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Summertime Magic
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BY MORGAN CARTIER WESTON
Downtown Pittsboro transformed into a vibrant carnival setting for Summer Fest on July 2. The annual festival hosted by the Pittsboro Business Association includes activities for all ages, including juggling, hula hooping, balloon animals, water slides, a dunk tank, bounce houses and an inflatable ax-throwing game. Many local food trucks and vendors were on site, providing food, beer and unique crafts and products for festivalgoers to enjoy. As the sun dipped low, the energy remained high thanks to musical entertainment by BigTime Shine, Tim Hair with Indian Outlaw and headliner Chairmen of the Board. Competitions kicked things up a notch, too, including an amateur barbecue cook-off, where teams competed to showcase their unique take on pork butt. Attendees could also participate in contests like watermelon seed spitting, several pie categories and, perhaps most entertaining, the beard and mustache contest, celebrating creativity, size and style of facial hair. CM 4
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1 Havoc Brewing’s Preston Mann, Rhiannon Mann and Doug May. 2 BigTime Shine performs on the Summer Fest stage. 3 CARE’s Joan Cunningham and Kelli Maturano. 4 Jessie Kemper, Aaron Boone, Nic Austin, Nicole Wagner and Emily Allen. 5 Beard Contest participants line up for judging. 6 Jennifer Iwenofu and Ifeuwa Ukoh. 7 Ta Contento’s Nora Anaya and her dog, Thor.
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023