June 13 2009 Saturday
Dianne was feeling good and we decided to drive to Tryon, NC to the Blue Ridge Barbecue & Music Festival. It is considered one of the most popular sanctioned barbecue competitions in the United States. All proceeds benefit the Chamber’s operating budget and help fund the Polk Chamber Foundation.
The barbeque festival is where cooking teams set up their rigs to compete for prestige, cash prizes and awards in the North Carolina State Barbecue Championship. The top ranking team from North Carolina also wins the coveted Governor’s Trophy. Teams must compete in all four sanctioned categories; Chicken, Pork Ribs, Pork and Beef Brisket to be considered for Grand Champion. Judging is by Kansas City Barbecue Society certified judges. We ate pork barbeque sandwiches at the Grand Champion Cool Smoke, from Richmond, Va.
We also enjoyed the blues mucic by Beaucoup Blue who is a Philadelphia based duo of David and Adrian Mowry. They are father and son who have been performing their roots based music nationally and internationally and they pay a range of instruments like six and twelve string guitars, slide guitar, round neck resonator guitar. David is 62 and Adrian is 38.
Bella enjoyed riding the rides and playing in the Pacolet river in her swim suit no less. She would try to push the limits and walk in the deeper water, and be like the bigger children. Playing in the water lasted about 1 hour and then it was later in the day and we had to head back to Greenville.
It was a very enjoyable day and Dianne got tired but we all did because it was 90 degrees. We are so thankful that Dianne is beginning to feel better and able to enjoy things with more energy. We are so thankful......Love to all.... Bruce
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