All Other Vendors: Application coming soon (mid Feb. estimate).

]]> http://thecarnationfestival.com/vendor-application-updates/feed/ 0 http://thecarnationfestival.com/carnation-festival-chili-cook-off-awards/ http://thecarnationfestival.com/carnation-festival-chili-cook-off-awards/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:39:23 +0000 webmaster http://thecarnationfestival.com/?p=789 The 2011 Carnation Festival Chili Cook Off winners are:

1st place Green: Salsa’s
2nd place Green: Dayna Justice

1st place Red: Tim Berland
2nd place Red: Pam Goff

The Chili Cook Off had 16 entrants with three restaurants (La Fonda, Texas Roadhouse, and Salsa’s) and three fire departments: Wheat Ridge Fire, Arvada Fire and Denver Fire.   One entrant was 14 years old!

There were 9 Green chili entrants and 7 Red chili entrants total.

Hello 2011 Parade participants,

The Carnation Festival Committee sincerely thanks you for your great showing this year – the Parade was a colorful and lively event! We do appreciate each of you as you work to make the Parade so enjoyable each year. The 2011 Parade award winners are listed as follows:

Carnation Festival Grand Marshal Award – Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation
Carnation Festival Count Award – Duane Chesley and 1940 Tractor
Carnation Festival Countess Award – Ciorcal Cairde Irish Pipe and Drum Band
Mayor’s Youth Award – Wheat Ridge 5-8 (formerly Wheat Ridge Middle School)
Parade Chairman Award – Peterson/Leyba’s Rubber Stamps
Best Decorated Float Award – Disguises Superstore
Best Marching Unit (Non-musical) Award – Wheat Ridge High School Varsity Cheer
Best Marching Unit (Musical) Award – Wheat Ridge High School Marching Band
Best Equestrian Award – Westernaires
Best Vehicular Award – El Jebel Shrine
Best Business Award – TIGAR Gymnastics
Best Community Award – Stober Elementary School
Best Use of Carnations Award – Sons of Italy Denver Lodge 2075.

I very much look forward to seeing you in next year’s Parade, and please contact me in the meantime if there are questions and comments.

Best regards,

Steve Keller

Carnation Festival Parade Chair

Please contact the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival next year to sponsor the festival.

Questions? Please contact:

Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival Bicycle Parade

(click for complete Wheat Ridge Transcript Special Section on the Carnation Festival)

Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival Schedule

WRCF Article from Neighborhood Gazette

WRCF Going Green

The Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival is going green this year.

When you attend either the Wheat Ridge Fire Department sponsored spaghetti dinner on Friday night or the Chili Cook-off on Saturday night, you will be using all compostable products including the plates, bowls, plastic-ware and napkins.

Here is the difference between compostable and biodegradable:

Compostable is rigorously governed by international standards ASTM 6400 and ASTM 6888. That means that compostable products biodegrade in commercial composting facilities in 180 days or less with even the plastic vanishing.

Biodegradable is when products break down over time through natural processes. This could take from one day to one thousand years such as a plastic shopping bag.

One reason compostable is much more expensive is because the end product results from the controlled biological decomposition of organic material that has been sanitized through the generation of heat and stabilized to the point that it is beneficial to plant growth. Compost contains plant nutrients but is not characterized as a fertilizer.

The Festival will also be recycling all cans, bottles and plastic.

When:  5:30PM to 9PM   –   Thursday August 4th, 2011

With 20% of all sales benefiting the
Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival / Committee

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