Local cooking, competition, and take-home, today at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse, by 100 Black Men of Valdosta (facebook) in their Annual Barbecue Cook-Off.
Matthew Woody wrote for the VDT Thursday, 100 Black Men of Valdosta hosting 19th annual BBQ cook-off,
The community is invited to the 19th annual 100 Black Men of Valdosta barbecue cook-off, 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the old County Courthouse in downtown Valdosta. Continue reading
Candidate for Governor of Georgia Jason Carter headlines
the program for the annual Lowndes County Democratric Party Barbecue Tuesday.
LCDP wrote yesterday, Georgia: Back on Track –LCDP BBQ 1 July 2014,
Other candidates speaking include Democrats Daniel Blackman for GA PSC, Valerie Wilson for State School Superintendent (runoff), Bikram Mohanty for Georgia State Senate District 8, Dexter Sharper for Georgia House District 177, and Demarcus Marshall for Lowndes County Commission District 4. Plus G. Norman Bennett and Clay Griner in the nonpartisan special election runoff for Lowndes County Commission District 5. All statewide and local candidates are still invited.
When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 1st, 2014 Where: Mathis Municipal Auditorium
2300 North Ashley Street
Valdosta, GeorgiaPrice: $25.00 PROGRAM
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Roy Copeland, President of
100 Black Men of Valdosta, Inc., explained today’s annual BBQ.
Here’s Part 1 of 2:
17th Annual 100 Black Men BBQ Part 1 of 2:
Video by John S. Quarterman for Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 4 August 2012.
Here’s some more video of the food, music, and community at the historic Lowndes County Courthouse today. You’ve still got about half an hour to get down there.
Here’s Part 2 of 2: Continue reading
100 Black Men BBQ
Pictures by John S. Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange
Lowndes County Courthouse, Valdosta, Georgia, 6 August 2011.
Plenty more pictures in the flickr set.
Videos to come.
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Every year the Lowndes County Democratic Party (LCDP)
has a barbecue to which it invites candidates for public office.
These include local candidates. Here we have the two Democrats
running for Lowndes County Commission in District 2, in alphabetical order:
Debra M. Franklin
and
John S. Quarterman.
Notice the two candidates dining amicably side by side.
Debra M. Franklin: Continue reading