
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, September 2, 1994                   TAG: 9409020045
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: WENDI RICHERT
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MOVE OVER, WOODSTOCK

Mark your calendars: Bubba Fest begins next weekend at the Squeeze Pleeze Restaurant and Fishing Lake in Sugar Tit, S.C. The ``celebration of a way of life, patriotism, pig-roasts, good humor and not taking oneself too seriously'' is a fund-raiser for Bubba Scholarships to support upstate South Carolina technical colleges. No kidding.

Among the activities:

BubbaLympics - Teams compete for prize money by slinging Moon Pies, diving into grits, steering tricycles and racing bedsprings.

Bubba-Q - Whole-hog cookers compete for 1,000 bucks, and they sell their fixin's, too.

BubbaBuddies - Playtime for the youngin's includes milking cows, petting lion cubs, playing in a kazoo band and listening to storytellers spin their tales.

BubbaJam - Dance contests, Cow Plop Bingo, the Anything but Pork contest, bubba tunes. Need we say more?

Bubba/Bubbette - Fame and prizes are guaranteed if you and your bub are crowned.

If this is your kind of festival, you probably should know that Sugar Tit isn't very big, so parking is limited. Which prompts us to wonder just how many bubbas can you fit in a 1976 Ford pick-up?

For directions, information or just a bubba to talk to, call BubbaFest at (803) 596-5202.

by CNB