Delta Ducky Derby & Gala to Benefit the Humane Society of the Delta
Date and time
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Helena-West Helena
Helena-West Helena, ARRefund Policy
Description
The 2nd Annual DELTA DUCKY DERBY will be a two (2) day event this year!
Friday, June 10, 2016 - The Karen Harris Memorial GOLDEN DUCK AWARDS & Red Carpet Gala
Lily Peter Auditorium at PCCUA - Campus Drive - Helena - West Helena, AR
What are the GOLDEN DUCK AWARDS? When you buy a ticket for two** (2) to the Red Carpet Gala, you automatially adopt a 10" Jumbo Rubber Duck; dress it to portray your favotire rock star or your favorite pet or the sexiest movie star you can think of or your all time favorite movie/book/cartoon character or your favorite politician to compete for prizes and a GOLDEN DUCK AWARD!
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With our NEW option of purchasing additional JUMBO RUBBER DUCKYS with the purchase of a ticket to the Red Carpet Gala, you can set a scene from your favorite movie or story - portray your favorite folk duo or rock band...just use your imagination. *Purchase an Individual ticket to the Gala and the option to add a JUMBO RUBBER DUCKY or several is available.
***You can pick up your 10" JUMBO RUBBER DUCK at Delta Gypsy, 509 Cherry Street, Helena, AR, or there is a special ticket option that allows for your JUMBO RUBBER DUCK to be shipped to you.
The coveted PEOPLES QUACK AWARD will be decided by the public's vote (1 vote per $.01) while other categories will be selected by a panel of judges and kept under lock and key by PriceWaterQuack,CPA, until announcement during the Red Carpet Gala.
GOLDEN DUCK AWARDS & RED CARPET GALA
- 6:45 pm The Red Carpet Opens to our celebrities as they make their entrance along with the papparazzi, cash bar, heavy hors d'oeuvres
- 7:30 pm The GARY GOIN GROUP Check them out online! https://youtu.be/pYNb0U4oIKw
- 8:30 pm Live Auction
- 9:00 pm The GARY GOIN GROUP (G3) returns until 11:00 pm
Saturday, June 11, 2016
DELTA DUCKY DERBY and RESCUE WITH RUSKY
The Boardwalk at the River Park, Helena - West Helena, AR
*Times are estimated
- 9:00 am RESCUE WITH RUSKY 10 man canoe heats begin
- Rides and Carnival games open for kids of all ages
- 11:00 am DELTA DUCKY DERBY
- 11:45 am RESCUE WITH RUSKY continues
The DELTA DUCKY DERBY is a race of a minimum of 1500 specially trained and weighted 4 inch rubber duck Racers. Helena Marine launches the ducks from a moored barge while volunteers man fishing boats to help keep the Racers within the race course. The Racers enter the Mississippi River just north of the Helena Riverwalk - the spectators line the banks as the mass of ducks float down the Mighty Mississippi with the winner eventually floating to victory. Cash prizes of $300, $200 and $100 will be awarded.
Organized by
The Humane Society of the Delta (HSD) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization formed in March, 2008, as a result of the compassion of local concerned citizens, who recognized the immediate need to advocate for the humane treatment of animals. The shelter facility is located in Helena - West Helena, AR, the county seat of Phillips County.
Neither Helena-West Helena, AR, or Phillips County, AR, offers any type of animal control to it's citizens. The HSD provides 100% of the animal control and shelter facilities to both the city and the county - however, the HSD recives NO monetary aid from eiither the city or the county or the state. The $120,000 estimated yearly budget is covered by donations and volunteer fueled fund raisers such as this one plus "per animal" fees paid by Marvell, Arkansas.
www.humanesocietyofthedelta.org