The Wayne Chicken Show

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The Wayne Chicken Show
Dates3 days (second weekend in July)
Location(s) Wayne, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates 42°14′08″N97°01′04″W / 42.2355°N 97.0178°W / 42.2355; -97.0178 Coordinates: 42°14′08″N97°01′04″W / 42.2355°N 97.0178°W / 42.2355; -97.0178
Years active1981-Present
Website http://www.chickenshow.com

The Wayne Chicken Show is an annual free, family-oriented event held in Wayne, Nebraska, every second Saturday in July. It has been put on by the Wayne Area Chamber of Commerce since 1981.

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Friday
The movement kicks off on the afternoon of the second Friday in July. A section of Main Street in Wayne closes to traffic, allowing for a street fair of sorts, called Henoween. Food stands, craft vendors, and kids' games are set up along the block. Activities that take place include the World's Largest Chicken Dance, put on by Wayne State College's cheerleading squad; the Cement Chicken Auction; a hot wing eating contest; a fireworks show put on by the Wayne Jaycees; and a teen dance. [1]
Saturday
The Chicken Show lasts virtually all day, but the parade kicks off the main event. The parade includes over 100 entries and marches up Main Street to Bressler Park, where most of the activities are held. In the afternoon, the Wayne Rotary Club serves grilled chicken. Activities include a chicken-flying contest; a cluck-off; an egg toss; an egg drop; a hard-boiled egg-eating contest; a chicken hat contest; and a rubber chicken throwing contest.
Sunday
Main events include a car show and a poker run. [2]

History

The Wayne Chicken Show was founded in 1981 by the Wayne Regional Arts Council. They chose chickens as the main theme for three reasons: the humor associated with chickens, the general knowledge of chickens in the rural community, and the easy art ideas that could come from chickens. Themes were added to the event starting in 1984 with the theme "Break Dancing," but they did not become a regular addition until 1997. The Friday events, now known as "Henoween," were added in 1991. [3] [4]

The National Cluck-Off

This is a contest of who can do the best chicken imitation. Requirements of the contest are that you must be heard throughout the park, you must make chicken sounds and actions, and it must last 15 seconds. [5] Contestants from all over the country have participated in it and been nationally recognized; John Agler appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1986. One winner, Joel Vavra, from Wilbur, Nebraska, was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , and a nine-time winner, Del Hampton, was from Arkansas. [6] Daniel Magruder of Omaha holds two 13-and-under titles, and J.T. Hobbs of Hoskins holds nine. [7] [8] Larry Pankoke of Linccoln has won one title.

Awards/Features

YearAward/Feature
1996Nebraska Outstanding Tourism Award
1999Featured in the Library of Congress
20052 NE State Pinnacle Awards, NE Festivals and Events, Inc.
2010#4 on list of TripAdvisor's "America's Top 10 Wackiest Summer Events" [9] [10]

List of themes

YearTheme
1984Break Dancing
1985The 101 Year-old Chicken
1986Best West Cowboy Chicken
1987Chickens in the movies
1989Chickens in Space
1990Rock and Roll
1991Chickens in Song
1992Return to the Nest
1994Poultry in Motion
1997You Gotta Be Yolkin'
1998Under Coop-struction
1999Just Fowlin' Around
2000Y2Kluck
2001Higher Egg-ucation
200222 Hen Salute
2003Wayne America's World
2004Lewis & Cluck: Exploring Wayne, Nebraska
2005Cheers for 25 Years
2006Our Coop Supports the Troops
2007Clucknology
2008Let the Cluckin' Games Begin
2009O'Pioneer Chickens Roosting in Wayne
2010Wingin' It for 30 Years
2011Chicken and a Movie
2012Nightmare on Egg Street
201434 Years of Cluck Dynasty

Notes

  1. http://www.chickenshow.com/events/ April 11, 2012
  2. http://www.chickenshow.com/events/ April 11, 2012
  3. http://cityofwayne.org/index.aspx?nid=455 April 11, 2012
  4. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=386088022745 April 11, 2012 [ user-generated source ]
  5. http://www.chickenshow.com/events/contests/ April 11, 2012
  6. http://www.americanprofile.com/articles/wayne-chicken-show-2/ April 11, 2012
  7. TOPP, LaRAYNE. "Plenty of strutting at annual chicken show". The Norfolk Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  8. "Chicken" (PDF).
  9. "MediaRoom - Media Center".
  10. "Wayne Chicken Show wins wacky honor from website".

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