"If you like cold watermelon and cool hot rods then McDade, Texas was the place to be last weekend. The McDade Watermelon Festival features a great parade, lots of vendors, way more food than I needed, and the 8th edition of the Watermelon Festival Car Show. This show grows every year (109 this year) and part of the reason is the friendly folks that put on this get together. They are only too happy to help you get settled and guess what? The is no entry fee!! When was the last time you heard that?
Top prize was won by a man who is no stranger to the winners circle, Billy Willenburg. His '55 Chevy is a study in how to do it right, and if he didn't win, his wife Marie probably would with her fine '57 Chevy.
This year they gave out special awards to The Bastrop Area Cruisers and the Donut Gang from
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