A community turkey celebration will continue to fly.
The 11th Annual Davisburg Turkey Supper on Oct. 4 looks different due to COVID-19 protocols, but the show will go on.
One thing that won't change is good food and the community feel.
"It is important for us to be together as a community. It is not going to be the same, but hopefully it will help us achieve our goals," said Diana Froc of the Davisburg Community Association. "It gives us a chance to interact in some ways."
The dinner traditionally brings a huge gathering of friends, relatives and community to the Davisburg Hall. Those aspects will still be there, but COVID-19 means patrons won't be sitting and breaking bread with their neighbours.
The dinner will have a tailgate or takeaway option for the estimated 400 guests.
"Everybody will pick their boxed turkey dinners up and you can park in the backyard and pull your lawn chair up and enjoy your meal there as a tailgate or you can take it home.
"It's your choice."
It is the full-meal deal — generous portions.
"It's all the fixings," Froc said. "Same meal that we have had in the past -- turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables stuffing, coleslaw..."
While it's called a turkey dinner, the annual Davisburg event may be best known for it's homemade pies — and this year will be no exception.
Each boxed dinner will contain a five-inch sized personal pie rather than the traditional slice.
Of course, the Davisburg pies are made the old-fashioned home-baked way. If they were any more old-fashioned, the pies would be left on a windowsill to cool with fears of Tom Sawyer stealing them.
"It will look slightly different because of COVID-19," Froc said. "We are going to have smaller work bees, and we are encouraging they work in cohorts. Maybe one family will be peeling and making the apple pies."
There will be 60 full-sized pies which will be sold at a drive-thru marketplace at the hall's grounds.
There will be plenty of volunteers and some help from a pair of well-known Okotoks area cooks.
"Hansel and Gretel Catering is going to quarterback the effort in the hall," Froc said. "They have been just super."
The celebration is important not only to bring the close-knit community together, but it will also help provide funds for the upkeep, programs and events run by the Davisburg Community Association, Froc added.
"We typically would have about $25,000 in rental fees in a year and we are sitting at something like $1,600 right now," Froc said. "We are way down. There are a lot of events throughout the year that help with our costs."
Tickets are $25 for a boxed dinner. They can be purchased at davisburg.ca
