Now that Halloween is over, the hints of the holidays are starting to show up everywhere. Music, lights, shopping.. and even twirling contests! It is time to get ready to celebrate the holidays in the Austin, TX area with all your favorite twirling friends.
Today our Contest Calendar Series is about the 2017 ATX Holiday Twirl Fest!
*MAIL IN DEADLINE FRIDAY* Please note that the mail in registration deadline for this contest is Friday, November 10th. You must have your mail in entries postmarked by this date. Click here to download the entry form or you can visit the online registration site. For more information, please contact the contest directors at twirlatx@gmail.com.
Miss the mail in deadline? *ONLINE DEADLINE NOVEMBER 16TH* Twirl ATX will continue to accept online registration/payment entries only until midnight on Thursday, November 16th. The online registration can be found at www.twirlatx.com/atxtwirlfest. 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.
*Director's Note for High School Twirlers* - Have a High School Twirler that would like to attend, but is unsure if their football team will be in the playoffs that weekend? You can enter online or via paper registration, but please mail in the payment and put a post it note on the check stating "Please Hold for Playoffs". The check will not be cashed until we receive confirmation that your twirler will be attending.
Who? What? When? Where? Why?
Who - Contest Directors Ashley Wood & Whitney Coons of Twirl ATX
What - 2017 ATX Holiday Twirl Fest
When - Saturday, December 2nd, 2017. Doors open at 7:45 am. Contest begins at 8:15 am.
Where - Hutto High School, 101 Chris Kelley Blvd, Hutto, TX 78634 (North East of Austin, TX)
Why - The ATX Holiday Twirl Fest is a fun holiday themed contest. Holiday music is played for modeling and solo, the decorations and awards are holiday themed (custom snowflake ornament medals, snowflake trophies, snowmen, etc), compete for Miss Holiday Model or the Miss Twirling Snowflake title, or catch a photo op with the Candy Cane archway! Great way to get into the holiday spirit alongside all of your twirling friends and family.
CONTEST HASHTAG! #atxtwirlfest2017
For this event we strongly encourage our Texas Twirlers to utilize the hashtag #atxtwirlfest2017 when posting photos of the competition weekend on social media. Use the hashtag and your photo could end up on this blog or the contest site! Don't forget to tag @twirlingiscatchingtx on Facebook or Instagram and we may share your pic on one of our pages.
New Facility & Co-Host - For the 2017 contest, this event is moving to a new facility. The Hutto High School gyms have great ceiling height, the practice gym is connected to the competition gym, and the floor was just redone in August, so it is in amazing condition! This year's event is also co-hosted by the Hutto High School Winterguard, who will be helping around the facility and will be running a concession stand. Food available will be posted on the contest website the week of the event so that attendees can plan ahead. *Please Note* while attendees are welcome to bring their own food and drinks, only water will be allowed in the gym.
Highlighted Event - Originally created to honor contest director, Ashley Wood's, mother, who fought and defeated Breast Cancer in 2015, and to celebrate all the women in our twirling community that have overcome so much, 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 to Fight Cancer. TTFC Founder, John Baton Mitchell, will once again be judging at the contest, and will be there to accept the donation check. Last year this event raised $475.00 for TTFC... Can they pull off a bigger donation this year?
Congrats to Jenna Bowen, the recipient of the 2016 Best Costume Award
Unique Feature - Make sure to check out Official Contest Photographer, Rebecca Hedges Lyon's, website at http://www.artsylyonprints.com/Twirling to see photos from the 2016 and 2017 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 2017 competition taking photos which will be posted to her website and available for purchase.
Interested in attending this event? Visit www.twirlatx.com/atxtwirlfest to find the registration form or the online registration link. Have any questions? Contact twirlatx@gmail.com or call Ashley at 512-848-7426. We hope to see everyone in December!
Also, don't forget to check out www.texastwirl.com/contests.html for information and entry forms for many upcoming contests in and around the State of Texas. There are so many great contests heading our way, and we don't want anyone to miss out!
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 info 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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