Chicken Cluckers Converge on Nebraska Town
As heard on the radio:
Back in 1981, the folks at the local Chamber of Commerce in Wayne, Nebraska wanted to create an annual fun event that might put the town on the map. They opted for a "chicken show".
The theme of "chickens" was chosen" because of 1) the potential for art materials; 2) most people have knowledge and familiarity with chickens; and, 3) chickens can be considered with humor."
Those efforts worked. The Wayne Chicken Show received the 1996 Nebraska Outstanding Tourism Award and was selected in 1999, along with four other community events in America, to be featured in the Library of Congress. It is now an event that gains national attention - including on "Left Jab".
This year's edition of teh show is being staged over this weekend.
The highlight of the Wayne Chicken Show is the National Cluck-off. In this competition, clucking contestants must be heard across the barnyard, act and sound like a chicken, and last for 15 seconds. There are age categories 13 and under AND 14 and over. Winner gets a purse of $400.
Last year's champ Del Hampton clucked on Left Jab. If you missed it on the program, you can hear it by going to the Left Jab website (leftjabradio.com) and go to audio.
Other highlights at the Wayne Chicken Show include
* Best Chicken Hat.
* Biggest, Smallest, Most Unusual Chicken Egg.
* Most Beautiful Beak Contest - Humans with a beak that even chickens would envy are encouraged to enter.
* "Best Chicken Legs"
* Best Chicken Song - Participants peck out own lyrics and cackle them to a tune - Must be family appropriate. Judged on creativity and musicianship. Age categories 13 and under AND 14 and over. Total prizes $70.
* Hard Boiled Egg Eating Contest Total prize money $400. Throw down those eggs as fast as you can.
* Chicken Shoe Chucking This is a game similar to horseshoes, but we use metal "chicken" feet.
* Egg Drop/Catch Contestants try to catch a raw egg, barehanded and dropped from a cherry picker in the sky.
For more see: www.chickenshow.com
or the interview with Del Hampton at leftjabradio.com
Back in 1981, the folks at the local Chamber of Commerce in Wayne, Nebraska wanted to create an annual fun event that might put the town on the map. They opted for a "chicken show".
The theme of "chickens" was chosen" because of 1) the potential for art materials; 2) most people have knowledge and familiarity with chickens; and, 3) chickens can be considered with humor."
Those efforts worked. The Wayne Chicken Show received the 1996 Nebraska Outstanding Tourism Award and was selected in 1999, along with four other community events in America, to be featured in the Library of Congress. It is now an event that gains national attention - including on "Left Jab".
This year's edition of teh show is being staged over this weekend.
The highlight of the Wayne Chicken Show is the National Cluck-off. In this competition, clucking contestants must be heard across the barnyard, act and sound like a chicken, and last for 15 seconds. There are age categories 13 and under AND 14 and over. Winner gets a purse of $400.
Last year's champ Del Hampton clucked on Left Jab. If you missed it on the program, you can hear it by going to the Left Jab website (leftjabradio.com) and go to audio.
Other highlights at the Wayne Chicken Show include
* Best Chicken Hat.
* Biggest, Smallest, Most Unusual Chicken Egg.
* Most Beautiful Beak Contest - Humans with a beak that even chickens would envy are encouraged to enter.
* "Best Chicken Legs"
* Best Chicken Song - Participants peck out own lyrics and cackle them to a tune - Must be family appropriate. Judged on creativity and musicianship. Age categories 13 and under AND 14 and over. Total prizes $70.
* Hard Boiled Egg Eating Contest Total prize money $400. Throw down those eggs as fast as you can.
* Chicken Shoe Chucking This is a game similar to horseshoes, but we use metal "chicken" feet.
* Egg Drop/Catch Contestants try to catch a raw egg, barehanded and dropped from a cherry picker in the sky.
For more see: www.chickenshow.com
or the interview with Del Hampton at leftjabradio.com
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