Thursday, April 7, 2011

20TH ANNUAL WILD GAME FEAST RETURNS TO FAIRGROUNDS MAY 5

From 5 - 9 p.m. Thursday, May 5, 2011, the DeLand Breakfast Rotary Club  will host the 20th Annual Albert D. Downs Wild Game Feast at the Volusia County Fairgrounds, 3150 E. New York Ave., DeLand.

The Wild Game Feast has become one of the largest annual fundraisers in West Volusia County, Fla., and typically hosts more than 1,000 people for an evening of wild-game delicacies and camaraderie.

The Wild Game Feast has raised and distributed more than $1 million to non-profit organizations and community groups over its 19 years, including The House Next Door, Volusia Honor Air, and more than 50 other local organizations and programs. 

Tickets for adults are available through club members or online at www.wildgamefeast.org, and are $50 each. Parking is free at the fairgrounds.

Though the menu changes slightly from year to year, a typical Wild Game Feast menu includes smoked pork, fried and smoked venison, venison curry, blackened gator tail, fried gator tail, fried frog legs, crawfish, catfish, turkey, venison chili, pulled pig, fried rattlesnake and Jamaican mountain goat.

Trimmings and desserts have included hush puppies, Cole slaw, baked beans, “swamp cabbage,” corn on the cob, collard greens and sour-orange pie.

For more information about the Wild Game Feast, call Mark Watts, 2011 Wild Game Feast Chair, at (386) 736-7700 or e-mail info@wildgamefeast.org.

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