Milford chronicle., 1956-04-27
Schedule For 9Th Annual
Chicken Festival
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the Convention Hall. A beauty
queen will be selected to reign
over the balance of the festival
and the entire Delmarva Poultry
Industry until next years affair.
Two days prior TO the opening of
the festival on June 20, the semi
finals of the Miss DelmarVa Beau
ty Contest will take place at the
resort. An estimated 80 beauties
from the three states will spend
two days as the guests of Ocean
City while they vie for a chance
at the miss Delmarva" crown.
The second day of the festival,
Thursday, June 81. will open at g
a. m, with tie Equipment Show.
At $3.50 a. m, the Junior Division
of the National Chicken Cooking
Contest will take place in the Con-
vention Hall. Fifty contestants be-
tween the ages of 10 and IS will
prepare their favorite chicken rec
ipe on and in one of the many gas
and electric stoves especially in
stalled in the hall for the cooking
contest. Close to $500 in cash and
merchandise prizes will be award
ed to the winners Of the Junior
Cooking Contest.
At 4 p. m, the winner of the
Junior Contest will be announced
Thursday at $3.50 p. M, the Fourth
Annual Talent Show, sponsored by
the Delmarva Chicken Festival will
be staged in the Convention Hall.
Friday morning, June % at 9
o'clock, the Senior Division of the
National Chicken Cooking Contest
will take place in the boardwalk
hall. One hundred men and women
over the ages of Is will set about
cooking chicken according to their
favorite recipe in the hopes of
pleasing the eye and taste of the
judges. Approximately $1,500 in
cash and merchandise prizes will
be presented to the winners of the
Senior Cooking Contest.
The winner of. the Senior Cook
ing Contest will be announced at
4:30 p. m. Following the crowning
of the new Chicken Cooking Queen,
or King, the Grand Festival Par
ade will begin at $50 p. m. Last
ing several hours the parade is
one that will be long remembered
by everyone who witnesses it,
Friday evening at 8 o'clock the
Festival Ball will be held in the
Convention Hall. Arrangements
are now being made to have top
name band play for the affair
$175 in cash prizes will be given
away during the Fourth Annual
Talent Show sponsored by the Del
marva Chicken Festival.
During previous festivals, the
talent show has proven popular
with both audiences and entertain
ers. This year, the number of en-
try will be limited to just Is anna
teur acts, and in an effort to accom-
modate the huge crowd, the show
is being staged in the resort Con-
vention Hall instead of the local
theatre as was done during earlier
festivals.
According to the chairman of
the talent show, several entries
have already been received for the
annual contest and many more are
expected. Most of the entries for
the show come from the three
state area making up the Delmar-
va Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland
and Virginia.
A talent show committee will re-
view the entries after the closing
date Thursday, June z, and select
the Is acts for the show.
First prize in the contest will
be $4,000; second prize, $4,000,
and third prize, $25.00.
Contestants d & string entry
blanks should write to: Talent |
Show Contest, Delmarva Chicken
Festival. Ocean City. MARYLAND.