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Mon, November 30 2009 08:00 AM - Thu, December 3 2009 12:00 PM

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Lacey Taylor

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PSU Alumni, Friends and Family
2009 Gingerbread House Contest

Sponsored by PSU Office of Alumni & Constituent Relations

PSU Alumni, Friends and Family get baking and enter your masterpiece in the 2009 Gingerbread House Contest.

A new division has been added this year! Replicate Russ Hall, the first PSU building. Don't want to make a house? Use your artistic abilities to replicate Russ Hall.

PSU faculty, staff and students stop by the first floor of the Overman Student Center between 10am and 2pm on Wednesday, December 2 to vote for your favorite!

Divisions:

1.       Youth (14 years of age & under)

2.       Adult (over 15 years of age)

3.       Family (house built by children or children and adults working together)

4.       PSU Student Organization (house build by members of a PSU student organization)

5.       Professional (bakers, caterers, cooks, restaurants)

6.       Russ Hall replica

Rules:                                                   

1.       The competition is open to everyone who wishes to participate with a completed entry form turned in with entry. Entry forms will be available at time of delivery.

2.       Entry must have been constructed in 2009.

3.       Entries are not to exceed 2 feet in height, 2 feet in width or 2 feet in depth, including the board used as a base.

4.       All entries must have major components (such as walls and roofs) constructed of gingerbread (not graham crackers, cookies, etc.).

5.       All components (other than base) must be edible with all candies unwrapped and free of inedible materials (such as lollypop sticks).

6.       Alternative versions of a house are acceptable.

7.       Youth entrants may receive adult supervision, but must be primarily designed, built and decorated by the entrant.

8.       All but the professional and adult divisions may use gingerbread kits.

9.       The Office of Alumni & Constituent Relations reserves the right to not exhibit entries deemed inappropriate.

10.   The images of all entries become the property of the PSU Office of Alumni & Constituent Relations and may be used in any promotional material.

11.   Judging will be by popular vote of PSU faculty, staff and students (only 1 vote per person). Judging will take place on Wednesday, December 2^nd with the winners announced on Thursday, December 3^rd.

12.   Prizes will be given based on the number of entrants in each division.

13.   All entries must arrive at the PSU Wilkinson Alumni Center (corner of Ford and Joplin) from 8 am-6 pm on Monday, November 30, 2009. To make special arrangements, please call 235-4763.

14.   Entries must remain on display until noon on Thursday, December 3, 2009. Entries not picked up from the Wilkinson Alumni Center by 6 pm on Thursday, December 3^rd will be discarded.