Farmers State Bank presents the 42nd East Texas Poultry Festival
Enjoy Entertainment throughout the Festival on the Frances Oates Main Stage. Vocalists and bands are in green in the schedule below. Schools who have students participating in the festival are in a color representing their school colors.
The Creative Arts Show at the AgriLife Extension Gym is located at the Old Center Elementary School off the downtown square. The Photography Show is located inside of Vision Source on Nacogdoches Street on the downtown square. Both locations are within walking distance of the Poultry Festival grounds.
Friday, October 5, 2018
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
10am to 4pm - Creative Arts and Quilt Show at AgriLife Extension Gym, 266 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Scull Timber)
10am to 5pm - Photography Show at Vision Source, 106 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Vieux Carre Photography)
10am to 11am - Science Magic Show at the Children’s Tent (Sponsored by Children Dental)
Bring it Back Magic Show 2018. Shelbyville High School Chemistry Students under the guidance of Brooke Harrison and Mary Pigg
11:00am - Center Christian Academy Pre-K3, Pre-K4, Kindergarten, First, Second, Third, and Fourth Grades
12:00m - Danny Paul and Sally Windham and Friends
1:00pm - Carnival Opens
1pm to 5pm - Carnival Rides (Wristbands $20)
2:00pm - Center High School Pep Rally on the courthouse lawn
Feather in Your Crown Gospel
6:30pm - Chassity Davis (Vocalist)
7:00pm - Charles Delaney (Vocalist), Gospel and Patriotic Songs
7:40pm - Maureen Kennon (Vocalist)
8:10pm - The Parmer Family
10pm - Festival Closes
Saturday, October 6, 2018
Petting Zoo at Children's Tent
7am/7:30am - Poultry Festival Chicken Fun Run/Chicken Trot (Sponsored by Cline Family Medicine and Award Sponsor is Hope Community Medicine)
***Downtown Square (not Civic Center)
9am to 11am - Broiler Show Sift at Raymond Motors, 301 San Augustine Street
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
10am to 2pm - Car and Motorcycle Show at AgriLife Parking Lot, 266 Nacogdoches Street
10am to 4pm - Creative Arts and Quilt Show at AgriLife Extension Gym, 266 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Scull Timber)
10am to 5pm - Photography Show at Vision Source, 106 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Vieux Carre Photography)
11:00am - Broiler Show Judging at Raymond Motors, 301 San Augustine Street
12:00m - Carnival Rides Open (NO Wristbands)
1:00pm - Best Day Ever Band with Gage Watlington
1pm to 3pm - Open House of Historic Courthouse
2:00pm - Brandon Tyler (Vocalist)
3pm to 4:30pm - Road Gang (Band) - All the way from Houston!!!
5:00pm - "Strut, Cluck and Crow" Chicken Clucking Contest (Sponsored by Debrah J. Worsham, DDS and Award Sponsor is Payne Community News)
6:00pm - Center Noon Lions Club Drawing will be for a 2018 GMC Canyon Ext Cab Pickup Truck
7:00pm - 4-H and FFA Broiler Show Auction on the main stage
10pm - Festival Closes
Thursday, October 4, 2018
10:00am - Opening Ceremonies on the Historic Downtown Center Square (Sponsored by Focused Care of Center)
- Invocation by Rev. Karen Jones First United Methodist Church
- National Anthem played by Center HS Band, Director Chris Smith
- Pledge of Allegiance recited by Timpson ISD Kindergarten
- Cutting of the Feathers: 2018 Poultry Festival Queen and Court (2018 Queen’s Court - Queen Abigail Hooper and Princesses McKenzie Murry, Jasmine Cooks, Mallory Fausett, Rachel Powell, Jocelyn Berry, Keelan Williams, Kalei LaRock, Makayla Mayo, and Caroline Scull)
- Welcome from County Judge, Allison Harbison; President of Farmers State Bank, City of Center Mayor, David Chadwick; Shelby County Chamber of Commerce Chairman of the Board, Bryan Wages
10:00am - Food / Arts & Crafts Booths Open
10am to 5pm - Photography Show at Vision Source, 106 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Vieux Carre Photography)
12m to 5pm - Creative Arts and Quilt Show at AgriLife Extension Gym, 266 Nacogdoches Street (Sponsored by Scull Timber)
10:10am - “Flashback to the Past” Shelbyville Fourth Grade Class
10:25am - F.L. Moffett Kindergarten Classes
10:25am - Fults, Thomas, Nunez
10:40am - Belrose, Araiza, Sanford
10:55am - Fitzgerald, Rogers, Phelps
11:30am - Creative Arts Show Winners Announcement
12:00m - Center Elementary First Grade Classes
12:00m - Jureka, Penner, Araiza
12:10pm - Ruiz, Haddox, Sullivan
12:20pm - Stewart, Gonzales, Bybee, Trahan
12:40pm - Center Elementary Second Grade Classes
12:40pm - Hroncich, Dickerson, Gregston/Palm
12:50pm - Radney, Hooper, Helms Ruiz-Siso
1:00pm - Bates, Dutton, Parker
1:10pm - Center Elementary Third Grade Classes
1:10pm - Corbell, Clary, Bartlett
1:20pm - Crouch, Lopez, Murray
1:30pm - Wheeler, Tomlin, Bennett, Combs
2:00pm - Open Microphone
6:00pm - Carnival Opens
6pm to 10pm - Carnival Rides (Wristbands $20)
6:00pm - Stellar Walker, Chris Watlington
6:30pm - "Elephants in the Room" Improv - Center HS Theater
7:00pm - Beans and Strings Chicken Pickin' featuring local musicians including Danny Paul Windham, Thomas Morrison and the Pack of Strays
10pm - Festival Closes
