Three Days of Family Fun at McCurtain County's 37th Annual Kiamichi Owa-Chito Festival...

Three Days of Family Fun at McCurtain County's 37th Annual Kiamichi Owa-Chito
Festival is the Perfect Weekend Getaway

Cabins & Motel Operators Have Lots of Room for Festival Weekend...and July 4th
Weekend

BROKEN BOW, Okla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- McCurtain
Countyhttp://www.mccurtaincountygetaways.com/ in Southeast Oklahoma is
encouraging families to make their reservations now for the wonderful upcoming
Owa-Chito art, music, food and forestry festival. Broken Bow Lake and boat
ramps are open. Beavers Bend State Park is open, FREE and waiting for you and
your family. Cedar Creek Golf Course has all 18 holes open and playable.
Rivers are perfect for canoeing and kayaking and the streams are full of
trout. Cabin and lodging operators have lots of rooms available not only for
festival weekend...but also for July 4th weekend as well.

37th Annual Kiamichi Owa-Chito Festival Of The Forest - June 18-20

The festival kicks off with an incredible art show containing over 300 works
of art entered by over 100 artists within the four states area of Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. Freda de Odis Flatt of Ada, Oklahoma has been
selected to receive the prestigious honor of being Owa-Chito's featured
artist. The Broken Bow Theatrical Society will perform "The Wonderful Wizard
of Oz." There will be local and regional musical entertainers. Native American
dance group performing their ceremonial Choctaw dances. Children's games and
activities. Arts. Crafts. Street performers. Food to satisfy any taste. There
will also be a 5k run, canoe races, archery contest, talent show, forestry
competition which includes such forestry skills as bow sawing, ax throwing,
double buck crosscut, log rolling and jack-n-jill crosscut...just to name a
few.

Did we mention music? Country star Darryl Worley will be the headliner. Darryl
has had multiple top 10 hits and several #1 hits including "Have You
Forgotten." Opening for Darryl Worley will be the band Overdrive - classic
rock n' roll music you can dance to.

Christian music lovers will not want to miss the Crabb Family Revival. The
talented family has had numerous chart-topping songs, Grammy nominations and
numerous Dove Awards.

In McCurtain County, there's something for the entire family. Southeast
Oklahoma - the Beavers Bend State Park area is the place to go if you and your
family want to experience nature at its majestic best. Located in the heart of
the Kiamichi Mountains, McCurtain County is home to Broken Bow Lake, Pine
Creek Lake, the Mountain Fork, Eagle Fork and Glover Rivers and Beavers Bend
State Parkhttp://www.beaversbend.com/Info.htm - which is admissions FREE.

There is boating, kayaking, canoeing, trout fishing, horseback riding, hiking
in pristine forests, festivals and just kicking back enjoying a fantastic
cabin in the cool mountain pines. There is fun, entertainment and wonderful
dining for the entire family and McCurtain County is an easy 2 1/2 to 4-hour
drive from Dallas, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Tyler, Little Rock and
Shreveport.

The great part is, cabin and lodging operators have lots of rooms available
not only for festival weekend...but also for July 4th weekend as well.

To make reservations visit our website at
http://www.mccurtaincountygetaways.com/ Or call 800-528-7337.

For More Information, Contact:
Jim Drewitz, Public Relations
Creative Options Communications
830-669-2466/ jim@jdcreativeoptions.com

SOURCE McCurtain County Tourism Authority

Jim Drewitz, Public Relations, Creative Options Communications,
+1-830-669-2466, jim@jdcreativeoptions.com