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Oyster Bay welcomes throngs of visitors to annual fall celebration this weekend
The 28th annual Oyster Festival will be held on October 15th & 16th in Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.The weekend-long event will featuring a massive food court with countless seafood specialties, tall ships at the pier, live bands all day, rides, games, arts & crafts as well as several attractions including a pirate encampment, petting zoo and the famous Oyster Shucking & Eating Contests.
The Oyster Festival Rotary Raffle offers the winner a choice between a three-year lease on a 2012 Audi A4 from Anchor Audi in Lynbrook - the official car dealership of The 2011 Oyster Festival or $15,000 in cash. Each ticket costs $20 and six tickets are available for $100. Only 3,000 tickets will be sold. Ticket holders need not be present to win.
Sponsored by the Oyster Bay Rotary Club, proceeds from the festival get put back into the Oyster Bay community through the Oyster Bay Charitable Fund as well as all the non-profit organizations that take part in the event.
For more information, visit: www.theoysterfestival.org or find the Oyster Festival on Facebook. To view the Oyster Bay Guardian’s Oyster Festival Guide 2011, visit: www.oysterbayguardian.com/oysterfest.htm.
