Latest White Squirrel Festival News!

Well the head nuts have met and the official dates announced... Saturday and Sunday, May 26th -27th, 2007 are the official dates for the 4th Annual White Squirrel Festival! And this year promises to be even bigger and better than ever.

There are two big additions to this year's festival. First will be the inaugural Squirrel Box Derby! This will be a race down courthouse hill using only homemade, gravity type go carts. There will be a division for kids 8 to 11 (which is free!) and a division for kids 12 - 17 and than a wide open competition for adults, companies and kids at heart. The committee is drafting the rules right now, but the objective is to have homemade go karts that are steerable and have brakes. There will be prizes not only for speed, but more importantly for "Nuttiest!" So start thinking about your Squirrel Box derby cart right now and get to planning. The 18 plus category is intended for people and businesses that are sponsored. There will be a fee of approximately $100 to enter the adult category and that will go to benefit the Brevard Resuce Squad as they have agreed to volunteer their time for this event.

But wait! There's more! We are also announcing the first ever White Squirrel Pageant! Contest rules are being drawn up now so look for future announcement. There will be a competition and judging, and the new Ms. White Squirrel will be given a number of honorary duties to perform throughout the year, so this will be quite the title to own.

I will be updating the WhiteSquirrelFestival.com site with all this information once it becomes finalized. But be putting on your thinking caps and coming up with nutty ideas for your Squirrel Box go kart.

And remember... "Go Nuts!"