National Hard Crab Derby, (MD)

In 1947, The Crisfield Times published an editorial prompting an annual crab derby, a sort of Kentucky Derby spotlighting one of Crisfield_s greatest natural resources: the Chesapeake Bay blue crab. The next year, the National Hard Crab Derby began. Since that brief crab race in front of the Crisfield Post Office in 1948, the annual Labor Day weekend event has grown into one of the most recognized festivals in the United States. The entire country participates each year through the Governor_s Cup crab race, and all eyes are on contestants as they attempt to break world records in crab picking and boat docking. Champion chefs from throughout the Eastern Seaboard hone their skills during the annual crab cooking contest. Skiff races recall days of the past when work boats sped in from Tangier Sound to sell their day_s catch to the area_s seafood packers. And Crisfield may be the only city in America where little girls grow up with the dream of someday being called Miss Crustacean!Rhodes, Jason is the author of 'National Hard Crab Derby, (MD) ' with ISBN 9780738542539 and ISBN 0738542539.