The BBQ – Celebrating Eighty! – 2009
Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church – Barbecue News – 1929-2009
The 80th Annual Mallard Creek Barbecue is 60 days away! That is only 2 months! Are you ready?
September is here and how many have already thought that it’s almost barbecue time! The days are getting cooler and the leaves are beginning to change color. Fall is coming and so is our biggest event here at Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church. The date this year seems early, Thursday, October 22. Remember, it is always the 4th Thursday in October and this year the month starts on a Thursday. We have a lot to do in the next 2 months to get ready for the big day. You will be seeing and hearing about the many opportunities that are available as we get started. There will be wood to cut, cleaning up around the community house, cooking the meat and Brunswick stew plus a lot more. Don’t wait to be asked – ask what you can do!
The Barbecue Committee hopes that you have enjoyed and learned from the monthly “Barbecue News” articles. They have covered just about everything there is to know about the annual barbecue, from humble beginnings to where we are today, 80 years later.
Since it is September, there are several upcoming ways you can get started with your barbecue preparations. The Barbecue Committee will have a booth at the “Day in The Park” on September 13 where you can sign up for any or all of the following.
There are so many “jobs” that have to be done around barbecue time that they are too numerous to mention here. Over the next 2 months, there will more information coming out about when, where and what. Check on those last few vacation days you saved and mark down when you will be able to help out. Contact any of the barbecue committee members about anything – we do not turn down volunteer help!
The 80th Annual Mallard Creek Barbecue is coming. Be sure you’re there!
Ann Christenbury Carroll – August 2009