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October 20, 2011

Barbecue festival starts Saturday

charlesoliver@daltoncitizen.com

More than two dozen teams will be coming from across the nation to compete in the Downtown Dalton BBQ & Music Festival this week.

Oakwood Cafe owner Kasey Carpenter, who helped organize the event, says that teams will be coming from as far away as Colorado and Chicago.

The contest is sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbecue Society. “It’s the state championship, just as in years past,” Carpenter said.

The grand prize is $2,000 and a trophy. There will also be awards for chicken, ribs, pork and beef brisket. And the winners get a chance to compete in the national championship.

The barbecue competition will start at 10 a.m. Saturday and continue through Sunday, when the people’s choice awards will take place.

“People can buy a ticket for $10 to get samples of all of the barbecue and vote on their favorites,” said Downtown Dalton Development Authority (DDDA) Marketing Director Veronica French.

The DDDA and the Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau are co-sponsoring the festival.

The barbecue teams will be on Selvidge Street.

The musical part of the festival starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday with the Farewell Drifters, Milk Drive, blues/rockabilly group Steel String Session and Missy Raines and the New Hip.

“These are all national touring acts,” said French.

The headline group will be Mountain Heart, a bluegrass and folk group that has been nominated for and won numerous awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association, the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. They will take the stage on the Dalton Green around 8 p.m.

Tickets for the musical acts are $5, and the proceeds will benefit the Miracle Field, a softball/baseball field for disabled players, and the Friendship House child care center.

“Sunday will be more of a spiritual day as far as the music is concerned,” French said.

The musical acts on Sunday include three Dalton acts: Right Path Bluegrass, Gary Stanley and Spatial Effects. They will start performing around noon on the Dalton Green stage.

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