Club Background

History of Peacock Day/Club Information

Pavo Civic Club invites you to become a member!

It is easy to join, just come to the meetings and participate.

Bingo – you are a member. No membership dues!

Club meets on the 3^rd Tuesday monthly at the Peacock Center.

Park between the lunchroom and the auditorium

Club Projects

Sr. Citizens Dinners – Bingo, Entertainment or etc.

Peacock Day

Arts/Crafts, Parade, Entertainment

This involves applications, setup/takedown/monitoring, scheduling,

Running events, etc.

Miss Pavo Pageant

Ballgames – Church League

Rental and Upkeep of the Peacock Center and Gym

Auditorium is rented for reunions, dinners, sings, meetings, birthday parties, etc.

Lunchroom is rented for reunions, dinners, meetings, birthday parties, etc.

Gym is rented only for ball games.

The rental proceeds are deposited in a special account by the City to pay for the upkeep and repairs of the buildings. (Windows, bathrooms, roofs, renovation, etc.)

War Memorial at the Cemetery (a new project)

Park – Establish and maintain park. Set and enforce rules.

Sanitation and upkeep of grounds

City Christmas lights -Putting up and taking down

Santa - Community-wide Christmas Event with refreshments

Peacock Quilters Sponsoring and providing a room for quilters use.

Peacock Feathers Quilters meet every Monday. Join them.

Benefit the community - open to ideas!

Contact Dianne Adams. President 859-2884.

Help us spread the word. You do not have to be a Pavo citizen!

TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACOCK DAY

PARADE - Joan Petelle - Pat Hall

FOOD BOOTHS – Diane Adams

ENTERTAINMENT – Dianne Jackson

Club Officers 2007

President - Diane Adams

Vice President - Thom Knapp

Treasurer - Claudra Matthews

Secretary - Eileen Weiss

History of Peacock Day

To really understand Pavo, Georgia's festivities on its annual "Peacock Day", you have to travel back in time more than 100 years to when Pavo's name was changed from McDonald, the name of one of its two most prominent families.

"The Peacocks, being the other prominent family, said they wanted the town to be named for them, but the rest of the town did not agree. They looked it up, and Pavo is Latin for peacock, and when they said Pavo, everyone agreed!" said Diane Ferguson, Vice President of the Pavo Civic Club.

That brings us up to date. Now, thousands of visitors travel to Pavo to celebrate "Peacock Day" on the second Saturday each May.

Pavo resident Jeannine Daneil said, "I have friends from Florida who come in every year to see the parade and the goodies and just have a good time."

Johnny Lovett comes from Boston, Georgia to enjoy the festivities. "Matter of fact, most people here I've never seen before! It's really exciting, you get to meet new people, make new friends" he says.

Unless you count the fancy feet, there is only one live Peacock here. He's Charlie, Pavo's Mascot! But most people say they don't come to see peacocks, they come to mingle, eat and shop 'til they drop!

From the sales of peacock tote bags and t-shirts to Charlies the peacock starring in the parade, the city of Pavo lives up to its name on this special day, and organizers say that is what keeps folks from all over coming back every year.

Organizers say "Peacock Day isn't just for an economic boom in Pavo; it trickles down all the way to Thomasville where most of the out-of-towners pack into hotels.

Story Courtesy of WCTV Channel 6

For More History, go to History & Pictures of Peacocks