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Watermelon Festival Contests!
Watermelon Eating Contest
In the Watermelon Shed
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
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!!
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.
John Sax, 2008 winner!
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!
Watermelon Art Contests
Sponsored by the McGroarty Arts Center, Tujunga
Guidelines and entry form
 Art Projects Made Using Watermelon (3D)
Showcase your creativity by creating a work of art from watermelons! Whether you sculpt a scene, decorate your melon’s “face,” build with watermelon "legos", or create an abstract piece, your watermelon art will be the perfect way to celebrate an artful summer!
Watermelon Themed Art (2D)
Use the watermelon as your muse! Create a water-melon themed art piece and wow the crowd with your interpretation of this summer treat!
- Paintings
- Ceramics
- Jewelry
Judging will take place in the Watermelon Shed in Sunland Park on Thursday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. Set-up time will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Winners will be announced on-stage Friday night at 8:45 p.m.
Artwork will be displayed at the Lions Den throughout the Festival.
Watermelon Recipe Contest
Sponsored by the Angeles National Golf Club
The deadline is August 11
Recipes using watermelon may be submitted by mail or e-mail to lizthompsonmarketing@gmail.com
The recipes will be judged by the chef at the Angeles National Golf Club
The winner will receive a gift certificate for lunch for 4 at the Club
and
the winning recipe will be featured on the menu for the week following the Festival
Wearable Art Contest
WA TERMELON WILL BE “IN FASHION” THIS YEAR!
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
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
Judging will be on Thursday, August 13
in the Watermelon Shed
at the Watermelon Festival
Sunland Park, Sunland
For supplies, advice or encouragement
Contact Lion Liz Thompson
lizthompsonmarketing@gmail.com
If you missed out on the contest this year, plan to enter next year.
Plant your seeds in April or May.
Watch the website for reminders.
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
Watermelon Festival Contests - 2008 |
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