BY WALT SCHAEFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
SHARONVILLE -- If you can lip-synch a tune -- anything from "Moon River" to "Achy Breaky Heart" -- you could win up to $100 at the Taste of Sharonville's annual "Puttin' on the Hits" contest Saturday.
The 11th annual Taste of Sharonville, featuring about 20 restaurants, will be noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. It will be in downtown Sharonville at Creek Road and Main Street.
Sharonville Law Director and event chairman Tom Keating said the popular "Puttin' on the Hits" lip-sync contest will start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Entries and tapes of songs to be played must be brought to the Sharonville Recreation Center at Creek Road and Thornview Drive by 5 p.m. today.
"There are three categories -- under 12, everyone in the same family and an open category. Usually we have between 12 and 15 entries, with two to five people in each group," Mr. Keating said.
Winners in each category receive $100; runners-up, $50; and third places take $25. Non-winners are awarded food certificates from participating eateries, he said.
Winners are asked to repeat their performances at 5 p.m. Sunday. Music will keep the Taste of Sharonville rocking both days. The Saturday schedule features Flashback, an oldies and pop music group, from 2-5 p.m., followed by the Waterford Blues Band, a pop music and dance songs group from Sharonville, from 7-10 p.m. Sunday sounds begin with an appearance by longtime local favorite Carl Edmundson and the Driving Winds, playing '50s and '60s rock, from 1-4 p.m. They will be followed by the Cajun, rock and country sounds of Robin Lacy and DeZydeco.
