Friday, November 6, 2009

Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest

Aurora Regional Fire Museum,

Grab your sugar, grab your spice - and run, run, fast as you can!
The Aurora Regional Fire Museum (Aurora, IL) will host a Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest, exhibition, and charity raffle for the holidays.  All entries must depict a firefighting themed architectural structure, real or imaginary — IE: a firehouse, burning building, etc. Participants are invited to compete in one of three categories:
• Individuals: entries made by teen-aged children (13+) and/or adults acting alone.
• Families and Groups: a single entry that has been created by two or more individuals. (IE: a gingerbread FIREhouse made by children with adult supervision, or a FIREhouse constructed by an organization, club, or groups of adults)
• Professionals: an entry produced by a baker, designer, architect, or any individual or group with professional baking experience.
Gingerbread FIREhouse Contest registration forms are due on or before Friday, November. 7th, and, all gingerbread FIREhouses are to be delivered to the museum on or before Tuesday, November. 24, 2009. 

The exhibit opens, and the entries will be judged on Saturday, November 28th.  

Cash and prizes will be awarded for both Peoples Choice and Judges Choice in each category.
You can read more about the contest, and register, online at: http://www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org/gingerbread

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