
The Hope Watermelon Festival is the perfect event for fruit lovers with a competitive streak: There are watermelon-eating and seed-spitting contests, as well as a Watermelon Olympics featuring a melon toss and melon bowling. Host your very own watermelon festival at home and sip this refreshing festival favorite.
Pound the watermelon flesh or press through a food mill to remove the juice. There should be about three cups. Add the juice of one large lime and sugar or sweetener to taste. Put a cube of watermelon and a slice of lime in each of four tall glasses. Add ice cubes and pour watermelon juice mixture over the ice.

