North Carolina Watermelon Festival

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The North Carolina Watermelon Festival is an annual celebration of the watermelon started in 1957 in Raleigh, North Carolina. [1] In 1985 it was relocated to Murfreesboro, North Carolina. The festival features a seed-spitting contest, the crowning of a "Miss Watermelon" and an award for the best/biggest melons.

Contents

Winners

Watermelon grower

Miss Watermelon / Watermelon Queen

Seed spitting

* World Record

Activities

The four-day event now includes:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "118 Pound Melon". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. 25 July 1970. p. 6D. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ives, Millard K. (1 August 2004). "Minding Melons". Star-News . Wilmington, North Carolina. p. 1B. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cool and Refreshing". Kentucky New Era . Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Associated Press. 13 July 1966. p. Front Page. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Bryant, Cal (29 July 2013). "Watermelon Festival begins Wednesday". Suffolk News-Herald . Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "NC Watermelon Festival opens Wednesday". Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald . 29 July 2003. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Watermelon Day at the State Farmers Market Thursday, Aug. 6". In the Field. North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services . Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Watermelon Queen 2014 Breanna Williams". North Carolina Watermelon Festival. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "No Melon, No Spit-Off". The Dispatch . Lexington, North Carolina. United Press International. 14 September 1963. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

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