Bring your dancing shoes and tasting palate to THE EVENT this Fall Foliage Festival! Maybe spice up the life of your community members, who will vote on what they sample. 

Saturday, October 4th, 5:30 - 8:30pm

Memorial Hall on #10 Pond (aka Mirror Lake)
207 G.A.R. Road,  North Calais

$10 Suggested Donation at Door

Strict occupancy limits. Please, arrive promptly and carpool. 

5:30 - 6:30: Chili and Cornbread Cook-Off, judged by all in attendance

6:30 - 8:30: Contra Dancing! Music by Joanne Garton and Emmett Stowell, Called by Amy Cann 

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Calling all chili and cornbread contestants! Please register here to share your culinary talents for a good ol' fashioned family evening of dining and dancing in Memorial Hall during Fall Foliage Festival! Saturday, 10/4! Tasting & Judging starts at 5:30, dancing at 6:30. Winners will be announced when ballots are tabulated!

There will be prizes for the varied categories and we will award the Calais Chili & Cornbread Champions! 

We ask that contestants in the chili and/or cornbread contest: (Yes, you may enter both contests. Please just complete the form twice - once for each.)

1.) Register here in a respective category

2.) Bring your entry with anything to honor your culinary feats (i.e. crockpot to keep chili warm, the likes of any toppings to be included in your tasting - cheese? sour cream? green onion?)

3.) Deliver your dish(es) between 4:30 and 5pm. We will have a valet-like drop-off at the hall so entries can be anonymously set-up before the contest starts.

4.) You can keep your secret recipe, but please disclose any known allergens. (Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish - crustaceans/mollusks, tree nuts, peanuts, sesame, gluten and soybeans.) Maybe, a warning if deemed extra spicy. 

5.) Friends of Calais will provide serving utensils, tasting cups and spoons for chili. Small plates and forks for cornbread. Napkins for all. 

Your friends and neighbors will taste test and cast votes for: 

1. Best cornbread - both adult and youth divisions

2. Best meat-based chili (homestyle or traditional)

3. Best vegetarian chili

4. Best specialty chili (turkey, seafood, white bean, etc.)

5. Best youth chili 

6. Best overall - "Calais Choice" - for both Chili & Cornbread (adult and youth divisions combined)

Some elements of the ballot will include scoring for:

1. Texture

2. Color/Appearance

3. Aroma

4. Flavor

5. Aftertaste