RIDGEWAY – A warm, sunny day shined on the Pig this year, and the crowds showed up early and stayed late as they have in years past to savor the sweet smoke-filled air and a night of dancing in the street during the Friday night fun. And on Saturday, there were big toys, children singing, hog calling, vendors selling and the barbecue was pretty much devoured by 11 a.m. It was everything the Pig on the Ridge founders, Tom Connor, Don Prioleau, Rufus Jones and Henry Dixon were hoping for.
The POTR committee will use the funds brought in by the festival to help those in need in their community as well as fund their firefighters and other worthy civic causes.
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- Patt Caesar and Barbara Jimison with Valery Clowney (center) of Two Gals and a Garden.
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- Norfolk and Southern train stops for conductor’s BBQ lunch.
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- Tony Crout (Doko Smoke) won 2nd place in “No Pigs Allowed” on Friday.
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- Tom Connor announces winners.
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- Top Five Professional Cook Teams. JT Handy of JT’s BBQ, far right, took home the trophy for first place.
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- Top Five Amateur Cook Teams. VFW Post 10601 Aiken’s Horace Sweat, far right, won first place in the competition.
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- Kenny McLean’s ‘65 Mustang
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- James and Stephanie Seibles
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- Rufus Jones
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- Seth Spirewell, 1st Place Children Hog Calling
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- Rita Robertson, 1st Place Adult Hog Calling
