Welkom 10th Annual Welcome Labor Day Weekend Rusk, Texas
Hallo Almal, Welkom by die grootste Suid-Afrikaanse fees in Texas. Ons is bly julle kon by ons aansluit om ons Suid-Afrikaanse kulturele erfenis te vier. Hierdie is die 10de Jaarlikse Texas Potjie Fees en ons weet dit sal ons beste Fees wees tot nou. Buiten die Texas Potjiekos kompetisie en die Beste Boerewors in Texas kompetisie, is daar ook verskeie ander aktiwiteite wat almal, jonk en oud, kompeterend of nie, in kan deelneem. Tri- Nations rugby op TV, 'n golf toernooi, gratis boerewors aandete, die sokkie/dans, Sondag oggend Kerkdiens asook die waatlemoen eet kompetisie vir die kinders is maar net n paar van die beplande aktiwiteite gedurende die naweek. So, kom kuier saam met ons by die Texas Potjie Fees. In afsluiting, wil ons almal bedank wat die Texas Potjie Fees moontlik maak. Ons wil krediet gee aan al ons borge. Potjie sal nie wees wat dit vandag is sonder ons borge se ondersteuning nie. Baie dankie ook aan almal wat hulle vrye tyd gratis gee om die Potjie Fees moontlik te maak. Dankie almal. Laastens wil ons JOU bedank, die kompeteerders/mededingers en almal wat die Potjie bywoon. Jou entoesiasme maak die Fees wat dit is. Beste Wense Die Texas Potjie Fees Span Hello Everyone, Welcome to the biggest South African party in Texas. We are glad that you could join us in celebrating our South African cultural heritage. This is the 10th annual Texas Potjie Festival and we know it will prove to be the best gathering so far. Besides the Texas Potjie Competition and the Best Boerewors in Texas competition there are many other activities that everyone, young or old, competing or not, can participate in. Live Tri-nations rugby on TV, a golf tournament, free boerewors dinner, the sokkie, Sondag kerkdiens, and a watermelon eating contest for the kids are just a few of the things planned for the weekend. So come kuier saam met ons here at the Texas Potjie Festival. In closing we would like to thank everyone who has made the Texas Potjie Festival possible. We would like to recognize our sponsors. Without their support the Potjie would not be what it is today. We would also like to thank everyone who has volunteered their time and efforts to make the Texas Potjie Festival possible. Thank you all. Lastly, we would like to thank YOU, the contestants, and those attending the Potjie. Your enthusiasm makes the Festival what it is. Best Regards The Texas Potjie Festival Team
Weekend Agenda Friday, Sept 3, 2010 Arrive, sign in, set up, light the braai, open a beer, and start visiting! Saturday, Sept 4, 2010 Morning 7.30 am T-time for Texas Potjie Golf Tournament 10.00 am Springbok versus Wallabies Tri-Nations rugby match in Hall. (Rebroadcast at 4 pm.) Afternoon 2.00 pm Kids: Watermelon Eating Contest main tent HQ 3.00 pm Kids: Tug-o-War (under 10 & over 10) 4.00 pm Kids: Nacho Munch & Flag Tattoos main tent HQ Best Boerewors in Texas Competition 3.30 pm Judges meeting in the KOA Hall 4.00 pm Start fires for the Best Boerewors in Texas Competition 5.30pm All Boerewors entries must be turned in at the main tent for judging (no later than 5.30pm)* * Anyone that wants to Judge see Janine Rae at the Big Five Campsite* Evening 6.00 pm Free Boerewors roll dinner at the main tent HQ 7.45 pm Welcoming and Best Boerewors in Texas award ceremony 9.00 pm Sokkie/Dance (theme is Rugby, so wear something rugby) New Braunfels, TX (830) 625-3510 A big thank you to Granzin s Meat Market and Sara Lee for sponsoring the Boerewors roll dinner
Weekend Agenda Sunday, Sept 5, 2010 Morning 9.30 am Afrikaans Church Service at main tent HQ (preceded by 30 min of lofliedere ) 10.45 am Texas Potjie Festival 2010 Group Photo 11.30 am Kids: Scavenger Hunt Afternoon 1.30 pm Kids: Nacho Munch Texas Potjie Competition 2.30 pm Judging for Best Campsite begins 4.00 pm Judging for Bread Potjie Category 4.30 pm Judging for Open Category 5.00 pm Judging for Dessert Category 5.30 pm Judging for Main Category *** All entries must be turned into the KOA Hall for judging in the allotted time slots. *** ** Note: Bread & Dessert entries must be submitted to judging in their Potjies** * Anyone who wants to Judge see Janine Rae at the Big Five Campsite* Evening 6.00 pm Dinner (Bring your Potjies to the main tent HQ to share with the community) 7.30 pm Potjie Competition Prize Giving 9.00 pm After Party Monday, Sept 6, 2010 Put out the braai, finish the last beer, pack up, say goodbye to your friends and head back home!
Activities The Potjie Competition The competition essentially started during the first Potjie get-together. The 12 or so Potjie cooks decided to share their food with everyone attending the gathering. After some lighthearted discussions over whose Potjie tasted the best the challenge was on for the next year. It s from that small gathering in 2000 that the Texas Potjie Festival has evolved into what it is today with the contestants still sharing their potjiekos creations. There are four categories one can enter: bread, dessert, open and main. Sign up at the KOA hall. Date: Sunday Sept 5th Place: your own campsites/main tent HQ Time: see judging times Best Boerewors In Texas Competition Started in 2007 the Best Boerewors in Texas gives bragging rights to the winner that makes and braais the best darn boerewors in the Lone Star state. With over 42 entries last year, you know the winning wors must be the best you ever tasted. Date: Saturday Sept 4th Place: Braai Area Time: 4.00-5.30 pm Texas Potjie Golf Tournament The Texas Potjie Festival is featuring a Golf Tournament this year. Best of luck to all those die-hard golfers who have signed up. Hope you aren t babelas! Date: Saturday Sept 4th Place: Birmingham Golf Club Rusk, Texas Time: T-time is 7.30 am Tri-Nations Rugby The Springboks are playing the Aussies on the Saturday of the Labor Day weekend. We have arranged with KOA to show the game LIVE. Go Bokke!!! Druk daai Wallabies!!! Date: Saturday Sept 4th Place: The KOA Hall Time: 10.00 am Texas Potjie Festival T-shirts and Coffee Mugs Visit Micky Bell-Roberts at the Team Pot Natal camp (near the Big Five) to buy your official Texas Potjie Festival T-shirt and Coffee Mug. The design on T-shirt and Mug came from the winning entry. They really do look spectacular. T-shirts $15.00 Coffee Mugs $ 5.00 Free Boerewors Dinner Come and get your free Boerewors Roll and Sous for dinner Saturday evening. Thank you to Granzins Meat Market in New Braunfels and Sara Lee for sponsoring this event. Date: Saturday Sept 4th Place: Braai Area Time: 6.00 pm
Texas Potjie Festival Raffle Activities Each year we hold a raffle to offset some of the cost the Festival incurs. The winning ticket for this years raffle will receive a # 3 Best Duty Potjie, a bottle of wine, a Vuvuzela, Chutney, an official Potjie T-shirt and mug and other goodies. Raffle drawing: Sunday, Sept 5th, 7.30 pm. Price per ticket $2.00 Texas Potjie Festival Sokkie For the last 8 years we have held a Sokkie at the Potjie. Some years the hall was too small, or too big, but never just right. With the main tent HQ and a large dance floor available for this year s sokkie we hope that you ll be able to raise the roof and shout Balke toe without any hindrances. A big thanks must go out to Pappa Syla van Zyl, Lenry and Erika for organizing the jol. Date: Saturday 4th Sept Place: Main tent HQ Time: 9.00 pm Afrikaans Sondag Kerkdiens In 2008 we held our first Afrikaans Church service in the Rusk KOA Hall. Last year the venue proved to be already too small, and so this years Kerkdiens will be held under the main tent. Many thanks must go out to Ds. Deon Botha for leading us in worship. Dankie Dominee. Coffee will be served after the service. Ladies, if you would like to bring some of your home baked goods that would be much appreciated. Date: Sunday 5th Sept Place: Main tent HQ Time: 9.30 am Kids Activities There will be kids activities held throughout the Labor Day weekend. That way the moms and dads can sit an relax for a little while. Of course we are having the famed Watermelon Eating contest again. Other activities include a tug-o-war contest, a scavenger hunt and nacho munches. Saturday Activities held at the main tent HQ 1)Watermelon Eating Contest 2.00 pm* 2)Tug-o-war 3.00 pm* 3)Nacho Munch 4.00 pm* Sunday Activities held near main tent HQ 4)Scavenger Hunt 11.30 am* 5)Nacho Munch 1.30 pm* *Venue and times subject to change Pick up Cricket and other Sporting Activities Usually there are pick up cricket and touch rugby matches played on the field in front of the pool. Everyone, even the novice, the over-the-hiller, and the unfit, are welcome. Listen for Lenry s announcements.
Competition Rules Please be aware that the rules were recently updated. New rules are in red and existing rules that have been modified are in blue. General Rules 1.Only one entry per category per team, e.g. Vleis Vissagie from the Vis Potjie team can only enter one main category, one open category, one desert and one bread. If they wish to enter a second main category they need to use a different team name, e.g. Vis Potjie 2 or Vleis Potjie, etc. 2.All contestants must register at the Campground Hall by noon (12 pm) on the day of the event. There will be two separate sign-up sheets placed at the hall, one for the Boerewors competition and one for the Potjie categories. Entrants must sign up using first and last name (so we can find you!), team names are optional. 3.When signing up, contestants will take their Styrofoam containers. The contestant s food samples for judging will be placed in these. 4.The Styrofoam containers will be assigned an entry number when handed in for judging (note, this is different from prior years when entry numbers were pre assigned). 5.All entry samples must be handed in by the scheduled time, according to the official time clock. The official clock is located at the hall where judging takes place. Unfortunately late arrivals will be disqualified. 6.The time schedule will be displayed at the Hall and in the Texas Potjie program, which will be available at the campsite office. Boerewors Competition Rules 7.By entering the competition the contestant confirms that the recipe entered is his/her own and made by the contestant. 8. Contestants must enter 1 pound of boerewors to provide to the judges station. 9.Recipes must be the traditional boerewors/real boerewors according to the following guidelines: A. Must contain at least 90 percent meat containing only beef, or beef with a mixture of either lamb/pork or both everybody has their own recipe. B. Not more than 30% of the boerewors content may be fat. C. Wors to be made with traditional flavoring which excludes for example tomato, periperi, garlic etc. 4. The judges will score the contestant s boerewors on taste and texture. 10.A braai grill area will be set up near the main tent for contestants to use to cook their samples.
Cooksite Competition Judging Criteria 1.The cook site judges will be visiting all the camp/cook sites during the afternoon while the potjies are being prepared. 2.The judges will be scoring the cook sites on the general spirit in the camp, hospitality, originality, effort put in to prepare the cook site area, and general impressions. Potjie Competition Rules 3.All the categories must be prepared from scratch on the day of the competition. 4.All entries must be cooked in a traditional cast-iron Dutch oven or Potjie. 5.Potjies can be cooked over wood, coals, or gas burners. Potjies cooked on an electric stove top range, or in an oven range appliance will be disqualified. 6.The available competition categories include bread, dessert, main category (lamb), and an open category. 7.The open category entry can be made from any ingredient excluding Lamb, which is the main category ingredient. 8.The bread and dessert dishes needs to be presented to the judges in the potjie while the open and main category will be presented in styrofoam containers. 9.All categories will be judged on the following criteria: presentation/appearance, texture and taste. 10.The judges will not be visiting the cook sites to look at how the potjies are being prepared or what spices are being used. Call Syla: 832-455-6346 www.texaspotjie.com
KOA Policies Pool Rules Here are the Rusk KOA pool rules that apply for the Potjie Festival. You will see that they are common sense rules that are designed to keep people safe and KOA out of trouble for the weekend. No running inside the pool area. No diving into the pool. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. No food or glass in the pool area, and no drinks in the pool. No horseplay. Swim at own your risk. Shower before entering the pool. (It helps to keep the pool clean.) No pets in the pool area. Use the restrooms. (They are very close to the pool.) Only swim wear allowed in pool. No solid floats in the pool. Dog Policies No dogs over 25 lbs will be allowed. If you bring your dog: A $50.00 deposit for pets will be collected at check-in. Contact your Homeowners Insurance and add KOA Rusk Campground 745 FM 343 East Rusk, TX 75785 as an ADDITIONAL INSURED to your policy for Sep 3 to 6 (this is free and takes about 10 minutes). Bring a copy of the policy declaration to provide to KOA at check-in. Bring proof that your dog has had all the required shots. Dogs will not be allowed on the campground without the required paperwork. Dogs HAVE TO be on leach 100% of the time during the entire weekend. Penalties for dogs off the leash: First time off leach lose deposit. 2nd time you will be asked to leave the Festival. Let s keep the Campgrounds Clean Zap it the Zibby Can
Admission, Accommodations and Judges Fees Visitors in KOA Campground (Campers, cabin guests, RV ers): $10 per person for potjie activities. You will get an armband to wear. Day Visitors: $10 per person for the use of KOA facilities and amenities for the whole weekend PLUS $10 per person for potjie activities (sokkie, potjie eating, etc.). You will get an armband to wear. *The Texas Potjie Festival and KOA have the right to deny admission Accommodation Call Rusk KOA at 1 (903) 683-6641 to make reservations for cabins, RV stands, or tents. Mention that your reservation is for the Potjie Festival and pay by Aug 1 to get a 10% discount. There are also hotels near the campground to consider: Weston Inn & Suites (1 mile from the grounds) : (903) 683-8383 Southern Motor Inn (2 miles) : (903) 683-2688 Holiday Inn Express : (893) 589-8500 La Quinta Inn : (903) 586-6504 Judges 1)If you are NOT competing in either the Best Boerewors in Texas competition or the Potjie Competition and you want to volunteer as a Judge please see Janine Rae at the Big Five tent. 2)There will be a Judges meeting on Saturday, Sept 4th at 3.30 pm. Judges for both the Best Boerewors in Texas competition and the Potjie Competition need to attend this meeting.