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==Arts, culture and outdoors== For several years, the Henderson Arts Commission has sponsored many arts-related events and programs, like the Summer Camp Theatre Experience.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hendersonartscommission.org/ |title=Home |website=Henderson Arts Commission |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> The city park is called Gene Record Park. It features playground equipment, a walking trail, soccer fields, a permanent space for the local Farmer's Market, picnic tables, a dog park, and a 9-hole disc golf course.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/GeneRecordPark/?rf=187071537980658 |title=Friends of Gene Record Park |website=FaceBook |access-date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> In January 2020, the city paper (''Chester County Independent'') reported that a Splash Pad would soon be installed at the park.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://chestercountyindependent.com/coming-soon-splash-pad-is-coming-to-gene-record-memorial-park/ |title=Coming Soon: Splash Pad is Coming to Gene Record Memorial Park |first=Kevin |last=Morris |date=January 22, 2020 |newspaper=Chester County Independent}}</ref> Since 1978, Henderson has also been the site of the Chester County Barbecue Festival, a regional event that celebrates the barbecue tradition of the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chestercountychamber.com/events/ |title=Events |website=Chester County Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> The first pitmaster for the Chester County Barbecue Festival was Bill Howard, a pitmaster from [[Jacks Creek, Tennessee]] who was known throughout Chester County as "The Barbecue King".<ref name="chestercountychamber.com">{{cite web |url=https://chestercountychamber.com/history/ |title=History |website=Chester County Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> Howard was chosen by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival to represent [[Afro-American]] barbecue and was invited to serve barbecue in [[Washington, DC]] in 1986.<ref name="chestercountychamber.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/CFCH.SFF.1986.pdf |title=1986 Festival of American Folklife |date=2017 |website=Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage}}</ref>
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