Tickets for pageant now on sale
Tickets for the 2014 St. Johns Mint Festival pageant are now on sale. The pageant will be held on Tuesday, August 5 at St. Johns High School and will begin at 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm). Tickets are $8.50 for general seating and are available for purchase at the Clinton County Chamber of Commerce office at 1013 S US 27 in St. Johns.
Do you have a family heirloom or a quilt you created yourself? Then consider displaying it at the Quilt Show during the Mint Festival. Entry forms are available from the Chamber of Commerce or you can print one off the webpage at www.clintoncountychamber.org/mint. They are due at the Chamber of Commerce office by Thursday, July 31. With your entry form you should include a brief write up about the quilt.
Festival goers will select a “People’s Choice” and that entry will win a prize. The quilt show will be monitored by volunteers during festival hours and all quilts will be securely locked up at night. The Quilt Show will be open all hours of the festival – entries will need to be delivered to Smith Hall on the county fairgrounds on Thursday, August 7 between 3-6 pm.
Also included in the Quilt Show is a Wall Hanging Quilt Challenge. Entries must be 50” X 60” or smaller and utilize the theme “Mint to Be”.
The Mint Festival is also seeking entries for their photo contest. Photos can be of anything in Michigan. The photo must be at least 8” X 10” and must be matted – framed photos will not be accepted. You can submit up to five photos. Festival attendees will select the winner(s) by voting for their favorite(s). The winners will have their photos on the Mint Festival webpage for one year and their photos will be displayed at the Chamber office for one year. Entries are due at the Chamber of Commerce office by Friday, August 1, 2014.
The Mint Festival is also still accepting applications for Community Wide Garage Sales until July 18. After that date the festival needs time to put the map together and to distribute copies of the map & flyer to all the garage sale holders.
If you have any questions about any of these events, or any others of the festival, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 989-224-7248, or email them at ccchamber@4wbi.net.
