The Ducks Are Coming Saturday, September 20th, 2014


rdl_20110924_131421Quack ! Quack! Quack! Ducks on Garnett Street? That is what will happen on Saturday, September 20th when FGV Smart Start presents the 5th Annual Ducky Derby Festival. From 10 am until 2 pm, the event will take place on Breckenridge Street from Chestnut to Garnett. Exhibits will include information from local programs that offer services for families with young children. Entertainment for children will include a bounce house, slide, face painting, paint your own duck, corn hole, and ring toss games. A DJ will provide music, and there will be Zumba at 11 o’clock. Children will also have the opportunity to man a firehouse with the Henderson Fire Department. Food vendors will be serving up a variety of treats throughout the day. And then the race begins…

At 2 pm the fun moves to Garnett Street for the Ducky Derby race, with the Garnett Street “river” to be created by the Henderson Fire Department. A cement mixer provided by Greystone Concrete will then pour up to 2,000 numbered ducks into the water where they will race to the finish line at Orange Street, with the first three ducks and the last duck winning prizes. The first place duck is $1,000, second place $500, third place $250, and last duck is $100. Winners of cash prizes do not have to be present to win. There will also be a drawing for Chick-fil-A for a year, to be held at the end of the duck race only for those ticketholders in attendance.

Individual tickets are $5 each, a Quack Pack of six tickets is $25, and a Flock of 25 tickets is $100. Tickets are on sale at the State Employees Credit Union, Dot’s Hallmark Shop, the Daily Dispatch, and will be available the day of the event until 1 pm. You can even call 252-433-9110, extension 227 for ticket delivery!

Sponsors for this years’ event are: Super Ducks-Duke Energy : Top Ducks-Chick-fil-A, Rose Oil Company, Marketplace Cinema : Feathered Friends-Dataforge, Greystone Concrete, Sunset Gardens , Bennerson Auto Carrier Services: Quacker Backers-Golden Skillet, City of Henderson, Wester Insurance Agency, Elman Hypnosis Institute and WIZS radio.

View pictures from past event here:  http://homeinhenderson.com/2011/09/25/news/smart-start-ducky-derby-2011-pictures/