Okay,
y'all... the search for a Croakerfest theme is wrapping up.
Organizers of the July 5th Croakerfest are now poring over the
entries. The mission has been to come up with a creative yet
short theme - short so it can fit on a T-shirt.
Here are the most recent entries that came over the transom:
Swim fast,
croak loud!
Croaking on my mind!
Those were from John and Barry Hofman who also clearly had North
Carolina's hog farms on their minds:
Croaker,
the other white meat.
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Brian McLamb of Roseboro, NC had a few suggestions too...
Feeling
Festive? Let's Croaker!
Charming, Colorful, Community - Croaker Fest!
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Jacksie Pitts wrote to say she thought there might be "a
patriotic thread ....woven somewhere in the festival's fabric
of fun and celebration. Who knows what will have transpired
in the world by July?!
I'd like to
celebrate the idea that we are fortunate to be able to have
such uplifting fun times in Oriental with some poetic license...."and
crown the good with brotherhood."
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Beverly Schwartz of Oriental approaches the task with a self-deprecating
tone:
"I guess it's high
time I added my two cents worth (read em, that's about all they
are worth!)"
Croakerfest...
Fish tales told here, some true!
Croakerfest, Oriental style...
Life on the croakin' water!
Croakerfest...
One small fish for man,
One giant festival for mankind!
(Y'know Beverly, we can almost hear Neil Armstrong saying that,
too... )
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Kathy Kellum has perhaps more experience with croakers than
most of us. She writes:
"I'm now
obsessed with thinking about Croaker slogans. Having worked
at the Breading Table at the Hampstead, NC Croaker Festival
last fall, I consider myself somewhat of an expert on the topic."
Croakers Do It Underwater
Love Those Croakers
Don't Croak, Be Happy
A Croaker a Day....
Live Today, Croak Tomorrow
(A new spin on "enjoy yourself, it's later than you think")
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Keeping in mind that our esteemed fish takes his name from the
croaking sound he makes, Diane Stewart suggests:
Music
to our ears
Diane adds that there could be "singing croakers on the
shirt or musical notes coming from the 'sound'. The floats and
activities would have an easy time playing with this theme."
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No jokes, the fish croaks!
CroakerFest, above the rest!
Declare Independence! Eat Croaker!
Croakers speak! Oriental listens! Partytime!
CroakerFestivus! for the Restivus!
Jane Hartman
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Go
for Croak- er
Sandy Dupont
Wake Forest/Oriental
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Cheryl Huff of Rambunctious Farm chides us for the call for
brevity, but she comes up with some wit from the bookshelves...
"in honor of some famous fish stories"
Herman Melville: Call
me Croaker.
Ernest Hemingway: The
Old Man and the Croaker (or The Croaker Always
Rises)
Norman Maclean: A
River Runs Croaker (or A Croaker Runs Through
It)
Peter Benchley: Gills!
(Dum,Dum...Dum,Dum)
Or, as the souvenir tee shirts describe most fun stuff: Croaker
is Life
Cheryl Huff
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Meanwhile, over at Sea Harbour, Landon Winstead provided some
Dylanesque suggestions.
Oriental Time
Oriental, With the Wind
The Answer is Blowin' In The Wind
Blowin' In The Wind
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Judi Heit took her cue from the other names for the Croaker.
And underscored why we prefer the name we've given the fish...
"The Atlantic Croaker is also known by its common name,
hardhead (also King Billy, grumbler) Thus my entry for this
year's Croakerfest Theme:
Croakerfest
2003
Ain't
No Grumblers Here
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Eric Carlson who says he is from "Va Beach - now, Neuse
Winds - 2006" suggested:
Get
Hooked
Croakerfest
Oriental, NC 2003
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Life
is a Croaker
Croakers are for Lovers
Croakers in Paradise
Another Croaker for Peace
Mary Kellam
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CROAKERFEST
ORIENTAL'S BEST
With the idea that Croakerfest highlights the best Oriental
has to offer.
Best Croaker! Best Fishing, Sailing, Seafood, Music, Arts &
Crafts, Community etc.
Diana Fields
Narrows, VA
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Finally,
three anonymous suggestions:
SNAP!
CRACKLE! CROAKER!
or
SNAP! CROAKER! POP!
or
IT
TAKES A TOUGH MAN TO MAKE A TENDER CROAKER
Click here for more suggested
themes
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