RC Pikeville hosts International Dinner

The Pikeville Rotary Club held their annual International Dinner on Friday evening June 1, 2012 at the East Kentucky Exposition Center in conjunction with the Pikeville Main Street Program.  Entertainment was provided by the local band “Big Iron” featuring a variety of music.  Sandy Johnson was the event chairperson for the 2012 event.  This was the 7^th year for the event.  The first year 4 countries were represented; this year food from several countries was available to include:  Syria, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, India, Japan, China, Mexico, and the United States.  The most talked about food of the evening was the “Hillbilly” cuisine; which included soup beans, corn bread and all the fixins’.  The dinner had over 300 attendees and raised approximately $8,000 for various club projects.