Tuesday, October 30, 2012

News-Times Article on Hootenanny

Click here for the Friday, October 26, 2012 article from the Carteret County News-Times entitled Ghoulishly Good Times: Halloween Hootenanny to Spook Newport Wednesday.

By Bevin Wall, with Reporter Mike Shutak contributing to the article.

Little League Field Site of Hootenanny

The rains have abated and the site of the Hootenanny has been moved back to the Newport Little League Field. We hope to see you there!

Monday, October 29, 2012

CarolinaCoastOnline Article on the Hootenanny


We thank Carteret County News Times and Carolina Coast Online for their support! Go to Link.

Hootenanny Moves to Town Park

Due to the drenching rains of Hurricane Sandy, the Hootenanny has been moved next door to the Town Park. This will be a much drier, and partially covered venue. Lights and parking around the Little League Field will still be used, and it is a short walk through the "spooky" woods.

Monday, October 22, 2012

Hootenanny Advertisements Go Up!


3 Signs will be posted at Newport Red & White (Howard Blvd/ Chatham St); Across from Newport Elementary School (Chatham Street) and at the Ballfield (Howard Blvd) 

Oct 22 Hootenanny News Release


News Release – For immediate distribution
Newport Rotary Club, Newport, NC
October 22, 2012

Annual Halloween Hootenanny Scheduled in Newport

The Newport Halloween Hootenanny will be held from 6:00-9:00pm on Halloween night at the Newport Little League Park on Howard Boulevard. The event features free admission, and includes over twenty children's Halloween games, a costume contest, hayrides, a petting zoo, bouncy house, and free hot dogs, popcorn, cotton candy and drinks.

The Newport Rotary Club is coordinating this community event. Major sponsors for this year’s event include the Town of Newport, the Newport Pig Cooking Contest, Tim Necaise Nationwide Insurance, and Newport Roadrunners 4-H Club.

Over1500 children and adults participated in the event last year. The Hootenanny has been an annual event in the Newport community since the 1970s.

Adult volunteers are still being sought for running games, staffing concessions and general supervision. Numerous area churches, organizations and Rotary clubs also support the event with volunteers. If you would like to volunteer individually or with your group, call Rotarian Bevin Wall at 223-4411 or email at RotaryBevin@gmail.com.

Newport Rotary is a club of business people, professionals, and community leaders in the Newport area who provide service to youth, meet community needs, promote ethics, and work to better the world through their network of 34,000 Rotary clubs around the world. Other recent projects include beautification projects in Downtown Newport and at Newport Elementary School, Food drives for a local food pantry, sponsorship of the Interact Club at Newport Middle School, and holiday decorating and clothes donation at a local nursing home.
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