Sunland-Tujunga Watermelon Festival - Sponsored by the Sunland-Tujunga Lions Club


Sunland-Tujunga 50th Annual
Watermelon Festival 2011

AUGUST 12-14, 2011
Our 50th Year!


Sunland Park
8651 Foothill Blvd., Sunland, CA 91040

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Watermelon Festival Contests!

Watermelon Growing Contest 


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Grow a watermelon!

Win a prize!

For the Biggest!

For the Sweetest!

For the Most Colorful!

For the Most Unusual!watermelons

See the winners in the Watermelon Pavilion!


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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!

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                Photo from the 2008 Contest                                        
Photo from the 2009 Contest by Barry Ira Geller



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 (in the Watermelon Pavilion) between 3:30 and 4 p.m. Saturday or Sunday. Races will begin at 4 p.m. and will be divided 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 Pavilion
Sponsored by Breadmasters Enterprises
 Staffed by the Comedy SportzTeam, Verdugo Hills High School

All Day, Everyday!

On-going throughout the Festival at the Spitway 


$1 for 3 seeds johnsaxspitting


Compete for cash prizes!
Register your name, age, address and phone number
with the attendant at the booth,
The distance your seed went will be recorded.
 
Cash prizes for the longest spit in each age group
awarded at the end of the Festival.

Prizes based on distance where the seed stops.

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,
please come to the Lions Den in the Watermelon Pavilion for it this year.



Wearable Art Contest

WATERMELON WILL BE “IN FASHION” AGAIN THIS YEAR!


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Winner! 2009 Festival -- But who is she?
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Is it Emma?
Is it Bridget? 


Mystery solved when Mom and Dad looked at all three photos we had.  It was both of them!


Winners of the 2009 Wearable Art Contest - the Hamilton sisters!



Wearable Art Contest Rules and Perks

Wear an outfit with a watermelon design or theme to the Watermelon Festival.

Gals wearing a watermelon outfit - Guys wearing a watermelon print shirt
may qualify for a discount on the admission fee (see home page).   
Just a t-shirt with a watermelon design on front or back will probably not qualify.

To enter the Wearable Art Contest, register at the Lions Den in the Watermelon Pavilion.
Have your photo taken.

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!)

For lots of ideas, go here
Learn All About It!

Great watermelon outfits seen at the 2010 Watermelon Festival


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two piece watermelon clown facea pairtwo piece

Photos by Tony Galindo 2010




Winner of the 2007 Hat Contest.  Created by Helen Arnold, La Crescenta 
Worn by Allie Mackay during her live telecast from the Watermelon Festival on Channel 5 Morning News




 

 

 

 

 Watermelon head to toe!

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These ladies would sure be winners
at the 50th annual Watermelon Festival in Sunland-Tujunga!

                            



These cuties are all winners!
 











There's more than one way to wear a watermelon!
 
Now this shirt really has the melon spirit!
Photos from the Luling, Texas, Watermelon Thump 2006

 Watermelon Festival Contests - 2008

Sponsors

Sunland Hydroponics, Sunland
8300 Sunland Blvd., Sunland California
818-352-5300
Judging, Prizes, Growing Materials

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

Website Design, Development, and Update donated by Barry Ira Geller