Gingerbread Winter
Village coming to Bonners Ferry
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October 28, 2011 |
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Original
Gingerbread Winter Village art by Karen
Standal. |
Everyone who has that old fashioned spark of
Christmas is invited and encouraged to take part
in the creation of a Gingerbread Winter Village
of Bonners Ferry
that will be put on display from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, in
the south entrance of the Bonners Ferry Museum.
Individuals, groups, young folks and old are
invited to create and enter components for the
village, and everyone's imagination is the only
limit. To be included, gingerbread creations
will only be accepted at the museum from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 9-10.
"As examples," wrote Karen Standal, one of the
event's organizers, "imagine a gingerbread
train, courthouse, homes, the original witch's
gingerbread house and a little gingerbread
cookie running away, or how about the Georgia
Mae gazebo with swans, gliding on a mirror."
She said the Bonners Ferry Museum is teeming
with great ideas, with pictures of Bonners Ferry
dating back to the time it was known as "the
Village of Bonners Ferry."
People who visit the museum December 16 and 17 will be able to vote on their favorite creation
by dropping pennies into wrapped boxes by each
entry, and there will be a silent auction for
those creations that are donated for the cause. All
proceeds will benefit the BoCo Backpack program,
keeping with the blessed spirit of giving back
to the community.
Entries must be built on a sturdy platform
20-inches by 24-inches in size, and everything
included in the display must be edible. For a
traditional gingerbread house recipe,
click here.
The Rex Theater is going to be showing two
Christmas movies on Saturday, for free, and some
lucky child will win a brand-new bicycle at each
show!
Entry forms for the Gingerbread Winter Village
and the
Bonners Ferry Tree Lighting Ceremony are
available by clicking here
(pdf), at the Bonners Ferry
Museum or Beck's Furniture or by getting in
touch with Karen at (208) 267-9677 or by
emailing
bluemoondog_62@hotmail.com.
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