Ever
themed a festival before? Here's your big chance!
Organizers of this year's CroakerFest are looking for a theme
for the annual festival in July and they're asking TownDock.net
readers to come up with the brilliant ideas. (Apparently y'all
have developed a reputation for wordplay in the Pamlico Captions
contests....)
Here are
some of the suggestions you've sent in so far:
Eat Fish, and you won`t croak
Jeff McCain Greensboro, NC
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"HOOKED
ON ORIENTAL"
or
"WHY I'M HOOKED ON ORIENTAL"
or
"YOU'LL GET HOOKED AT ORIENTAL"
George Duffie Oriental, NC
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"Only the Best at CroakerFest!'
Jane Hartman
Belews Creek for now, Brown's Creek in the future.
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This suggestion provided us with a Croaker education
we hadn't anticipated:
Fact: Croakers descended from Mr. Limpet...
The Incredible Mr. Limpet, one of the finest family fish stories
ever.
Henry Limpet, a bespectacled Brooklyn bookkeeper whose various
physical shortcomings render him ineligible for the army, just
as America's imminent entry into WWII is igniting patriotic
fervor across the land. Henry's sense of self worth plummets.
Soon after lamenting to his pet fish, "I wish I were a
fish," Henry falls off a Coney Island pier and gets his
wish. And what a fish: Henry retains his human intellect , and
possesses a unique underwater roar (more a thrummm, actually)
similar to that of the croaker, that enables him to help locate
underwater enemies. Mr. Limpet becomes an unlikely hero.
So, there you have it:
"Mr. Limpet Comes to Oriental"
or
"Meet Mr Limpet!"
("Catch Mr Limpet"?)
Teeshirts, programs and advertising would be easily
recognizable. Kids would love it. Perhaps Disney would like
to get involved!
Respectively submitted,
James Calore
Worton Creek, MD/Pierce Creek, NC
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"My Croaker is Oriental" or
"My Croaker is Oriental NC"
Brad and Carol Vick, Ray Creekside Marina / Winston-Salem
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In
light of the worlds unstable condition and a play on Homeland
Security...Homeland Serenity.
My husband Clark and I are moving to Arapahoe
after finding Oriental and falling in love with the village
and the life style. That hometown and lifestyle feel inspired
the theme of "Homeland Serenity".
It seems so befitting of the pride and appreciation we all have
for Oriental and yet reinforces our pride in our country and
the joy that freedom brings to our lives.
Diane Hardesty
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"SMORGASBORD OF THE NEUSE" would be
fitting and descriptive of the town and festival. Artists, fisherman,
poets, sailors. new residents and old residents of yesteryear
living as a heterogeneous mixture in harmony. That to me is
a smorgasbord of people living on the Neuse.
Carolyn
Howell
Part Time Resident of Green Bay Marina, Oriental
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Check TownDock
everyday and enjoy the info. How about a Croaker Festival theme
that is based on this...THERE'S SOMETHING FISHY
GOING ON HERE!!! Maybe the T-shirt could have
a croaker dressed up like Sam Spade a la Bogart.
Robert French
Greenville, SC & Oriental, NC
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To steal a line from "Oliver", how about: FOOD,
GLORIOUS FOOD.... It's pretty well accepted that
a move to Oriental means a 10 pound (at least) weight gain.
No gathering is complete without cookies or cake. The mere suggestion
of a gathering or meeting is immediately followed by a discussion
of who will bring what food. Some people have been known to
avoid socializing just to keep their weight under control!.
If "food"
were the theme, the fishing and crabbing industries could shine.
And maybe some of us who are not watermen might learn a little
more about what's available.
Marj Winter
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M y pitch
for the 'fest: Celebrating Land and Sea: Oriental's
Farmin' and Fishin'
(And if
there are craft booths, I may be marketing my manure compost
as: 'Pamlico Poop: Brown Gold from Oriental' Guarantee: earthworms
in every bag!)
Cheryl
Huff
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Before
I get to my suggestions, I would like to tell you how much I
enjoy the website!
WHERE THE SKY MEETS THE SEA
CROAKERFEST 2003
ORIENTAL NC
OR
ALL-AMERICAN
FISHING VILLAGE WITH A BIG SOUND
CROAKERFEST 2003
ORIENTAL
NORTH CAROLINA
OR
THE BIG SOUND OF AN ALL AMERICAN FISHING VILLAGE
CROAKERFEST 2003
ORIENTAL NC
Thanks again.
Wanda Anderson
Oriental
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An anonymous
suggestion:
Don’t
croak on me.
Or
Got croakers?
The “Got croakers?” as a take off on the “got
milk” ads could make for some very interesting t-shirt
and float designs.
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As
you can see, a number of you have responded since we put out
the word in early February. But we'd like to give the organizers
a bunch more to choose from. That's why we're renewing our call.
If you haven't taken a crack at it yet, we hope you'll try right
now and send in your suggested theme for the CroakerFest.
Take a minute..close your eyes to the cold of winter and put
yourself in the hot days of July and give us a theme. Just act
quickly, because the organizers need to pick the theme soon!
Send your idea(s) to info@towndock.net
