Toad Suck Daze Festival Guide 2014

MAY 2-4, 2014

FESTIVAL GUIDE

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Entertainment ............................................4-6 Toad Races ..................................................7-9 Toad Procurement .........................................9 TSD Co-Chairs...... .......................................10 Toad Sports ...................................................10 Crawl, Drag & Squirt ...................................11 TSD Food ................................................14-17 Toadal Kids Zone ....................................18-19 Toad Market ............................................20-22

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Put on your parachute pants and get ready to travel back to the glory days of the 1990s as MC Hammer (who became simply Hammer for a while) will bring his talents to Toad Suck Daze this year. Hammer will be the headlining artist Saturday, May 3, and major country act Sawyer Brown will take the stage Friday, May 2.

MC Hammer synthesized the street sounds of African-American and pop culture, earning the respect of his community and creating a global phenomenon. His album, “Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ’Em,” sold more than 20 million copies, and his hit single from the album, “U Can’t Touch This,” was No. 1 on the Billboard Music charts for a record-breaking 23 weeks.

In 1993, “Too Legit to Quit” was released, featuring the triple-platinum single and soundtrack hit “Addams Groove” and the explosive selling title track.

Media Exposure blossomed with a U.S. television adventure cartoon hero named “Hammerman” and a Mattel Hammer doll. Hammer pants, dance moves, glasses and haircut became pop cul-

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MC Hammer will be the headlining act for this year’s Toad Suck Daze Festival. He will appear Saturday night.

ture staples.

MC Hammer has won three Grammy Awards, seven American Music Awards, a People’s Choice Award, Image Award and the prestigious Billboard “Diamond Award.”

Sawyer Brown has

been cranking out country hits for more than 30 years, releasing 20 studio albums that include three No. 1 singles and more than 50 that entered the Billboard Country charts.

The band was award-

ed the Music City News Country Music Award for Vocal Band of the Year six years in a row in the mid-90s. They also received the same award from the CMT Country

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Entertainment Schedule FRIDAY, MAY 2 5:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

9:15 p.m.

Got It Covered Band Mac Powell Sawyer Brown

11:30 a.m.

12:45 p.m.

2 p.m.

3:30 p.m.

5 p.m.

6:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

9:15 p.m.

Stella Luss Zac Dunlap Good Time Ramblers Mid Nite Train from Memphis Black River Pearl Just Sayin’ Band Arkatext MC Hammer

Noon 12:45 p.m.

1:30 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

3 p.m.

3:45 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

One Church New Life Church True Holiness Saint Center Antioch Baptist Church Grace Church Church of Nazarene Choir Pleasant Branch Baptist Choir

SATURDAY, MAY 3

SUNDAY, MAY 4

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sic Awards.

Sawyer Brown will be Music Awards and the joined by special guest Academy of Country Mu- Mac Powell, part of the

Performing acts include clockwise from top: Sawyer Brown, Mac Powell and Arkatext.

Grammy Award-winning band Third Day. Though Third Day continues to go strong with

a new release slated for later this year, Powell has put together a collection of country songs that reach back into the musical influences of his childhood.

The rootsy collection of foot-stompin’, hand clappin’ country tunes is a way for Powell to pay tribute to his early musical inspirations while showcasing some music with a bit more levi-

ty than Christian music affords.

Other performers include the Got It Covered Band, Sella Luss, Zach Dunlap, Good Time Ramblers, Mid Nite Train From Memphis, Black River Pearl, Just Sayin’ Band and Arkatext.

On Sunday, performances will come from One Church, New Life Church, True Holiness

Saint Center, Antioch Baptist Church, Grace Church, Church of Nazarene Choir and Pleasant Branch Baptist Choir.

All entertainment will take place on the McDonald/Crain Kia Main Stage in Simon Park and is presented by: Acxiom Corporation, Conway CVB, Crafton Tull, and Southwestern Energy.

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Sunday, April 27, 2014 — 7A

Race for glory at the Crain-Arvest Challenge

By JOE LAMB LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

Kids like toads. That’s a big part of why Toad Suck Daze draws the crowd it does every year. As a rule, kids like toads and frogs and lizards and bugs with a child’s sense of curiosity and wonder. Also as a rule, a lot of kids shed that curiosity and wonder with age. But why?

For this year’s special Ask a Herpetologist feature, the Log Cabin Democrat talked to two people who, as children, liked toads too — and they like them more now that they’ve made their careers studying reptiles and amphibians as professional scientists in the field of herpetology.

Dr. Roy McDiarmid told the Log Cabin that he remembers that one day, when he was 7 or 8 years old growing up near Los Angeles, “my mom took me up to a local pond where there were toad tadpoles swimming around.

“I thought they were cool and took them back home and raised them up through metamorphosis,” Dr. McDiarmid said. “I thought that was amazing, and that’s something that stuck with me.”

Now Dr. McDiarmid is one of the curators in charge of the Smithsonian

National Museum of Natural History’s collection amphibians and reptiles and a Smithsonian Institution Adjunct Scientist working out of the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a close partner of the Smithsonian Institution since 1889.

Dr. Aaron Bauer’s interest in reptiles and amphibians started when he was 3 or 4 years old on a trip to the American Museum of Natural History and came across the reptile exhibit.

“That was it; I was hooked,” Dr. Bauer said. “I had no idea how you make a living at it, but I knew that it was for me. And lucky for me nobody ever told me that it was impractical or that I couldn’t do it.”

Now Bauer is the director of the Graduate Program in Biology at Villanova University and Secretary General of the World Congress of Herpetology.

Bauer and McDiarmid are two of the most highly respected herpetologists in America, and both have traveled the world catching and studying the animals that they liked catching and studying as children.

We asked Dr. McDiarmid and Dr. Bauer a few questions about toads.

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A young contestant holds her toad racer still before the start of her race.

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TOADS from 7A Here’s what they had to say:

Dr. Roy McDiarmid

Q: Why is the toad your favorite amphibian or reptile?

A: I don’t know that it is my favorite, but I’ve worked on it a lot. They’re very interesting. They’re active and you see them around your house a lot.

That, and they have a lot of interesting vocalizations, including a highfrequency trill which is pretty different than most of the North American frogs, and then they lay these long strings of eggs, which is pretty unique.

Also, their tadpoles swim in schools, which is pretty different — not tight schools, but they often times exhibit this behavior. Some people think that this is a predatory avoidance mechanism. They are also very distasteful, so they may be advertising their distastefulness.

Q: What makes the toad the ideal racing amphibian or reptile?

A: I have no idea. It doesn’t leap very far. It’s not like the Calavaras County frogs, or anything like that. Because of its

A toad leaps away from its owner during the Toad Races last year.

squat legs and comparatively large body, it’s not very impressive as far as large leaps go, but they are persistent in that if you watch toads they’ll cover reasonable distances. They hop along in continuous short hops and they can cover fairly impressive distances between where they live and where they eat and where they breed. They’re not one that would be distinguished by its locomotor ability in terms of jump or speed, but in terms of persistence they are fairly impressive and they move around a lot.

Q: Why is the toad superior to the frog?

A: Well, I don’t know that it is. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and maybe success is too. They’re distributed all over the world, and worldwide they’re fairly successful and they lay lots of eggs and have lots of young; and they generally are very successful in more urban environ-

ments, because they’re more terrestrial.

Also because they’re more terrestrial, you don’t have to wade around trying to collect them like you do some species.

itat, and a pan or other container of clean water to soak in. Maybe they don’t need to eat every day. They’ll be OK just keeping a very few live crickets in the habitat.

When they get tired of eating them, then they’re full.

Also, they don’t need to get too hot. You wouldn’t want to leave them in a habitat outside in the sun. Ideally, you’d keep them inside.

Q: What advice do you have for toad handlers hoping to keep their toads in peak racing form in the days before the big race?

A: Well, they do have glands behind their eyes sort of on their shoulder that puts out a mildly toxic material and their skin is mildly toxic.

They do require live food, or at least all of the North American toads do.

Cane toads in Northern Florida [one of Florida’s many, many species of non-native invasive reptiles or amphibians] are known to eat dog food, Dr. Aaron Bauer Q: Why is the toad but for the native toads, mealworms or crickets your favorite amphibian?

A: For me, I’ve got are fine.

You need to keep them a historical interest in in a reasonable sized con- toads as well, as far as tainer with some moss and some terrestrial habTOADS < 9A

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Sunday, April 27, 2014 — 9A

Kids encouraged to search for the $500 Toad

By JOE LAMB LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

It can now be confirmed with some confidence that the long-rumored $500 Toad does exist.

Carefully marked via a secret, all-natural and ecologically ethical technique undetectable to the human senses, The $500 Toad will be out there, somewhere, along a short stretch of Tucker Creek and waiting to be caught at this year’s very special Toad Roundup.

The Toad Roundup is an event with on-site food and merchandise vendors in which children of all ages (but mostly children) can search for prime Conway racing toads in their natural Tucker Creek habitat. It will be held on Tuesday, April 29, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the new Prince Street Trailhead of the Tucker Creek Walking/ Bike Trail.

Just how the $500 Toad will be identified is a closely guarded secret, but it has

TOADS from 8A the history aspect of biology. Toads have always played a role in culture, and that sort of thing. Also, because they are more tolerant of dry conditions, you see them fairly often. You don’t have to go down to a pond to see them.

They’re in your backyard and in more urban environments, so there’s something more familiar about them, I think, than a lot of amphibians.

Q: What makes a toad

Is this the $500 Toad? Head to Tucker Creek to find him (or her).

been confirmed that it will But whoever checks the $500 ile Toad Evaluation Center certificates, Toad Bucks and be just about as good, strong Toad in at a specially pre- at the Toad Roundup site cash money worth, in total, and fast as a normal toad. pared and presumably ster- will get a combination of gift $500.

the ideal racing amphibian?

A: That’s a tough one.

You wouldn’t really predict them to be the ideal amphibian for racing, but they do have a lot of stamina and because they are resistant to water loss. It’s safer for them to be in an environment where they’re getting poked a little to get them to move, whereas some amphibians would be in danger of drying out and dehydration, so that makes toads better suited for any activity like that.

Q: What advice do you have for catching toads?

A: Because they are around in so many places they’re relatively easy to find.

First, even though they’re pretty robust for amphibians, they’re still small animals so you’ve got to be careful because you don’t want to damage them, and they do have poison glands, so there will be a problem if you touch your eyes or put your finger in your mouth after they’ve secreted the poison, but that’s usually not a prob-

Even though they lem because they have to be upset to really se- tolerate dry conditions crete it. well for amphibians, they need some water Q: What advice do to soak in. If they’re not you have for keeping a stressed, they’re going toad in peak racing con- to have greater capabildition? ity when it comes time A: The main thing is to race them. You defimake sure they have ac- nitely want to keep the cess to water and that toads as comfortable as they don’t overheat. you can.

It’s really critical that With feeding, they they have some sort of can get problems if peohide, whether it’s a piece ple feed them things of bark or a fancy plastic that are too rough — sort of reptile house that like if people feed them you get at a pet store — a lot of beetles. They will just someplace they can eat them, but they can get blockages. Crickets hide.

are fine, and small baitworms are fine for them.

Also, it’s best to put them back exactly where you found them, if you can. Because while they do travel a lot they know their surroundings and they may be disorientated if you drop them somewhere unfamiliar to them.

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Greens are co-chairs of TSD

By COURTNEY SPRADLIN LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

Honorary Toad Suck Daze 2014 festival cochairs are Victor and Charlotte Green.

Festival Director Mary Margaret Satterfield said the Greens, both active members of the community, are great representatives of Toad Suck Daze because of their involvement in education.

Dr. Charlotte Green has been in education for more than 17 years, teaching first and fifth grades and also gifted education. She has served as an assistant principal, and she opened Woodrow Cummins Elementary as principal and served that role for four years. She

The Toad Suck Daze co-chairs are Dr. Charlotte Green and Victor Green.

is currently the supervisor of Conway Public Schools’ Gifted and Advanced Placement Programs. She is the founder of the nonprofit organization Arkansas Preschool Plus and is the television host for AETN’s new education talk show titled, “Arkansas Voices for Ed-

ucation,” which is set to air in June. Green is the author of two books, “Because I Said So: A Discussion on Parenting Styles and Achievement Gaps” and “Parent Bailout: The Bailout that is Really Crippling America.”

“My parents taught

me to serve, and I love serving,” said Green. “I am honored to be asked to work with the community in helping raise funds for education. Education is the great equalizer and to be part of a community that strives to provide quality education for all children is ‘toadally’ awesome.”

Victor Green is a Conway businessman and University of Central Arkansas alumnus.

He is a member of UCA’s Board of Trustees, appointed in 2010 by Governor Mike Beebe.

He has served on the UCA Foundation Board in years past.

The Greens have two children, David and Caleb.

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Sporting events during Toad Suck Daze concern feet and pedals.

Maybe a little hopping in both.

TOAD SUCK RUNS

The Toad Suck 10K, 5K and Tadpole Trots form one of the oldest continuing events at the festival and annually draws participants from several different states.

Runners will dash, hop, skip, run, walk and trot for the 31st year in the race that will be Saturday, beginning and ending at

John McConnell Stadium at Conway High School.

The runs have raised more than $300,000 for local charities over the years. The 10K serves as a qualifier for the Road Runners Club of Arkansas Grand Prix Series.

Race chip and packet pickup will be from 3-6 p.m. Thursday and Friday at The Sporty Runner in Conway. Race packets are available on race day from 6:30-7:30 a.m. Online registration at www. toadsuckrun.com ends at 6 p.m. Friday, May 2.

The 10K and 5K be-

gin at 8 a.m. The Tadpole Trots, age-graded races for children, ages 4-12, will begin about 9:30 a.m.

The event is coordinated by the Conway Running Club in memory of Randy Baker, an active runner in Conway who was killed in an automobile accident.

TOUR DE TOAD

Bicyclists have two options for the Tour de Toad, a bicycle ride through the Toad Suck countryside.

The ride begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Conway High School Field

House at John McConnell Stadium.

Participants have a choice of 25- or 46mile ride. Both routes are generally flat with a few rolling hills and are good for all levels of cyclists.

Cost is $35 in advance and $40 of the day of the race, with proceeds going to Literacy Action for Central Arkansas.

For the first time this year, “Iron Toad” riding jerseys will be available for purchase.

Further information can be found of Facebook at www.facebook.com/ TourdeToad.

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At some point, many youngsters dream of growing up to be a firefighter.

During Toad Suck Daze, several will get the chance to be one for a couple of days, crawling, dragging and squirting in competition with their contemporaries.

During the Crawl, Drag and Squirt competition, youngsters go through a timed obstacle course that requires many of the skills that firefighters use. They include putting on a coat and pack, crawling through a confined space, pulling a sled, smash-

ing objects with a rubber mallett and dragging a hose a short distance, then squirting it at a target.

The competition is agegraded (grades 1-2 and 3-4) with separate divisions for boys and girls.

In the process of competition, they also learn about fire safety.

Youngsters qualify through their elementary schools.

Another preliminary competition will be held at 5 p.m. Friday at the Central Fire Station.

The finals will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at a roped-off area on Front Street.

All participants must fill out a release form.

A young participant takes part in the Crawl, Drag and Squirt.

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Add a few more interesting items to the Toad Suck Daze festival menu this year, including Chez Bubba’s chicken and waffles on a stick, gravy fries, cougar juice and Bubba Balls.

Bubba Balls, as described by Toad Suck Daze festival food chair Danny Williams, are a deep fried caramel concoction.

More notable items this year, Williams said, are the Toadally Whips, frozen deserts following the toad theme.

A new vendor offering Greek food, Greek Tavern, will serve up gyros, Italian sausage, wraps and salads.

Kathy’s Kabana will offer Mexican food with festival flare, including taco salads, quesadillas, fajitas, burritos, walking tacos and Philly nachos.

Rodeo Style Mud Bugs and More will return

with a seafood variety, serving broiled crawfish, catfish, fried crawfish tails, alligator on a stick and frog legs.

The Mud Bugs’ second location is where you’ll find fried Twinkies, fried candy bars, fried Oreos, dipped cheesecake on a stick, fried Kool-Aid on a stick, funnel cakes and ice cream.

Purple Cow, new to town at The Village at Hendrix, debuts at the festival with milk shakes and ice cream.

Williams said The Church Alive, a vendor for many years, will serve cheeseburgers and Toad Suck succotash.

“There’s a lot of diversity. We work hard to make sure you don’t just have the typical carnival food, we work to make sure there’s a wide variety of food to choose from,” Williams said.

“There’s traditional car-

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FOOD from 14A nival food obviously, but there’s also barbecue, Greek food and different takes on Mexican food.

We’ll have all your typical deep fried goodies we’ve had in the past.”

Toad Suck Daze has registered about 40 concession vendors this year.

Williams, owner of Grounds Guys lawn care business, said he’s always loved Toad Suck Daze.

He looked to the festival as a way to become more involved in the community and as a way to meet others who also want to make Faulkner County and Conway a better place to live.

For a full list of vendors, visit www.toadsuck. org/concessions.

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FoodOptions Arkansas Xtreme Softball

Tea, Cookies, Candy, Popcorn, Pickles, Nachos

Beta Sigma Phi – Laureate Nu Chocolate Covered Bananas

Conway Twilight Optimist Club Kettle Corn, Kool-Aid

The Church Alive

Hamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Toad Suck Succotash, Caramel Apples, Lemonade

A & J Concessions Pineapple Whip

Annabelle’s Concessions

Strawberry Daiquiri, Pina Colada Daiquiri, Fruitie Daiquiri, Strawberry Lemonade, Pink Lemonade, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Strawberry Shortcake

Aunt Edmoe’s Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cookie Dough in a Cup, Cookie Dough Parfait, Fried Cookie Dough on a Stick, Cookie Dough on a Sick Dipped in Chocolate and Rolled in pecans, walnuts, coconut or sprinkles, milk, coffee, hot cocoa, cappuccino, Fried/Dipped Chocolate Chip Cheesecake on a Stick, Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwich on a Stick

Boyd’s Funnel Cakes

Funnel Cakes, Lemonade, Tea

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Patton Concessions

OPTIONS from 15A

BBQ sandwiches, french fries, cheese sticks, chicken on a stick, BBQ nachos, tea, lemonade

Bradley Boyd Inc.

Funnel Cakes, Tea, Lemonade, Pork Tenderloin Sandwich, Chicken Pita Wrap

Purple Cow

Milk Shakes and Ice Cream

Chez Bubba’s

Rocken Robin Concession

Chicken & Waffles on a stick, Gravy Fries, Cougar Juice, Bubba Balls

Cozy’s Concession

Jumbo Corndogs, Shaved Ice, Lemonade, Cheddar Polish Corndog

DaNucci Concessions

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Linda Chan’s

Bloomen Onions, Fried Pickles, Fried Lilly Pads, Smoochies, Nachos, Fried Mushrooms, Fried Green Tomatoes, Fruit Punch, Tea, Lemonade, Cheesecake on a Stick, Caramel Apple Sundae, Fresh Cut Fries, Ribbon Fries

Teriyaki chicken on a stick, egg roll, shrimp fried Rodeo Style Mud Bugs & More Corn Dogs, Funnel Cakes, Taco Salads, Tamales, rice, lo mein, lemonade Boiled Crawfish, Catfish, Fried Crawfish Tail Basket, Frozen Chocolate Bananas and Cheesecake, Nachos Alligator on a Stick, Catfish, Frog Legs, Boiled Shrimp, Mama Mia Concessions Fried Shrimp, Chicken Strip, Clam Strips, Fried Corn Greek Tavern Toasted Ravioli, Toasted Cannelloni, Meatballs on on Cob, Crawfish Etoufee, Fries, Tea, Lemonade Gyros, Greek Salad, Gyro Platter, Philly Steak, a Stick, Cheese Sticks, Sweet Tea, Lemonade, NachItalian sausage-polish, Chicken Caesar Wrap, Chick- os, Deep Fried Cheesecake Rodeo Style Mud Bugs & More #2 en Caesar Salad, Lemonade, Sodas, Water Fried Twinkies, Fried Candy Bars, Fried Oreos, Mtn. Home Kettle Corn Dipped Cheesecake on a stick, Fried Kool-Aid on a Kathy’s Kabana Kettle Corn, Pork Skins, Bottled Root Beer Stick, Cotton Candy, nachos, lemonade, sweet tea, Taco Salad, Quesadillas, Fajitas, Burritos, Taco, funnel cakes, ice cream Walking Taco, Mucho Nachos, Philly Nachos, Ta- Original Corn Roast (1) cos, Shaved Ice, Lemonade Shake-ups, tea, Mexican Roasted Corn, Corn in a Cup, Apple Slices w/Car- Rolling on the Bayou Punch, Philly Cheese Steaks amel, Baked Potatoes, Baked Sweet Potatoes, Whole Fried Catfish Plate, Fried Shrimp Plate, Fish PoPickles Boy, Shrimp Po-boy, Red Beans & Rice with Sausage, Kona Ice Jambalaya with Chicken & Sausage, Gator-ShrimpKona Tropical Shaved Ice Ozark Candies and Nuts Boudin-Sausage on a stick, Onion Blossom, Coffee, Kettle Corn, Cinnamon Roasted Nuts, Frozen Hot Chocolate, Cold Drinks, King Cake on a Stick L & M Concessions Lemonade, Citrus Blast Drink-Lemon, lime and orHamburgers, Cheeseburgers, Cheeseburger on a ange S & S Concessions stick, Polish Sausage, Hot Dogs, Nachos, Fries, TurFunnel Cakes, Corn Dogs, Nachos, Lemonade, key Legs, Tea, Lemonade, Root Beer, Root Beer Floats, patti Cakes Bakery/The Stoby’s Bakery Limeade Cotton Candy, Caramel Apples, Candy Apples, SurviToad cookies, Stoby’s Punch, Stoby’s Original Dip OPTIONS < 17A vor Drinks, Fried Avocado and Chips, Stoby’s White Dip & Chips

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OPTIONS from 16A Sissy’s Place

Gator on a Stick, Fried Green Tomatoes, Crawfish on a stick, Chicken on a Stick, Pork Chop on a Stick, Fried Pickles, Ribbon Fries, Apple Dumplings, Fudge Cake, Frozen Lemonade, Tea, Lemonade, Strawberry Lemonade

Springhill Concessions (1)

Chicken on a Stick, Corn Dogs, Tea, Lemonade, Limeade, coffee, hot chocolate

Springhill Concessions (2)

Corn Dogs, Tea, Lemonade, Limeade

Springhill Concessions (3)

Chicken on a Stick, Corn Dogs, Tea, Lemonade, Limeade

The Flamingo Grill

Philly Cheese Steak, Grilled Cuban Sandwich, Bratwurst in a Bun, Sweet Italian Sausage, Sausage on a Stick or Bun, Grilled Corn in a Cup, Hot Dogs, Nachos, Pickles, Frozen Cherry Limeade, Churros, Flamingo Mojito, Cherry Limeade, Ice Tea, Quesadillas

W & M Concessions (1)

Onion Blossoms, Cheese Sticks, Nachos, Hot Dogs, Lemonade, Tea

W & M Concessions (2)

Jumbo Corn Dogs, Lemonade

Wild Bill’s Olde Fashion Soda

Wild Goose Concessions

Brats, Polish Sausage, Italian Sausage, Hot Dog, Soda Fountain – Root Beer, Diet Root Beer; vanil- Loaded Hot Dog, Philly Cheese Steak, Nachos Chocola, orange and grape sarsaparilla, birch late Dipped Cheese Cake, Frozen Lemon-Lime, Lem-

onade, Cherry Limeade

Yellow Snow

Snow Cones

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Warts and all: Toadal Kids Zone is ready to go

By SHELDON SLINKARD LOG CABIN DEMOCRAT

This year at Toad Suck Daze come on down to the Toadal Kids Zone! There will be activities, fun and prizes available.

Two stages will be set up on the lawn of the Faulkner County Courthouse. These stages will host performances, including “Clowns, magicians, balloon artists, dance and gymnastic groups, school choirs and more,” according to the website.

Alongside the two stages will be a petting zoo and pony rides for kids to try their hand at taming the beast, presented by Pet Country.

“I think that there is a variety of attractions and performances at the Smith Ford Toadal Kids Zone, and depending on what the child is interested in, there are a lot of “can’t-miss” performances,” said Mary Margaret Satterfield, director of events at the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce. “I personally like to see the different school groups perform, and I am looking forward to the new Shakespeare performances and the Lego League.”

The Faulkner County library will be onsite giving away books to participating kids and offering a chance for kids to make

some ‘toadally’ amazing arts and crafts.

“New this year at the Smith Ford Toadal Kids Zone are TOTs Basketball, the Lego League and pictures with ‘Croaker,’ the Toad Suck Daze mascot. Also, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre will present on Friday and Saturday,” said Satterfield.

For those kids looking for some free loot, parents can sign up their mini-me for the Toad Suck Kids Club. Membership into the club grants kids with a Kids Club Tshirt, five toad bucks, a kids club wristband, spe-

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A young Toad Suck Daze attendee tries his luck at the ring toss.

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ZONE from 18A cial kids club line at Toad Races, a goodie bag from Toadal kids zone and a birthday card from the Toad Master. All of this is included in the $25 membership fee.

To take advantage of these perks, Kids Club members simply need to wear their wristband included with their membership. To register, visit the Toad Store, the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce or go to toadsuck@conwayarkansas. org.

Events

Preston Palmer Studio Stage Friday, May 2 4 p.m. Arkansas Shakespeare Theater 6 p.m. Preston Palmer Studios Home school Band Saturday, May 3 10:30 a.m. Ida Burns Scat

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1:30 p.m. Vilonia Melodies 2 p.m. Tiger Tones of Ellen Smith 3:15 p.m. Sonshine Academy Dancers 4 p.m. Arkansas Shakespeare Theater 5:30 p.m. Toady Prize Dig and Pictures with Croaker the Toad Suck Daze Mascot & DJ Lessons and demonstration with DJ Paul Grass 6 p.m. Becoming Elephants Sunday, May 4 1:30 p.m. Theodore Jones Jaguar Choir 2 p.m. Central Arkansas Children’s Choir 3 p.m. Central Arkansas Baton 3:30 p.m. Preston Palmer A child enjoys her rubber duck at Toad Suck Daze.

Studio’s Rock Clinic M&M Environmental Stage Cats Choir Noon Ruth Doyle Choir Friday, May 2 11 a.m. Mustang Singers of 12:30 p.m. Greenbrier Show 3:45 p.m. Balloon Man Julia Lee Moore Stoppers 4:15 p.m. Children’s Pet 11:30 a.m. The Pride of 1 p.m. Carolyn Lewis CouShow presented by Pet Woodrow Cummins Choir gar Choir

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Country 5:30 p.m. TOTS Basketball 6 p.m. Pictures with Croacker the Toad Suck Daze Mascot Saturday, May 3 10:30 a.m. Toadally Paint Studio 11:15 a.m.

Greenbrier Sports Stackers 11:45 a.m. Tommy Terrific and Book Giveaway 12:30 p.m. Toady Prizes Dig 1 p.m. Balloon Man 1:30 p.m. Checkers the Clown 2:15 p.m. Tommy Terrific and Book Giveaway 3 p.m. Lego League 3:30 p.m. Tommy Terrific and Book Giveaway 4 p.m. Balloon Man Sunday, May 4 1:30 p.m. Checkers the Clown 2 p.m. TOTS Basketball 2:30 p.m. Checkers the Clown

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Hop from vendor to vendor at Toad Market

By MICHELLE CORBET LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

Toad Market consists of nearly 150 vendors selling commercial products and hand-made arts and crafts throughout the Toad Suck Daze Festival.

Vendors line Oak Street, Main Street, Parkway Avenue and Locust Avenue, selling a variety of products from duck calls and lawn furniture to scented candles and personalized jewelry.

The market offers products from local vendors as well as vendors who travel across the country to participate in the festival each year.

“Right now we have vendors from Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota and Virginia,” said Mary Margaret Satterfield, director of Toad Suck Daze, “that would be who has traveled the furthest from home to attend.”

There are currently 25 businesses from Faulkner County participating, Satterfield said.

“This year the festival has so many new vendors, I’m not familiar with all of them yet,” she said, “but I’m looking forward to see what they have to offer.”

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The Toad Market provides all who attend Toad Suck Daze with opportunities to shop for unique items.

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MARKET from 20A Bella Rose/Inkspot Personalized Cell Phone Cases, Ipad Cases, Luggage Tags, License Plates, Coasters, Serving Trays, Cutting Boards Banded Mallard Handcrafted duck calls, necklaces, key chains, T-shirts Glitz Galore-N-More High end designer copies of jewelry Imprint signs & designs, Inc. Mixed bags, clothing, accessories Porters Crafts personalized signs Personalized signs done from ceiling tiles Britts Leather Handmade leather belts, buckles, wallets, cell cases, bracelets, key rings, holsters and dog collars Scentsy Fragrance Scented wax, warmers, light bulbs, scented body products Jordan’s Outdoor Fun Lawn furniture, ornaments and ladies clothing Dee’s Finest Spaghetti sauce, spice mix, meatball spice mix Rock City Outfitters Inc. Arkansas inspired T-shirts Flags 4 Less Decorative flags for all seasons and holidays Hut No 8 Conway Jewelry, purses & bags, sunglasses and clothing Mama G’s Salsa in a Snap

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Salsa in a Snap, pre-done seasoning to make salsa making faster The Swalty Kernel LLC Original swalty kernel-prepackaged Fantasy Faces Professional face painter Pretty Please Women’s clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories A Name Frame Alphabet photo/Name frames T & T Hairclips African butterfly hairclips HydroLife Sports Wake Boards, wakesurfs, GoPro Cameras, life jackets, SkiRopes Be Brush Happy Hand painted and personalized hairbrush and mirrors, hand painted shoes King Graphics, LLC Clothing/graphics Treece Inc. Purses, jewelry, scarves, wallets, metal, clothes Younique Make-up & skin care Lula Belle Boutique Clothing, jewelry, purses, crafts Soaking Stone Coasters Handmade tone coasters and car coasters, trivets Barefoot Campus Outfitters T-shirts, sunglasses Janices Upcycled Vintage Jewelry Jewelry designed from upcylced vintage jewelry

OAK STREET

Sunglasses

Adults and kids sunglasses The Gripstic Seal virtually any opened bag, jerky hut and simple salsa Leatherworks Leather items Stylin’ Suds Laundry solution, happy plates, dishwasher tabs Natural Essentials Health juices, home diffusers Linda’s Boutique Hair bows, headbands, children’s aprons Magnetic Jewelry by NED Handcrafted magnetic necklaces, bracelets, anklets, stainless steel magnetic necklaces and bracelets Henna Gypsy Henna tattoos Awesome Tye-Dye Tye-dye shirts Hands Unlimited Solid, personalized, hands-on-location, life casting States of Mind State-themed clothing Rings with Names/Debris Designs Jewelry Texacana Designs Custom-cut, red oak matts and picture frames The Cartoon Guy Caricatures Moms’ Madness Wood items, purses, jewelry, handmade walking canes, hair accessories, flip flops Funny and Fancy

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Ladies and mens hats, T-shirts, attitude aprons, bathing suit cover ups Kirby Crafts Wood, home decor, toys, marionette animals, wooden roses

MAIN STREET

ATL Wireless Cell phone accessories Zeal for Life Zeal wellness single serve vitamin supplement Pawprintclothingco@yahoo.com Pet apparel & accessories, pet slings, collard leashes, crate pads Real Time Pain Relief Pain relief items at different prices 5 oz., 4 oz., 2 oz. tubes Gifts with Personality Handmade children’s clothing, blankets, burp clothes, badge reels, purses for all ages and hairbows Sun Lizard Largest display of sunglasses and accessories Pioneer Outdoor Gear Gear bags and backpacks, outdoor gear Section 8 T-shirts and hand sewn apparel M & R Concessions Necklaces, rings, key rings, body jewelry Cartoon of You Caricature drawing Steve Evans Temporary air brush tattoos

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MARKET from 21A Blondies Leather Shop Handcrafted leather items Ron’s Airbrush Airbrush T-shirts, hats, hoodies, headbands, koozies, tattoos, sand art Crooked Tree Graphics Face & Body Art Professional face & body painting and Henna tattoos

LOCUST AVENUE

ABATE District 17 ABATE T-shirts, hats, patches, yard signs Gardenrays Marketing Garden gloves, work gloves, birdhouses, art-small canvases Avon Jewelry, skincare, makeup, fragrance, skin so soft Real Time Pain Relief Lotion, roll on and travel pack

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Personally Yours Personalized license plates, decals, flags, caps, necklaces Henna Tattoos Henna temporary tattoos Rollin-N-Ribbon Hair bows, hair clippies, earrings, hair flowers MJs Enterprise Personalized name posters, sunglasses Addie Jacks, LLC Children’s items, headbands, hair bows, dresses, rompers, leggings, shoes, bloomers, neckties, diaper bags, fairy wings Southern Chics T-shirts Boyer Magnetics Magnetic jewelry Zydoo Wood roses, roses made with crystal pearls, helmets, sunglasses Up North Photo Old time photo

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Geek out or sing out at Toadal Game Zone

By MICHELLE CORBET LOG CABIN STAFF WRITER

When the sun goes down, the stage lights come on, and Conway Corporation’s Digital Cable package allows festival-goers to find their perfect karaoke tune.

“You can search by different genres, by category, style or artists,” Kemp said. “We’ll have iPads out there so you can search for songs.”

Free game play will be available all day every day, and the stage will be designated for karaoke or dancing at different times throughout the weekend.

Join Conway Corporation for some high definition time in the spotlight or challenge your friends to a video game at the Toadal Game Zone.

Conway Corporation has stocked the tent at the corner of Main and Parkway streets with nearly 20 televisions connected to a multitude of gaming systems with the latest games.

For those who want to show off their moves, a 10x10 light- FRIDAY ed stage is synched with Xbox 6-8:30 p.m. Just Dance One’s “Just Dance 2014,” so fes8:30-11 p.m. Karaoke tival attendees can go head-to- SATURDAY head in a dance off.

8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open Stage “We can accommodate two 6-8:30 p.m. Just Dance to three people at a time on the 8:30-11 p.m. Karaoke stage,” said Conway Corpora- SUNDAY tion Marketing Manager Crys11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Open A child enjoys the scene at the Toadal Game Zone. tal Kemp.

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There is always something to do at Toad Suck Daze.