Creek Raft Race: No registration fee. No deadline for registration.
• For rules, regulations and registration information visit festevents.org or contact Lauren Kroniser at 757.441.2345 or email kroniserl@festevents.org.
2011 Pagan River Raft Race Entry Form
Smithfield & Isle of Wight CVB Staff:
Judy Hare Winslow, Director of Tourism
Lois Chapman, Marketing & Public Relations Manager
Cheryl Whitener, Visitor Center Manager
Terry Rhinier, Event Coordinator
Cheryl Ketcham, Farmer's Market Manager
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Smithfield & Isle of Wight CVB and the Isle of Wight Arts League are partially supported by funding from the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Tourism Corporation.
