Business Competition Winners!

Thanks to all the participants and judges.

BIA: First Place
Simply Unique -Princess and the Pea and many scarecrows
and
EVOLVE Toy Store - Alice in Wonderland

Honourable Mentions
Purrsonally Yours - Bambi
KD Solomon/HJM Insurance -Peter Pan and Scarecrows
Stuff to Read - Peter Rabbit and Friend

Great Meaford Area: First Place
Macdonald Furniture - Scarecrows and Furniture/Appliances/Play

Honourable Mention
Ormsby's Garden Centre - Rapunzel

Great Meaford Area Agricultural: First Place
Almond's Farm Market -Scarecrows! Scarecrows!

Community: First Place
Meaford Library  Fairy Tale Scarecrows

Best of the Best (Patches)
Meaford Library

TD Big Green Chair and Scarecrows!

Thank You Judges!

Thank you to our judges. They did a great job. Awards will be presented at the Family Festival.

Judging Starts Tomorrow

Hope you are Ready! The judging for business competition starts tomorrow. We have 38 entries this year and many other businesses who have put up scarecrows! Wishing you good luck and thanks for letting your community spirit shine through!

Sightings

Barbetta Orchards, Captain's Corner, Meaford Water and Wine by the Bay, Aqua Therapy, SVE School, Vail's Orchard...Lots of Scarecrow - porches, lawns and gardens!

This cutie is at MacDonald Furniture

Sightings

Stuff to Read
KD Solomon/HJM Insurance

More Sightings

Paul's Repair
Cook St. Pentacostal Church

Patches: Best of the Best

Patches Reveals Business Competition Prizes for 2012

 

 

Media prizes for the Scarecrow Invasion Business Competition have been announced. There is one media prize for each of the categories as well as a keeper plaque and winner plaque to be displayed by the business for the next year. The Best of the Best, Patches, will be awarded to the business who is chosen to be the best display from the winners of each category.

 

Media Prizes - Thank you to our media sponsors!

 

Business Categories

 

Meaford Express Advertising Gift Certificate: Free 1/4 page advertisement (with full colour) to be published in the Meaford Express and the Blue Mountain Courier Herald.

 

560 CFOS: Georgian Bay Today Talk Show including 20-30 second message to promote your appearance,

 

Rogers TV : Guest host on Grey County Life

 

Community

 

Meaford Independent: A Section Target Ad to run in the Community News section for one month and a story written by Stephen Vance, Editor. 

 

 



Scarecrow Schedule

Scarecrow Business Competition Judging September 24th and 25th Register by September 21st of you are outside the BIA area

Under a Sunflower Sun  Presentation by Hilary Gillespie,author and Lynn Smith, illustrator at Meaford Public Library September 26th 10:30 am

Apple Pie Contest

September 28^th 1 to 3pm
Deliver to Meaford Scotiabank

Pre-Parade Show:  Tartan Fling
September 28^th 5 pm Sykes St.

Parade
September 28^th 6 pm Sykes St.

Family Festival
September 28^th 6:30pm
Meaford Harbour

Check out other Big Fall Weekend Events:

Thursday/Friday Meaford Hall

Youth Photo Exhibit

MCAA Changing Colours

Saturday

Apple Harvest Craft Show

Woodford Hall Turkey Barbeque

Grandmothers for Africa House Tour

Big Apple

Meaford Hall

Fairy Tales are everywhere!

Check out Station Hill

 

 

More Sightings!

TD Bank
Holly Cottage B&B
Almond's Farm Market
MacDonald Furniture

Scarecrow Sightings

We are starting to see Scarecrows:

• Simply Unique
• Chamber of Commerce
• Stedman's
• Britannia House B&B

The invasion has started!