Festive Oriental 



Oriental boasts more than its 

 share of festivals: 



• On New Year's Eve, 

 children and adults join in under 

 the giant Chinese Dragon as it 

 travels through Oriental's streets. 



• Celebrate the Fourth of 

 July with the Oriental Sailing 

 Social and Croaker Festival. 



Celebrating that most vocal of fish, 

 the festival packs the town for food, 

 games and a parade. 



• On the second Saturday in 

 December, join Oriental shop owners 

 for The Spirit of Christmas. The main 

 street is lined with luminarias, and 

 shop doors are opened to share food 

 and drink with patrons. 



• There are also races and 

 regattas: The Neuse Sailing 

 Association Clinic is in mid-April; 

 Watercolor Week, in late June; the 

 Annual Oriental Rotary Tarpon 

 Tournament, July 28 through 30; 

 and The Oriental Cup, in mid- 

 September. 



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