September 11, 2018
CONTACT: Lindsey Wiles
Communications Manager
lwiles@mariettaga.gov
770.794.5509
MARIETTA – Registration is now open for the City of Marietta's Parks and Recreation Department’s 13th Annual Scarecrows in the Square contest. Please remember each group or organization must register by September 26, 2018 to decorate a Scarecrow on the Square by displaying your group, business or school's creativity and personality via a scarecrow!
Registration forms are available online for the public scarecrow contest. Entries will be judged on originality, construction and presentation. Creators are urged to use a theme and name that showcases the business or group's personality or celebrates Marietta's history with a historic figure.
While there is a $25 entry fee for each scarecrow in the public scarecrow contest, there is no entry fee for school scarecrows. All scarecrows must be completed and displayed during the week of September 29th through October 5th.
Winners of the contest will be announced and prizes will be awarded at the 42nd Annual HarvestFest on the Historic Square on Saturday, October 20, 2018.
More info: Marietta's Parks and Recreation Department, 770-794-5601