Event Details
& Information
Join
us for a Family Fun Day in South
Boston’s
Constitution Square from
11am to 5pm on Saturday, June 12th.
Have a GREAT Day
in Downtown South Boston with food,
kids games & activities & music.
Duck race at 3pm. Winners will be
announced in the Square after
winning ducks are plucked from the
water. Winners need not be
present to win.
|
When: |
Saturday,
June 12th,
2010 - 11am
- 5pm |
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Where: |
Constitution
Square,
100 Main
Street,
Downtown
South
Boston, VA
24592 |
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Adoption
Deadline: |
2:30 pm |
|
Race Begins: |
3:00 pm |
|
Winners
Announced: |
4:00 - 5:00
pm |
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Frequently
Asked Questions
How Do
My Ducks Get in the Water?
Let’s Tag!
One week prior to our duck
race, volunteers come
together and place numbered
tags on the bottom of every
duck that plans to race. The
number of ducks who have
trained for our race is
5,000! The tags are
waterproof labels with a 7
digit number.
Wondering What Your Tag
Number Is?
We can’t give you
your tag number because we
won’t know it until we run
the Mix Report right before
the race. We want to make
sure that no ducky is taking
steroids and the race is not
fixed so numbers are never
given out, however rest
assured all of the ducks you
have adopted will be in the
water.
Here is how it works
Everyone who adopts a duck
whether online, in the
mail, at the Ducks on the
Dan Event or in a store;
is entered into what we call
E-Quack, a database that
stores all of the
information. Next to your
name in E-Quack is also the
number of ducks you have
adopted. Right before the
race, the Duck Mix
occurs, the tags range is
entered into E-Quack and all
the numbers are shuffled up,
then E-Quack automatically
assigns the number of ducks
you have adopted next to a
Tag Number. So if you
adopted 5 ducks your name
will be placed next to 5
different Tag Numbers.
What if you have 4,000
Adopted Ducks but you have
5,000 Tagged Ducks?
If all our ducks have not
been adopted by Race Day, it
means that on race day some
lucky adopter can still
adopt. Their names will be
placed at random into the
mix, next to a number that
does not already have a name
by it. Anyone can adopt all
the way up until race begins
as long as the race is not
sold out.
Driving Directions to the Ducks on
the Dan Derby
Duck Race in Downtown South Boston,
VA
The duck race activities are located
in Constitution Square in Downtown
South Boston, 222 Main Street, South
Boston, VA 24592.
From The Northeast
(Richmond/Keysville)
-
Follow 360
west.
-
Go through
stoplight with Short Stop
convenience store on right.
-
Pass South
Boston Speedway on the left.
-
Go through
next light with Ernie’s
Restaurant on the left.
-
Pass St.
Paschal’s Catholic Church on the
left.
-
Turn right
onto Seymour Drive just past
Bridgeview Exxon on the right.
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Follow
Seymour to the stoplight.
Constitution Square on the left
just past the stoplight.
From
the West (Danville/Martinsville)
-
Follow 58
east.
-
Pass
Industrial Park on the right
(D-Scan, Presto, ABB)
-
Go Through
1st stoplight.
-
Get in left
lane.
-
Take left at
next stoplight onto 360 east.
-
Cross the
bridge.
-
Take the left
onto Seymour Drive.
-
Follow
Seymour to the stoplight.
Constitution Square on the left
just past the stoplight.
From
The South (Roxboro/Durham NC)
-
Take 501
north to stoplight at
intersection of 501 and 58 in
South Boston
-
Go though the
intersection of 501 & 58.
-
Get in left
lane.
-
Go over the
RR tracks – you’re now on Broad
Street in Downtown - a one-way
street going north.
-
Take the left
onto Seymour Drive.
-
Follow
Seymour to the stoplight.
Constitution Square on the left
just past the stoplight.
From
The East (South Hill/Clarksville)
-
Take 58 west.
-
Pass World of
Sports Complex and Movie Theater
on the left.
-
Take right at
next stoplight onto 360 east.
-
Cross the
bridge.
-
Take the left
onto Seymour Drive
-
Follow
Seymour to the stoplight.
Constitution Square on the left
just past the stoplight.
From
The North (Lynchburg/Brookneal)
-
Follow 501
South to town of Halifax
-
Take right at
stop sign in Halifax (Jiffy
store on the left. This is still
501 South)
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Follow 501
straight into downtown South
Boston.
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Continue into
Downtown South Boston
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Constitution
Square is in Downtown at corner
of Main Street and Seymour
Drive.
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