“Twas the Night Before Bed Race” and all through the town,
were a series of teams wishing the flag would go down;
More rapid than eagles the race beds they came,
And the crowds whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
Now Manna Movers! Now Minions! Now WXII!
On Crazy Legs! On Skills USA! On Bandits! On Express Delivery!
The town of Mocksville raced into the Christmas season on November 18th with the 5th Annual “Twas the Night Before” Bed Race as 20 race teams made the mad dash down Main Street.
Despite the bed race coinciding with a Davie High football playoff game, Tami Langdon, Mocksville Tourism Development Authority, was pleased with turnout and considered the event a success.
“Tina Crews, our DJ, had folks dancing’ in the street during the heat breaks,” she said. “The police were phenomenal that night with the traffic flow and the town maintenance crew had the course up & ready QUICKLY as well as torn down. They were vital to the logistics of this event.”
“Special THANKS to Denise Hendrix, the organizer of the event, and her daughter Jordan, who sets up the Bed Race Face Book (Twas the Night Before Bed Race), “ she added. “I also want to thank Ed Simmons for his photography work that evening.”
Davie High Skills USA
Krazy Legs
Manna Movers
Carolgale Builders
Dragonfly House
WXII Channel-12-”THE NEWS”
ASHLEY BOYS OF BEDDING
Lisa Wise, Kevin Tucker, Michael Kaplan, Davis Small, & Chris Tran
THE BANDITS
Brian Vietts, Dex McGee, Patsy Hudspeth, David Winebarger, & Jay Louch
CATHY RIDDLE MISSILE –CAMP MANNA
Matt Davidson, Jonathan Creason, Tommy Andrack, Chris Brawtiam, & Erin Davidson
CPP GLOBAL REINDEERS
Chad Mickles, BJ Richardson, Chris Williams, Jason Sellers, & Tyrone Martin
DCCC STORM
Matthew Forrest, Rodney Wagoner, Michael Hutchens, Matthew Hoke, & Troy Mabe
DCCC SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY
Renee Fortenberry, Joy Malson, Jessica Closser, Breya Dawkins, & Jessica Myers
EXPRESS DELIVERY
Marsha Allen, Jessica Williams, Sonja Medford, Bradley Medford, & Linda Jenkins
FILET OF CHICKEN
Marty Gautreau, Steve Mixon
GRU’S CREW–TRAILERS OF THE EAST COAST
Marsha Smith, Sam Williams, Justin Boger, Trevor Walterman, & Hugo Murillo
IR BED ROCKERS
Charles Clarke, Denise Porter, Stacy West, Desick Faulkner, & Scotty Coe
JUST TOEC
Harrison Sales, Hayes Sales, Tatum Williams, Sheldon Bergondo, & Amber Carter Watson
MOCKSVILLE MASONIC LODGE
Rick Phelps, Brad Blackwelder, Jake Reavis, Carlton Terry, & Brian Myers
NIGHTMARES
Gerardo Mancilla, Chandler Woodruff, Monty Landreth, Jr., Gavin Freeman, & Mitchell Skidmore
SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT
Jay Kimura, Scott Berry, Steve Myers, Tyron Neely, & David Smith