SNOWMAN CONTEST

HOW IT WORKS:

Create a snowman or snow creature in your yard, take a picture and submit online to Parks and Recreation. The dates for submittal are December 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012. The snow may melt fast, but the contest will stay around awhile. Click on the "Register" tab and create an account or use your existing account. Upload your photo.

Categories:

Most Original Snowman

Most Traditional Snowman

Most Interesting Use of Color

THE RULES:

Limit of three entries per category, only one prize per household.

All entries must be constructed from real snow in Cabarrus County, NC during the period of 12/1/11 thru 3/31/2012.

Photographs will be posted on the Parks & Recreation web site (at our discretion).

All entries must be “G” rated and appropriate for family viewing.

Open to all ages.

Final judging will be made by April 30 and winners will be notified.

Depending on your Internet connection and the size of your image files, your upload may take several minutes to complete. Try to make sure your image files are no larger than 3 or 4 MB in size. You can edit Title, Description, and Category of your uploaded photos by selecting the thumbnail image in the left column. A detail view for the selected thumbnail will then display in the center column. Click the Edit link button, to enable editing. When you have finished editing, click the Update link button to save your edits. You may upload up to 9 photos, 3 photos for each of the 3 categories. If you reach your 9 photo limit, the upload form will no longer be displayed. If you assign more that 3 photos to a category, a red error message will be displayed in the My Entry Categories section.

Your photos will not be displayed on the public contest page until they have been approved by the contest administrator. Once a photo has been approved and is displayed on the contest's public page, you will no longer be able to edit or delete it.

Winner in each category receives a Family Season Pass to the John McInnis Aquatic Center in Concord for the 2012 summer season.

All entries must be constructed from real snow in Cabarrus County, NC during the period of 12/1/11 thru 3/31/2012.

Questions: If you have any questions about the contest or rules, please email them torecreation@concordnc.gov . For technical questions or issues, please contactwashburng@concordnc.gov

Concord Parks and Recreation Department:
147 Academy Ave., NW
P.O. Box 308
Concord, NC 28026
704-920-5600

Office Hours
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Harrisburg 5k and 1 mile Fun Run

Saturday, Apr 21 8:00am to 12:00pm at Harrisburg YMCA, Harrisburg, NC
At the Harrisburg YMCA, we offer the Harrisburg 5k and 1 Mile Fun Run in partnership with the Southwest Cabarrus Rotary. For details and to register, contact Mandie Condie at mcondie@cannonymca.org or 704-454-7800. Following this event,we will have our annual Heathly Kids Day from 9 a.m.-noon in partnership with UCity Fellowship Church.

5k Puzzle Run for Autism

Saturday, Apr 21 (2012) 9:00am at Frank Liske Park, Concord, NC

5K Puzzle Run and Fun/Run Walk. Frank Liske Park, Concord, NC. Hosted by the Autism Society of NC, Cabarrus County Chapter. Timed 5K race with awards, to raise community awareness about Autism and raise funds to support community activities to help those affected by Autism in Cabarrus County, NC

Frank Liske Park
4001 Stough Rd.
Concord, NC 28027
(704) 920-2701

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