Scarescrow Festival
This community event celebrates local produce and encourages creativity. It also invites visitors to experience our village's amenities and community spirit.
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On the day of judging we will have Music /Games and much more
Harvest Festival
Stalls will set out across Gaine Park (weather permitting, if weather is not favourable stalls will be moved to community hall) All produce will be local products , from honey to home baking.
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What is a Scarecrow Festival?
Scarecrow Festivals are held in several towns and villages across Ireland and
around the world, and are a fun way to involve all in the community.
Scarecrows have long protected crops from birds.
birds. In recent years many communities have begun to hold Scarecrow Festivals as a
way of bringing different groups, businesses, schools and residents together and bring
back the “community feel” that seems to have been lost in an era of technology and
busy working families.
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Ideas and Inspiration
Please use recycled materials where possible
There are all sorts of shapes and sizes of scarecrow, ranging from window displays to
large groups of individual scarecrows, depending on the space and time that you have
and your imagination. Google “Scarecrow Festivals” for inspiration.
The idea is to make a scarecrow that represents you and what you do. So, a school
could make a class of wooden spoon scarecrows with a teacher, or a church could
have a wedding theme. A garage could have a mechanic under a car bonnet. If you are
a family who love cartoons or a movie night, you could create Simpsons characters or
super-heroes.
Award categories
1st Place Overall, Winner
1st Place, Individual, Business or Organisation
1st Place School entry.
1st Place Individuals over sixteen years.
1st Place Children Category
1st Place Sustainable Design
1st Place Traditional design
1st Place Creative Design
RULES OF ENTRY
To enter, please complete the entry form with details of your scarecrow, your contact information, and the address/location of your scarecrow. The entry form is on page 1 of this document by signing the form, you are agreeing to your entry being photographed and used in publicity about the Scarecrow Festival and to your name or your group or business name being used in publicity about the festival. Each entrant can enter one scarecrow or a group of scarecrows.
There are a number of categories for entry:
Place, Individual, Business or Organisation
Place, School entry.
Place, Individuals over sixteen years.
Place, Children Category
Place, Overall, Winner
Most Sustainable Design
Most Traditional design
Most Creative Design
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Timeline: Scarecrows entered must be paid for and displayed in Gaine Park within the designated areas between 12.00 to 14.00 on Saturday 13th or Saturday 20th September. Remember you must remove your scarecrow by the 30th of Sept. You may erect your scarecrow outside the park (in a safe area) , but please bring your entry form to the park on the days/times mentioned above. No entries accepted on the 21st
Extra marks will be awarded for recycled materials. Commercially available scarecrows cannot be entered.
Please ensure that your scarecrow is secure so as not to fall or cause harm or damage to any person or property.
Judging will take place on 20th of September. Scarecrows should be constructed to be weatherproof in case of inclement weather. Entrants can be from any part of the island of Ireland. The closing date for entries is September 18th.
Please remember that this is an event for the whole community so please avoid.
horror, graphic images, racial or sexual content.
Location of Scarecrow; Scraecrows will be positioned in Gaine Park (beside the community Centre) Feel free to put them outside your house, just let the judges know.
All scarecrows to be removed by the 30th of Sept.
