hot dog eating contest suggestions..

[scoobis]

My chapter is looking into holding a hotdog eating contest in spring for the greek community. Every house selects one competitor and pays an entrance fee of fifty dollars to represent their house in a nathan's famous style hotdog eating contest.

There will be a men's event and then a women's.
-ten minutes and however many dogs and buns you can eat

Winner gets the Wiener Belt and the title as champion for a year.

I want to keep a Fourth of July BBQ theme going with alot of American flags and stuff. Music playing and we can hold it in our large parkinglot in front of our house.

What would you suggest to keep people interested/busy before the actual hot dog eating event? I was thinking a live band, and a raffle. Do you have anything else that we could do?

I appreciate all suggestions.