Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival

The entire communtiy gets involved the Weekend of the Festival...

Welcome Graham Kerr, "The Galloping Gourmet"
Graham Kerr is an internationally known culinary and television personality. He has aired over 1,800 programs with broadcasts in the US, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Asia, Africa, the United Kingdom and Europe. One of his first shows, ‘The Galloping Gourmet,’ brought the art of creative cooking alive to countless television audiences from 1969 – 1971 and made Graham Kerr a household name. He has written over 25 books, with 14 million copies sold. His latest book, Growing at the Speed of Life, will be published in 2011 by Penguin Corp. From January 1996 through April 2000, Graham was an Editor at Large for Cooking Light, the world’s most widely circulated Epicurean magazine with a readership of 5.7 million. He has received many awards, including the Julia Child Cookbook Award, the James Beard Award, two Emmy nominations for most outstanding daytime programming and induction into the American Culinary Hall of Fame. Today Graham resides in Mount Vernon, Washington, and is working on his goals of increasing people’s daily serving of healthy fruits and vegetables, and reducing portion sizes and making school lunches more delicious and nutritious.

CRAB REVIVAL!! Sponsored by The Cedars at Dungeness
Sunday morning we're having a Crab Revival. The Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers and Abbey Mae & the Home School Boys will provide the music for this non-denominational service. The will be a breakfast menu that includes crab quiche, crepes and traditional breakfast items. 9 am to 10:30 am. Born out of friendship and youthful exuberance, Abbey Mae & the Homeschool Boys combines the timeless traditions of “Ol Timey” music with Gaelic, Blues, & Gospel. Silly, Sultry, Spiritual, and Heartbreaking, the band has been wowing packed audiences wherever they play.

The PMGS will perform about twenty times this season, presenting sacred concerts and praise and worship services at retirement homes, community centers, local churches, state prisons and community festivals.  Performances range from short programs of uplifting favorites to full-length concerts of contemporary gospel, traditional spirituals and challenging classical arrangements of familiar sacred songs.  PMGS is ready to serve your church, community, or small group.

Second annual Crabfest 5-K Fun Run/Walk - Saturday October 8th
Entry fee $20 before October 1st, $25 after October 1st. Includes T-shirt and a $5.00 coupon towards a Crab Dinner. Open registration begins at 10:00am. Starting time is 10:30am, at the beginning if the Waterfront Trail at City Pier. Proceeds go to support Peninsula College Women’s Basketball. Click here for an entry form or the forms are available at pc.ctc.edu (women’s basketball) or by contacting Alison Crumb, 360-417-6345 or acrumb@pencol.edu.

Second annual CRABFEST SAND VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
Co-ed 4s
Entry fee: $20 per player. Sponsored by Swain's players will receive a t-shirt, $5.00 off coupon for a crab dinner and a coupon free try at the Crab Derby. Proceeds support high school girls’ volleyball. Contact Christine Halberg at 989-506-2263 cmgrunch@hotmail.com. Great prizes!
Must register by October 1st to receive a t-shirt. Registration form. Come check out the sand court at Hollywood Beach during the Dungeness Crab & Seafood Festival. Starts at 9:00am.

 Birds of Prey Demonstration
The Northwest Raptor & Wildlife Center in Sequim, Washington is a state-licensed 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to rehabilitating and caring for injured, orphaned, abandoned, or permanently incapacitated wildlife. With a special emphasis on caring for raptors (birds of prey), the Center is the Olympic Peninsula’s foremost wildlife rehabilitation and protection organization and is fully licensed and equipped to care for the needs of any endangered animal. Daily the Center booth will contain educational displays and live birds of prey such as owls, hawks, falcons and eagles. http://nwraptorcenter.com

Friday night PDN Community Crab Feed Tablescape Contest
Win four crab dinners!

What is a tablescape? They are basically creatively designed table arrangements or centerpieces that showcase or highlight a specific object or collection. Tablescapes can also set the mood within a specific place or during a particular event. Tablescaping allows people to express their creative side by adding a personal touch. This is often accomplished through the use of prized collections or specialized themes. Themes are especially important when designing tablescapes. Themes can be based around a particular event, season, hobby, or collection.
Create a tablescape and win the top prize of four Crab Festival dinners at the Penisula Daily News Community Crab Feed.  Enjoy an old fashioned Crab Feed, music, wine & beer at a pre-festival pace and price. Friday Oct. 7th 2010 -Only - 4:00pm to 8:30pm. 
Tablescape set up starts at 4:00pm through 5:00pm. Judging will take place at 5:30 p.m. First prize is four full crab dinners; second prize is four ½ crab dinners, and third prize is four festival tee shirts. Whether you win or not you will go to the top of the line for dinner.

Be creative and dress four place settings with your imagination. Entries will be judged on elegance, crabbiness, humor, and or originality. Candles may be used, but not be lit.

Send an email to operations@crabfestival.org to register so we can reserve a space for you at the table. Sponsored by Trisa & Co., Interior Designs

 

Crab Nightlife

Don’t stop the party when the tent closes!

Festival sponsor Wine on the Waterfront is open Saturday night, as well as throughout the weekend.
The Wine Bar is located upstairs in the Landing Mall, just north of the Crab Central tent. Friday night is Cort & Kia Armstrong with 'chicken pickin music" ($3.00 cover) Saturday night entertainment is Tanga with Latin Jazz ($5.00 cover).

 

Self-guided Tour of Wineries

www.olympicpeninsulawineries.com or call 800-785-5495.

 

Port Angeles Farmers Market
Saturday
Check out the local produce and artisans at the Port Angeles Farmers Market. The market will be at the Clallam County Courthouse, corner of Fourth and Peabody Streets, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday.