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Gingerbread House Contest Beckons Bakers
Get ready to pre-heat the oven, pull out the cookie sheet and pastry bag and enter the 9th Annual Gingerbread House Contest and Show sponsored by Darnall's Chance House Museum. The contest is divided into two categories - adult and child (ages 8-16). The Gingerbread House Committee will award ribbons for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Honorable Mention in each category. Ribbons for the Most Creative will also be presented. The Viewer's Choice Awards (which are given to one adult and one child entry) will be selected by viewer voting and each winning entry will receive a $250 gift card!
 Entry form for the 2008 Gingerbread House Contest
Rules and Regulations for Contestants
Photos of Winners from 2007 Contest
Photos of Winners from 2006 Contest
Photos of Winners from 2005 Contest
GINGERBREAD HOUSE PHOTOS - 2007 WINNERS
To see a larger version of the images, click on the small thumbnail to the left.
Adult Division
 First Place Award
Enchanted Tree House by Jennifer Lauria
 Second Place Award
Christmas Cheer by Mary Elliott
 Third Place Award
A Very Married Christmas by Katrina Ten Eyck
 Viewer's Choice and Honorable Mention
Magic Christmas by Rachel Lyle-Cranford
 Most Creative
Pig Point School by Ami Hazell
Victorian Cottage by Laura Riddle
American Four Square by Val Bolger
Christmas on the Cape by Candice Blair
Army Areo School, College Park, 1911 by Mark Fisher
 Old Maryland Farm by Nicole Patterson
 Holiday House by Susan Ballard
 Easter in December by Patricia Bartolillo
 Away in a Manger by Pat Cranford
 Merry Christmas! by Janina Hnatyshyn
Ski School Dropout by Diana E. Hugue
 Bethlehem Means House of Bread by Wendy Paulat
 Carousel by Judy Gardner
 Christmas in Paradise by Jean Ballard
 Playland In Winter by Zenobia Freeman
Child Division
 First Place Award, Viewer's Choice and Most Creative
Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse by Victoria Russell
 Second Place Award
Christmas Beach Cottage by Bronwyn Lewandowski
 Third Place Award
Opps! Wrong Holiday! by Tommy Paulat
 Honorable Mention
Quinndilien's Farm by Quinn Riddle
 Soccer Registration by Alexandria Miller
 Polar Express Station by Kenisha Amari Warren
 Santa's Workshop by Emily Wilkerson
 Plutarch's Temple to Appollo by Andie Paulat
GINGERBREAD HOUSE PHOTOS - 2006 WINNERS
To see a larger version of the images, click on the small thumbnail to the left.
Adult Division
 First Place Award, Viewer's Choice, Most Creative
Creature Comfort Inn by Ami Hazell
 Second Place Award
The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe by Jennifer Lauria
 Third Place Award
December at RVCFD by Diana Hugue
 Honorable Mention
The Enchanted Forest by Patricia Bartolillo
Monticello by Richard Kwarteng
Winter Dream by Janina Hnatyshyn
Tree Emporium by Susan Ballard
Gnome Chalet by Kristen Becker
Child Division
 First Place Award, Viewer's Choice
London Toy Shoppe by Bronwyn Lewandowski
 Second Place Award
The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe by Michael Stevenson
 Third Place Award
A Very Merry Christmas by Emily Wilkerson
 Honorable Mention
Shrek's Swamp House by Victoria Russell
Christmas Bath by Tara O'Herlihy
Penguin Brigade by Codie Reeves
Igloo Village by Hannah Kempton
GINGERBREAD HOUSE PHOTOS - 2005 WINNERS
To see a larger version of the images, click on the small thumbnail to the left.
Adult Individual Category
 First Place Award
Christmas Light by Mary Elliott
 Second Place Award
A Scottish Christmas by Julie Kempton
 Third Place Award
Dicken's A Christmas Carol by Jenni Swanson Voorhees
 Honorable Mention Award
Alpine Gast Haus by Ami Hazell
Child Category
 First Place Award
Boy Scout Camp by Michael Steveson
 Second Place Award
African Hut by Joy Wentz
 Third Place Award
Hagrid's Hut by Hannah Elliott
 Honorable Mention Award
Christmas on the Reservation by Elizabeth Elliott
Special Awards
 Most Creative Entry (adult)
Adopt A Friend For Life by Alethea Edwards
 Most Creative Entry (child)
African Hut by Joy Wentz
Viewer's Choice Awards
 Child Category
The North Pole by Rose Voorhees
Adult Category
Christmas Light by Mary Elliott
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