Manitoba Homecoming Quilt Competition
1/23/2009 at 10:21 AM
FYI I received a note this morning on the quilt competition described below.. would be great to have a Brandon quilt on display at the Olympics. Do we have many quilters on eBrandon????
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Manitoba Homecoming 2010 is going to be a year long experience bringing together former and current Manitobans, visitors, friends and families together for events, festivals and an all around great celebration.
Manitoba’s homecoming will be an extended showcase for everything that’s great about our province, easily seen in our festivals, cultural events and in community gatherings of all sorts. For many of those who return, they’ll wonder why they ever left. For those of us who’ve stayed, it will be a time to say with pride, “welcome home, let us show you what we’ve done with the place”. To recognize Manitoba Homecoming 2010 a special quilt competition will take place with the theme of the quilt to be “Celebrating Homecoming”
Prize: $2,800 first prize
-> Winning Quilt will be at the disposal of Homecoming 2010 for the year 2010
-> Winning Quilt will be displayed in the Manitoba Legislature, and at the Olympics in Manitoba House
-> May be displayed in other prominent places as identified by the Committee from Homecoming 2010
-> Winning Quilt will be unveiled at the MAAS Conference 2010
-> District Judging will take place in November 2009 (venues determined by # of entries within each district, type of facility for displaying the quilts, and partnerships of Ag Societies within each district).
-> Ag Societies who partner to hold a separate “Homecoming 2010” regional quilt competition within their district are eligible for grant money up to 80% of the cost of the event by applying for the Special Education Grant. Contact the Superintendent of Ag Societies in advance for approval.
-> Benefit to holding the regional event is the inclusion of the Ag Society(s) and the regional quilt event in a national and international campaign (promotional value up to $10,000)
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This PDF has the rest of the details:
http://www.ebrandon.ca/quiltcomp.pdf