GREAT DELTA BEAR AFFAIR October 24, 2009 |
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The Great Delta Bear Affair Festival Food, Fun, Games, Seminars, Fantastic muscial entertainment and more are all waiting for you in downtown Rolling Fork, Mississippi on October 25, 2008 at the Great Delta Bear Affair! "Bearing it All for 150 years: The Legacy and the Legend." was the theme for the 2008 festival which was filled with fun events.
The Great Delta Bear Affair was first observed in 2002 on the 100th anniversary of President Theodore Roosevelt's famous bear hunt in Sharkey County, Mississippi. The Bear Hunt that led to the creation of the Teddy Bear (see The Teddy Bear Story). Since that time it has become an annual event embraced by the community and filled with great entertainment. Continuous musical acts, a tour of nearby archaeological sites, a bird walk, a 5K run/walk, a distance bicycle ride, seminars, book signings by Mississippi authors, a chainsaw wood carver, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, Teddy Roosevelt and Holt Collier impersonators and lots of friendly folks highlight this first class festival held on the courthouse square in Rolling Fork. Rolling Fork is located on Highway 61 approximately 40 miles south of Leland and 40 miles north of Vicksburg, MS. Join us for all the fun! The Great Delta Bear Affair is an education and outreach project of the Bear Education and Restoration Group of Mississippi. Great Delta Bear Affair, P.O. Box 214, Rolling Fork, MS 39159 |
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