To start the Contest Calendar Series, we are discussing the 2016 ATX Holiday Twirl Fest!
*DEADLINE WEDNESDAY* Please note that while the mail in registration deadline has passed, they are still accepting online registrations via their contest website (http://www.twirlatx.com/twirl-fest.html) until midnight on Wednesday, November 23rd. If you need any help registering online, or are not comfortable registering online and still want to enter, please email twirlatx@gmail.com and they will help you out!
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Who - Contest Directors Ashley Wood & Whitney Coons of Twirl ATX, Austin Twirling Academy
What - 2016 ATX Holiday Twirl Fest & Holiday Bazaar
When - Saturday, December 10th, 2016. Doors open at 7:45 am. Contest begins at 8:00 am.
Where - Vista Ridge High School Gym, 200 S Vista Ridge Blvd, Cedar Park, TX 78613 (NW Austin area)
Why - This is a super fun holiday themed contest. Holiday music is played for modeling and solo, awards are all holiday themed (snowflake ornament medals, snowflake trophies, snow globes, etc), compete for Miss Holiday Model or the Miss Twirling Snowflake title, or catch a photo op with the talking Santa or Candy Cane archway! Great way to get into the holiday season with all of your twirl family.
CONTEST HASHTAG! #atxtwirlfest2016
We all love social media, and we all love to post, so let's start a contest # movement! As part of the Contest Calendar Series, working with the contest directors, this blog will help introduce a # for each contest. If you are preparing for, competing at, or taking post-contest photos, please hashtag your posts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc) with #atxtwirlfest2016. Below are some of the awesome photos that were tagged last year... Shout out to Gen, Alana, and Landi! Hashtag your photo this year and you might see your photo in the contest follow-up blog post.
Highlighted Event - In honor of contest director, Ashley Wood's, mother, who fought and defeated Breast Cancer last year, there is a special Best Costume event. The "Laura Craft Honorary Best Costume" competition puts all ages against each other to judge who has the "best costume". The entry fee for this event ($10) is a direct donation to Twirling for the Cure. TFTC Founder, John Mitchell, will be judging at the contest and will be there to accept the donation check. Last year this event raised $400.00 for TFTC... Can they pull off a bigger donation this year?
Unique Feature - In a joint venture with the Vista Ridge High School Band, the ATX Twirl Fest will be held across the hallway from the 12th Annual VR High School Holiday Bazaar. This event will feature local vendors and concessions, perfect for holiday shopping and lunch! Admission is free, and the event will run from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. Help support the VRHS Marching Band (yes they do have a twirler!!!) and check it out!
Any Last Comments? Make sure to check out Official Contest Photographer, Rebecca Hedges Lyon's, website (http://www.rebeccahedgeslyon.com/Twirling/2015/Holiday-Twirling-Festival/i-9NQs9LM) to see photos from the 2015 event. Rebecca, who is a former twirler, has an amazing ability to catch those hard to capture action shots. She will again be at the 2016 competition taking photos which will be posted to her website and available for purchase. To learn more about Rebecca's photography visit http://www.rebeccahedgeslyon.com/ or http://iblogband.com/.
Interested in attending this event? Visit http://www.twirlatx.com/twirl-fest.html. Have any questions? Contact twirlatx@gmail.com or Ashley at 512-848-7426. We hope to see everyone in December!
We hope you have this edition of the Contest Calendar Series. We are always looking for great new stories about Texas twirlers. Do you have an idea or some information we could use to help highlight our sport? Please contact us at texastwirlcontact@gmail.com and we would love to hear more about it.
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