Join us this fall in Edenton, North Carolina to put your creativity on display and share your talents with our community.
chowan county regional fair
2024 Table Setting Competition
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Menus are highly encouraged!
WHAT'S PROVIDED Card tables will be set up and covered in black, floor-length table cloths. This is your blank canvas to build your creation!
DATES Setup is Monday afternoon, September 23, 2024. Cleanup is Sun, September 29th.
PRIZES 1st place: $100, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $25.
JUDGING is based on adherence to theme, creativity/originality, visual appeal, and correctness of place setting.
ENTRY FEE is $10. Space is limited to 10 competitors. Businesses, clubs, individuals, children, and adults are all welcome.
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theme
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party, show us your most lovely tea for two.
Tea for Two (Fifty)
2024 Theme:
Since 2016, I've been teaching etiquette in Edenton and the surrounding areas. My main goal with my students (and my own kids) is to foster polite humans who learn to love their neighbors more than themselves. But, of course, I also enjoy teaching the classic tradition of setting the table.
A few years ago I read an article about a super competitive table setting competition in California. I had never heard of such and I FELL IN LOVE- I knew it was something I wanted to bring to our area. Thankfully, the Fair Board was open to the idea and have been so supportive.
When I'm not teaching etiquette classes or directing cotillions, I work with my family on our tobacco and soybean farms. My husband, Lee, and I have four kids: Bear, Penny, River, and Galley. I was raised in Wendell, North Carolina and have lived in Edenton since Lee and I got married in 2013.
Sydney dunn is an etiquette instructor from north carolina
Meet The Organizer
Theme: Marvelous Monochrome
Restore Galore
2023 winner
Theme: American Flair
The Penelope Barker House
2022 winner
Theme: Water
Karen Miller
2021 winner
Theme: From Pigs to Pies
Karen Miller
2019 winner
Theme: Harvest Moon
Alice Stallcup
2018 winner
Event organizer, Sydney Dunn, reveals the results and recaps the judge's comments from prior competitions.
Competition Recaps
2023
2022
2021
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The edenton Cotillion
Our cotillion provides etiquette and social dance instruction to help families grow their middle schoolers into good and kind adults.
Most events are held in the 1767 Chowan County Courthouse in downtown Edenton.
It's open to 6th-8th grade ladies and gentlemen and runs from October through March.
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