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The Rutherford County TDA released the following information:

Lake Lure, NC – Details have been finalized for Saturday’s September 19th Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Memorial Event in Honor of Patrick Swayze. The memorial will be at 7:00 PM at Firefly Cove in Lake Lure, rain or shine.

Firefly Cove Development was the former spot for Chimney Rock Camp and the site of many Dirty Dancing movie scenes. Attendees to the memorial will be within view of the place where the movie’s final dance took occurred, and where “Baby” carried a watermelon and danced on steps. The memorial will also overlook the water where Johnny and Baby practiced their famous lift.

“For more than 20 years, our area has been touched by Patrick Swayze’s life and the movie he made here. We now want this event to pay it forward -- touching the lives of the many who fight against pancreatic cancer, and honoring Swayze’s own life,” said Michelle Whitaker, Rutherford County Tourism Development Acting Executive Director. “There is no way to gauge how many will come, but we are prepared as possible for as many as possible – we want this event to do justice to its cause. ”

About the Service:

• Welcome – Edith Bond, Lake Lure Resident and Dirty Dancing cast extra

• Raising Pancreatic Cancer Awareness – Peggy Keys, Lake Lure Resident and PanCan Representative

• Moment of Silence

• Remembering Patrick Swayze—Rev. Everette Chapman, minister of the nondenominational Fairfield Mountain Chapel in Lake Lure.

If You are Coming:

• Please bring flashlights to illuminate – candles are discouraged.

• A space at the memorial site – by the water – will be available for those who want to bring flowers.

• Parking attendants and volunteers will be either in orange vests or black “Olympiad” vests.

• These volunteers will be collecting donations to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCan) and giving out PanCan bracelets and pins.

• A PanCan tent will be at Firefly Cove with information, water and items for sale to raise money for Pan Can.

• Donations can be cash or check; checks should be written to PanCan.

• Please use restrooms before attending if at all possible. Restrooms will be available but highly limited at the Firefly Cove site. If you park at one of the overflow sites, check to see if restrooms are available there, as well.

Parking and Shuttles for the Public :

• Parking for the event will begin at 5:00 at Firefly Cove, 121 Chapel Point Road, Lake Lure.

• If needed, overflow parking will move first to Chimney Rock Baptist Church on 270 Boy’s Camp Road in Lake Lure, and then if needed, also to the Visitor’s Center at 2926 Memorial Hwy in Lake Lure.

• Shuttles will be available at the overflow sites. There will be no charge for parking or shuttles.

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