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2013 Old Fashioned Christmas

Merchants Decorating Contest

Sponsored by the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce

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DECORATING GUIDELINES

FOR DOWNTOWN

COLORS:

• Traditional red and green decorations

• Fresh greenery is preferred; however, natural

looking artificial is great.

DECORATING IDEAS:

• Ribbons, Ornaments, Candy Canes,

Reindeer, Snowmen, Snowflakes, Music,

Carolers, Popcorn strings, Cranberry strings,

Tinsel (red, green and/or gold, silver),

Pinecones, Poinsettias, Red Amaryllis,

Wreaths, Bells, Red Berries, Fruit,

Nutcrackers.

LIGHTING:

• White Lights Only Outside – No LED Lights

• Green Cords Only

• No Moving or Blinking Lights

• Use Consistent Bulb Size on Each Building

(small lights, etc.)

• All outside lights must be turned off January

6th, 2014.

• If you hire someone to put lights up, contract

with them to take down by January 8th, 2014.

DECORATING CONTEST INFORMATION

DECORATIONS AND LIGHTING will be judged,

beginning at 5:15pm on Tuesday, November 26th.

All merchants are asked to leave their interior and

exterior Christmas Lights on for the judging.

JUDGES WILL AWARD first place and honorable

mention in the following categories:

• Best Old Fashioned Christmas Theme

• Best Use of Lighting

• Most Creative Use of Old Fashioned

Christmas Theme

WINNERS will be announced at the Old Fashioned

Christmas Parade, on the Visitor Center Plaza on

December 7th at approximately 4:00pm!

Good luck everyone!



DECORATING CONTEST JUDGING CRITERIA

Best Old Fashioned Christmas Theme:

• Exemplifying the Old Fashioned Theme

• Display and Placement of Decorations

• Overall Visual Appeal/Presentation

• Colorfulness (reds, greens, gold, silver)

• Natural Looking Greenery

Best Use of Lighting:

• Display and Placement of Lights


• Use of proper lighting (non-LED white lights,

green cords, consistent bulb size)

• Quantity of lights

• Safety and tidiness of mechanics and cords

Most Creative Use of Old Fashioned Christmas

Theme:

• Exemplifying the Old Fashioned Theme in a

unique/creative way

• Display and Placement of Decorations


• Innovation/Originality

• Creative Use of Lights and Decorations

CONTEST PRIZES

Best OldBest OldBest OldBest Old----Fashioned Christmas ThemeFashioned Christmas ThemeFashioned Christmas ThemeFashioned Christmas Theme Callaway Gardens Package for Two*

• Includes Overnight Accommodations

• Christmas Fantasy In Lights Tickets with special

transportation to avoid car crowds

• Passes for full Gardens access for other Callaway

attractions associated with the Gardens

Sponsored by Pine Mountain Welcome Center & Office of Tourism

Best Best Best Best Use of LightingUse of LightingUse of LightingUse of Lighting Columbus, GA Package for Two*

• Includes Overnight Accommodations

• Tickets to a Play at Historic Springer Opera

House and Pine Mountain Wild Animal Park

• Lunch for Two at Country’s BBQ

• Fine Dining Dinner for Two at Meritage

Sponsored by 365 Degree Total Marketing

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Christmas ThemeChristmas ThemeChristmas ThemeChristmas Theme Albany, GA Experience Package for Two*

• 2 Nights Overnight Accommodations at Merry

Acres Inn

• 4 City Passes to Flint RiverQuarium, Chehaw

Wild Animal Park Zoo, Civil Rights Museum,

Albany Museum of Art, Thronteeska Heritage

Center/Planetarium/Discovery Science Center

Sponsored by the Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau

Special prizes will also be awarded to the

Honorable Mention in each category!



IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER!!

All decorations to be COMPLETED by

Monday, November 25th

Decorating Contest Judging at 5:15pm on

Tuesday, November 26th

Downtown Lights Turned On starting

Friday, November 29th

Merchant Open House until 8:00pm on

Friday, November 29th

Decorating Contest Winners will be notified on

Monday, December 2nd

Parade and Lighting of the Tree Ceremony

Saturday, December 7th

Downtown Lights Turned Off starting

Monday, January 6th

All Decorations Taken Down by

Wednesday, January 8th

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JOIN THE CHAMBER DAHLONEGA DOWNTOWN MERCHANT COALITION

If you are a chamber member merchant located in the

downtown business district, you are invited to join

the Merchant Coalition! These meetings are designed

to inform our downtown merchant members about

events and groups coming to town, to provide

feedback and ideas about issues specifically pertaining

to downtown business, and an opportunity to meet

and network with other downtown merchants.

We want to invite you, as a Chamber member, to

participate in this coalition. The Coalition is

currently meeting once a quarter and creating a

specific database for downtown merchant Chamber

members to better facilitate communication on an

on-going basis to share many important details such

as upcoming groups coming to town, current

marketing and promotional efforts, potential

advocacy with local or state government,

opportunities to get involved in downtown events

and many other areas that can impact your business.

We hope that you will choose to be a part of this

coalition and help us all to partner for your success

and the success of our community! Please join us at

our next monthly meeting, held the last Wednesday

of January at 8:30am in the Chamber of Commerce

Conference Room (located above the Visitors

Center).

We look forward to seeing you then!

Amy Booker, President

Dahlonega – Lumpkin County Chamber of

Commerce & Visitors Center

(706) 864-3711 / [email protected]

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