Festival PhotoMiddle Tennessee Strawberry Festival
May 8 - 15 2010
Portland, TN

PORTLAND, TN — It is that time of year when the final plans for the Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival come together. This year the festival will be held on May 8-15, 2010. The Chamber of Commerce, in an effort to protect our festival, our community, and our businesses, decided to seek trademark protection for this event. Doing so will allow the to better unite the efforts of all the many non-profit organizations. In uniting these organizations, they will be better equipped to grow the festival each year. A growing festival produces growing revenue for organizations such as the Portland High School Band Boosters, PHS Athletic Club, Portland Lions Club, Portland Rotary Club, PHS Cheerleading Squad, and many others. These are all worthy causes that the community continues to support. The festival is confident that in moving forward with this new format will continue to grow and become the premier festival in Middle Tennessee.

The 2010 festival theme is appropriately named, “A Sweet Tradition.” It is a fun festival that brings families together year after year to celebrate the little fruit that put Portland on the map! Events are scheduled each day in which families may participate or sit back and enjoy.
Festival PhotoMay 8, 2010 - The 1st Annual Strawberry Ball kicks off the festival

May 9, 2010 - Relay for Life Mother-Daughter Tea Party for a Cure, held at Oasis from 2pm to 4pm.

May 10, 2010 - The Monday Merchant Scavenger Hunt start time is 5pm. Anyone may register to participate, but you must have a team of 4 players. There is a small registration fee of $25 per team which is payable in advance. The winning team will receive $1,000.00 cash.

May 11, 2010 - Annual Four-Person Golf Scramble (Location TBD)
PHS Band Boosters set up for the Carnival!

May 12, 2010 - Choir Night (in partnership with the Portland Ministerial Association)

May 13, 2010 - Governor's Conference (Invitation Only)

May 13, 2010 - Storybook Hour at the Elmer Hinton Memorial Library. Characters such as Strawberry Shortcake, the Giant Walking Strawberry, and others will be available for children's entertainment and to encourage strong reading skills (Location TBD due to library expansion).

May 14, 2010 - Jammin' & Dancin' on Main Street. Bring your lawn chairs and the family and join us for an evening of song and dance. Admission is FREE!

May 15, 2010 - The Main Festival Day! Join us for great food, fun, fellowship and the best strawberries around! Start the morning off with the best pancakes in town at Portland Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast. Next, you can stroll on over to the Strawberry Stride where you can work off the calories from those pancakes! Be sure to bring the kids out to Kid Town USA, where it's all about the kids. Don't let them miss the best parade in Sumner County. Be sure and stop by the vendors' booths downtown for great food and the neatest arts and crafts around. If you're feeling a little competitive, stop by Strawberry Jam and see if you have what it takes to win the strawberry-eating contest! As the sun begins to set on the festival, there is another activity for your family to attend. Get out the blankets and lawn chairs for a fun filled night of entertainment under the stars at Richland Park from our hometown country music star, Ronnie McDowell.

For more information call (615) 325-9032 or visit www.middletennesseestrawberryfestival.net.
Web: www.middletennesseestrawberryfestival.net
Phone: (615) 325-9032

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