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Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck

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pumpkin chuckCary, NC – Announcing Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck, scheduled for Sunday, November 3, 2013 at Bond Park.

Pumpkin Chucking

Not familiar with a pumpkin chuck? It’s a competition where teams hurl pumpkins at targets and for distance with a homemade device called a trebuchet.

A trebuchet is like a catapult, except with a sling instead of a giant spoon.

Pumpkin chucks are also called punkin’ chuckin’ and punkin chunkin’. Don’t know why “chunking” except maybe alliteration.

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Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck

Whatever you want to call it, Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck will happen the weekend after Halloween – Sunday, November 3, 2013. More info on CaryPumpkinChuck.com.

The venue is the Spillway in beautiful Bond Park. That’s the area between the Community Center and the lake – a hilly spot overlooking a big, flat field. It’s sometimes used for event and Spring Daze parking.

The Spillway is about 500 feet long. We’ll be using approximately 300 feet for the punkin’ chuckin’.

Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck is a co-production of Town of Cary and TechnologyTank.

Mini-Maker Fair

Cary’s Punkin’ Chuck will also have a mini-Maker Fair. Booths to be announced, but expect science, technology and DIY exhibits.

If you’d like to be an exhibitor at the event, please email Ian Henshaw.

Register

Teams are forming now! Cary’s Great Pumpkin Chuck is a fun, innovative experience for Scout troops, school clubs, families and hobbyists of all ages.

For more information, visit CaryPumpkinChuck.com. To register, visit EventBrite.

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Trebuchet photo for  Cub Scout Pack 101 in Cedar Valley, Texas by Irish Typepad.

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Brian Horton Quartet Comes to Cary

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brian-hortonCary, N.C. – North Carolina’s own Brian Horton, composer, saxophonist, producer and studio engineer, is coming to Cary’s Sertoma Amphitheater July 13.

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Cary Children’s Day Festival 2013

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Story from staff reports. Photo by Steven Mileham.

Cary, NC – The annual Children’s Day  Festival of Cary is being held this year at Sertoma Amphitheatre in Bond Park on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Read more

It’s Not Ping Pong – 12 Annual Butterfly Cup

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Photo by Tom Nguyen.

Cary, NC- Last year, the Town of Cary was fortunate to snag the Olympic Table Tennis qualifier trials which were hosted at Bond Park Community Center. This weekend, Cary will play host to international talent competing in USATT National Level Table Tennis Championship competition, this time for $16,500 in prize money. This isn’t Ping Pong! Read more

Birding at Bond Park

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Story by David Lindquist, current chair of the Town of Cary’s Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources (PRCR) advisory board. Pine Warbler photo by Matt Tillet.

Cary, NC – Is it truly possible to do serious bird watching in Cary’s Fred G. Bond Metro Park?  Naturalist Eddie Owens proves it every second Saturday through April.  Read more

Weekend: Bird Watching & Punjabi Concert

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The Calendar is edited by Lindsey Chester. Photo by Michael Baglole.

Cary, NC – Good stuff on the Calendar in Cary this weekend with a free birding event, a Punjabi concert and other interesting  things. Read more

Shana Tucker: Show Went on Despite the Weather

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Story and photos by Lindsey Chester.

Cary- Once again, PineCone‘s organizers with help from the Town Of Cary, had to plan for inclement weather for a concert scheduled at Sertoma Amphitheater in Bond Park. The storms were looming all day Saturday, so the equipment for the Shana Tucker Concert was set up in the Kiwanis Shelter. She played to a packed, and dry, crowd. Read more

Pictures: Fourth of July at Bond Park

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Story from staff reports. Photos by Brooke Meyer.

Cary, NC – Who can resist a Fourth of July parade or a watermelon eating contest? It was a good time at Bond Park on Independence Day and we’ve got the pictures to prove it. Read more

Events: A Fourth of July Kind of Week in Cary

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Story by Brian Schmid and staff. Photo by Harold Neal.

Cary, NC – Independence Day is on a Wednesday this year, but a holiday in the middle of the week is just an opportunity for some good old American ingenuity! Music, fireworks, movies and sports dot the week of the Fourth this year in Cary.  Read more

Cross Currents Fun Run July 7

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Story from staff reports. Photo by Z. Smith Reynolds Library.

Cary, NC – Support the arts in Cary at the Cross Currents Fun Run, Saturday July 7 in beautiful Bond Park. Read more