Poultry Palace Spring 2012 Schedule

April 14 - Georgia Folklife Festival - Tifton, GA
at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture & Historic Village (Agrirama)
Sponsors of the Poultry Palace at this event are: Golden Corral of Tifton
Bennetts of Albany and Sylvester (229) 436-2456 & (229) 776-4449
Brooks Auto Parts of Tifton (229) 382-6722

May 12 - Echols County Carrot Festival - Statenville, GA
Sponsors of the Poultry Palace at this event are:
Lakeside Automotive (912) 559-5127

We were, as Abby would say, "Superdy Duperdy" busy this year with photos and
inquisitive people. You can really tell backyard flocks are becoming more popular.
Special thanks to Abby's new friends, y'all helped out a great deal.

Thank you to our sponsors. We love working at the Georgia Museum of
Agriculture. It gives us the opportunity to show off the "Agri" in
Agri-entertainment. Notice in the picture Abby is sitting with some children and
the benches are full of adults. The benches were a great help and we filled them
for every show! We love audience seating as much as the audience does.

Above: Abby and I posing at the coop near the end of the day.
Left: Percheron with me and Hollywood with Abby at the 1:00 show.

I learned a lot about sharing and patience at this event. We
served as hosts of the stage and I coined the phrase Poultry
Palace Entertainment Area because this is where all the
entertainment merged. We had two dance groups, one for the
young and the other for the young at heart; and a young singer
that was fairly new to the stage. I was most impressed with
Callihan Junction. They traveled all the way from Powder
Springs Georgia and humbly set up behind the stage to allow
the preceding performers room to do their show. Their music
and their actions showed their dedication to the Lord.

Who is Rod Dinwiddie? That's the really tall
guy posing with me and Fruit Punch, the
piano playing chicken. I had to stand on the
coop to get in the picture. I "Googled" him
and only found Rod on the Carrot Festival
website. My search results were better
when I used "Rob." It's a talent to be ten feet
tall and pose with a three foot girl. Hey Rob,
email me a link or something.

Last but not least the final performer of the day. We really enjoyed the
music of singer / songwriter Kris Pierce. His original songs were
inspiring and I was surprised on his voice variations on his cover
songs. Little Red liked his music too.

I also learned that carrots really are a refreshing snack. The Festival gave away 1 pound
bags of cool cut baby carrots. I munched on them as I watched Abby play in the Hampster
Water Balls and ride on the ponies. By the end of the day Abby and I ate the entire bag. All
in all the Echols County Carrot Festival was fun and we can see that this young festival has
a lot going for it in the future. Thank you for making us a part of this great event.