Watermelon Festival Contests!
Watermelon
Eating Contest
In the Watermelon Pavilion
Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Sunland-Tujunga-Shadow Hills Rotary Club
Enter the watermelon eating contest -- each age group has its
own contest!
Photo from the 2008 Contest Photo
from the 2009 Contest
Greased Melon Relay
Race
Sponsored by the Sunland-Tujunga-Shadow Hills Rotary Club
Have you ever tried to hold on to a greasy melon while you are
running across the lawn?
This is your opportunity to check out your skills!
Bring your partner and check in at the Rotary Club booth (across
from the Melon Shed) between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday or Sunday.
Races will begin at 4 p.m. and will be divided up by age group.
One of the team will run with the melon to the turning point
and hand off the melon to the waiting partner, who will then
run back to the starting/finish line.
If you drop the melon you are disqualified.
Don't want to compete? Come watch and cheer on your favorites!!
Here are the winners of the 2009 Greased Melon Relay Race
The Winners! 2009 Greased
Melon Relay Race!
Photo by Barry Ira Geller
Watermelon Seed
Spitting Contest!
At the Spitway by the Watermelon Booth
Sponsored by Breadmasters Enterprises
All Day, Everyday!
On-going throughout the Festival at the
Spitway
$1 for 3 seeds. 
Prizes based on distance where the seed stops
Cash prizes for the longest spit in each age group
awarded at the end of the Festival.
To compete for the cash prizes,
register your name, age and phone number
with the attendant at the booth,
The distance your seed went will be recorded.
Can you break the record of spitting watermelon seeds
68 feet, 9 1/8 inches set in Luling, Texas?
Do it, and you win the $500 prize donated by the sponsor!
At Right: John Sax, 2008 winner!
2009
winners -
Tots - 5 year old Andrew Wright spit
his seed 11'1".
Kids - 11 year old Raelynn Douglas spit a seed
30 feet.
Teens - 15 year old Kyle Silos also spit a
seed 30 feet.
If you did not pick up your prize last year, please come to
the Lions Den for it this year.
Wearable Art Contest
WATERMELON WILL BE “IN FASHION”
THIS YEAR!
 Winner!
2009 Festival -- But who is she?
Is it Emma? Maybe it's Bridget?
Susanna? Can some Mom Claim her? Help! Just contact us
at the Lions Den booth. Thanks. |
If you wear something with a watermelon design
or theme to the Watermelon Festival, you may encounter one of
the “mystery fashion experts” who will enroll you
in the Wearable Art Contest.
We haven’t learned all the details yet,
but we hear hints that there will be photos taken and displayed
– and something has been said that the folks at the Festival
may have a chance to vote on their favorites. And of course,
if there is voting, then there may be a prize or two!
So, if you like to sew or appliqué or embroider, make jewelry,
decorate hats, fix up your flip-flops or bag or parasol, paint
melons on your clothes, or create any other item you can wear,
now is the time to start having fun making something special
for the Festival!
(We’ve heard you can even wear store-bought clothes or
accessories!)
Learn All About It!
Photos from the Luling, Texas, Watermelon Thump
Watermelon Growing Contest Coming in
2011
Grow a watermelon!
Win a prize -
For the Biggest!
For
the Sweetest!
For
the Most Colorful!
For
the Most Unusual!
See the winner in the Lions Den!
Did you plant your seeds!
It takes a watermelon 80 to 90 days to grow and ripen
Seeds and supplies were available from the Sunland-Tujunga Lions
Club
Check in at the Lion's during the Festival
Plant your seeds in April or May.
Watch the website for reminders.
Watermelon Festival Contests
- 2008
Sponsors
Sunland Hydroponics, Sunland
8300 Sunland Blvd., Sunland California
818-352-5300
Judging, Prizes, Growing Materials
Marisols Nursery and Pottery, Tujunga
9828 Tujunga Canyon Blvd. Tujunga
818-352-7570
marisolsnursery@yahoo.com
Soil, Nutrients
OSH, La Crescenta
3100 Foothill Blvd., La Crescenta
818-541-7075
Seeds
Do It Center, La Crescenta
6300 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga
818-352-4466
Shovels and Knee Pads
National Watermelon Promotion Board
Stickers, Coloring Books, DVD on Watermelons, posters
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