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Toad Suck Daze 2012 – May 4, 5 & 6
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- April 29, 30 & May 1, 2011 30th Anniversary
As co-chairs of the Toad Suck Daze festival for 2011, we would like to invite you and your family to join us for a fun-filled weekend in beautiful downtown Conway. Please come enjoy great food, arts and crafts, live entertainment, and the world famous Toad Race competition. You are sure to have a “toadally” good time.
This year we celebrate 30 years, and throughout this time the Toad Suck Daze Committee has funded over $1 Million in scholarships and endowments to the University of Central Arkansas, Central Baptist College, Hendrix College, the University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton and Faulkner County Community Foundation. These scholarships go to Faulkner County recipients and your attendance and patronage help make these scholarships possible.
So please join us as Hewlett Packard presents an exciting weekend with family and friends at this year’s Toad Suck Daze festival. See you there! – Joy and Wayne Cox
What does “Toad Suck” mean anyway?
Well, the answer is quite simple… Long ago, steamboats traveled the Arkansas River when the water was at the right depth. When it wasn’t, the captains and their crew tied up to wait where the Toad Suck Lock and Dam now spans the river. While they waited, they refreshed themselves at the local tavern there, to the dismay of the folks living nearby, who said: “They suck on the bottle ’til they swell up like toads.” Hence, the name Toad Suck. The tavern is long gone, but the legend and fun live on at Toad Suck Daze.
About the Festival
Toad Suck Daze is a FREE ADMISSION festival. A 3-day festival of food, family and fun held on the streets of downtown Conway, Arkansas. This ‘Laid Back Weekend’ occurs annually the first weekend in May and has something for the entire family: arts & crafts, ‘Toadal Kids Zone’, a carnival, local and national entertainment, food, rock wall, petting zoo, ‘Stuck on a Truck’, 5K/10K, golf tournament, a 3 on 3 basketball tournament, magicians, and so much more! Toad Suck Daze is also home to ‘The World Championship Toad Races’. The festival is run almost exclusively by volunteers from Conway and Faulkner County, including the local police and fire departments. It has free admission and proceeds go to support higher education in Faulkner County. Since the start of the festival over $1 million has been given in scholarship and towards scholarship endowments. This money has helped over 200 individuals attend local institutes of higher learning.
