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Monday, October 4, 2010

Oyster Festival Basics



WHO:                  Some 15,000 to 17,000 visitors are expected to attend the 44th ANNUAL ST. MARY'S COUNTY OYSTER FESTIVAL sponsored by the ROTARY CLUB of Lexington Park and 12 other fraternal and civic organizations.

WHEN:                 Always held the third weekend in October, this year Saturday and Sunday, October 16th and 17th 2010.  Gates are open from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. on Saturday and from 11a.m. – 6 p.m.Sunday.

WHERE:              County Fairgrounds --- Route 5, 2 miles south of Leonardtown, Maryland, about 55 miles south of Washington D.C., 75 miles south-east of Baltimore.

WHAT:                 FOOD, FUN &  FELLOWSHIP in a rural atmosphere to see the competition among the fastest oyster shuckers in the U.S., and to learn untold ways of enjoying feasts of oysters at the National Oyster Cookoff.

HOW MUCH:      $5.00 admission -- kids 12 and under are FREE, and there is plenty of FREE parking.

WHY:                    To promote the bounties of our beautiful and historic county, especially its oysters and to raise funds for the various charities sponsored by the participating organizations.

HOW:                   FOOD GALORE -- Oysters in every form (fried, stewed, and nude).  Fried and steamed clams, crab cakes, soup, shrimp, scallops and seafood chowder.  Also featuring St. Mary's County stuffed ham sandwiches (a delicacy indigenous to the area), barbecued chicken, beef, pork, as well as pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs, polish sausage, funnel cakes, beer and soft drinks.  There are home canned and baked goods, local arts and crafts, exhibit buildings and a farm museum building with memorabilia of yesteryear.

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