Decorating Delmarva Holiday Festival of Lights gearing up
The team from Decorating Delmarva Holiday Festival of Lights is gearing up for the next opportunity to give back to the community. This charitable event has already given back over $9,000 to area schools and nonprofits from advance tickets sales. This weekend they will prepare to donate more to local middle schools that have participated in a tree decorating contest.
Eleven local middle Schools from Wicomico and Sussex counties participated in the first annual Tree Decorating Contest with Decorating Delmarva Holiday Festival of Lights. This contest was co-sponsored by the Rommel Ace Group who supplied all the trees to these schools. Each school had the opportunity to create their own theme for the holiday tree. Since opening night Nov. 15, these trees have been on display for visitors to vote for their favorite. The school which collects the most votes will receive $2,500 from the Create 1 Dream Foundation.
Sunday night, Dec. 23, will mark the end of the tree decorating contest, but there is an additional opportunity for these middle schools to receive more funding. Sunday night at 7:30 p.m. Decorating Delmarva Holiday Festival of Lights will hold an auction to sell off each tree to the highest bidder with 100 percent of the proceeds going back to the respective school.
Other community contest being held this year include an elementary school coloring contest with a top prize of $2,500 to the school collecting the most ballots. Local high schools, nonprofits and Charity groups are competing in five different categories of the outdoor display contest. This contest will award $5,000 to each category winner, giving $30,000 back to the community.
The event will operate from 6 to 10 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20, through Sunday, Dec. 23. On Tuesday, Dec. 25, the event will re-open for 12 consecutive nights until Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. Gates open every night 6 to 10 p.m., with New Year's Eve extended hours to 1 a.m.
This New Year's Eve event will be spectacular, with a first ever 2013 New Year's Baby Pageant and talent contest presented by April Brilliant with Miss Delmarva Pageant. Miss Wild Dreams Pageants presented by Frank and Laura Jones, will host a pageant for children 6 to 12 years of age. These pageants and talent contest will take place from 6 to 9 p.m.
At 9 p.m. DJ Wookie will provide music and entertainment from to 1 a.m. They are currently looking for local live entertainment that would like to participate. Catering and food vendors will be serving all night long to a midnight countdown followed by a huge fireworks display to light up the New Year's sky! Carnival rides and the ever popular fire pits will make it a fun filled night for the entire family. The cost for all this is $15 for a carload up to eight people per vehicle.
Decorating Delmarva Holiday Festival of Lights presented by Peninsula Homes, Pepsi, WMDT 47, Kathy Kunkowski/Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Chick-Fil-A . The event consist of two major parts on a two-mile drive through tours of the North Pole, holiday lights, and community built displays and will conclude in an area recognized as Santa’s Village. In Santa’s Village there will be nightly festival events held in an activity area for children including, Mr. & Mrs. Claus, huge food court, holiday music, fire pits and nightly entertainment. Be sure to visit their vendor in the newly built 5,000 square foot building with heat The Delaware International Speedway and U.S. 13 Dragway properties are located in Delmar, with its 120-acre motorsports complex is the location of this event. The event hosted by the Create 1 Marketing and Create 1 Dream Foundation located in Seaford, and owners Mark and Denise Cathell.
For more information contact 302-396-0831, create1marketing@comcast.net or go to www.decoratingdelmarva.com.
