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Insider Tip: Totally bummed
that you missed a show? You can
bring your family back downtown
to experience local art any weekend.
e Arts Council, Sweet Palette,
Greg's Pottery and Cape Fear
Studios are great places to start.
e Pageant
Do you have what it takes to be
the next Miss Fayetteville Dogwood
Festival? e pageant takes place on April 8 at the Crown
eatre. Winners are chosen in four age groups: Junior
Miss (6 to 9 years old), Young Miss (10 to 12), Teen Miss (13
to 16) and Miss Fayetteville Dogwood Festival (17 to 22).
Contestants compete in three categories: a private interview,
evening gown competition and an on-stage interview.
is is the 20th year of the pageant and in honor of this
historic landmark, the past queens from the last 20 years
will be showing up to honor Shirley Stallings, Director of
the Dogwood Pageant.
e Miss Fayetteville Dogwood Festival winner receives
a $1,000 cash scholarship as well as scholarships to
Methodist University, Fayetteville
State University, and Fayetteville
Technical Community College.
e four ladies chosen to serve
as ambassadors represent the
Dogwood Festival and the City
of Fayetteville throughout the
Southeast region. Wish them luck!
Something for everyone
Gearheads can revel in the shiny
antique cars at the Lafayette Ford Classic Car Show. Foodies
will have a buffet of new bites from every corner of the city.
Artists young and old will feel appreciated and inspired.
Shoppers will have their pick of locally made goods. Beer
and wine lovers will feel at home in the beer and wine
garden. Kiddos will be busy bees playing and exploring the
art scene. Music fans will get up close to their favorite bands
on three different stages. "ere really is something for
everyone," Suggs said.
Insider Tip: Sunglasses, sunscreen, hats and lots of water
are a must! Somebody forgot all three last year, and he had
to consume lots of local beer to cool off.
