Norwalk Strawberry Festival Opens With Pie Contest and Car Show
The 1977 Norwalk Strawberry Festival kicks off Friday with a pie baking contest sponsored by Gary Jackson and Burger Chef. Prizes include a silver pie dish with $25 bonds for first, $15 for second in three crust categories. Pies must be homemade in glass dishes and auctioned Sunday. Also on Saturday an antique car show offers plaques to the first 100 entrants, parade at 3:30, and entries for a giant craft show and flea market ongoing through Memorial Day weekend with booths and fees.
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Norwalk Festival Weekend Schedule Highlights
The festival runs Friday to Monday with Midway rides at reduced rates, a slow pitch tournament at McGuan Field, a Queen's pageant in the high school auditorium, and a strawberry pancake breakfast. Events include antique car shows, cake and pie contests, a world’s largest American flag raising, street dancing, parades, and closing performances by The Gunn Dancers and a guitar concert.
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