Cordele celebrates Watermelon Days Festival with watermelon spitting contest and wiener dog race

Cordele celebrates Watermelon Days Festival with watermelon spitting contest and wiener dog race

The Watermelon Days Festival was held at Georgia Veterans State Park on June 20. A bubble-blowing machine, less than scorching weather, and a wiener dog race lent a whimsical air to the festival. Candice Davis, with the Cordele Chamber, organized the wiener dog contest. The contest had twenty-five wiener dogs participate, some coming from as far as 100 miles away. She described what it was like. “It was very fun and exciting. It was a very popul…