Last Fall we attended a Fig Fest hosted by the Louisiana members of our forum. It was a great time had by all and I would like to see if there is sufficient interest to have a get together in Northeast Texas sometime in summer or late summer.
I would like to include our neighboring states as we are a near-border city close to Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and not too far from Memphis, Tn and Central Mississippi, and of course a representation from our friends both near and far, East and West Coast. I have had some discussions with our local city officials and they are extremely interested. I think this would be a great thing for our fig community and certainly would be a lot of fun.
There has been suggestions made about having city wide Fig contests to include a fig based cooking contest and a fig based drink contest,(alcohol and non). A fig tasting and a judged tree show with sales of fig related stuff allowed. In addition, I have made preliminary inquiries to Texas A&M concerning speakers, (they developed a few fig trees, BA-1, Alma, etc) and I haven't been told no. If there is enough interest I will play my political card to insure their participation.
Anyway, if you are interested please email me or PM me as soon as possible. I have set the end of March as the deadline for a decision. If there isn't enough intrest for th "BIG FIG GIG" then I will have a more intimate get to together for my closest 100 fig friends, LOL