$200 top prize in Bluffton residential lighting contest; Dec. 2 deadline to enter
Trying to decide whether to decorate your lawn for Christmas?
Any resident within the Village of Bluffton corporation limits may enter the 2011 holiday residential lighting contest sponsored by the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce.
Cash prizes will be offered this year, to create a greater interest in the contest.
Three prizes will be awarded:
o First place, a $200 cash prize
o Second place, a $100 cash prize
o Third place, a $50 cash prize
Judging will take place Friday evening, Dec. 2. The Blaze of Lights committee will judge the residential contest.
To make certain your residence is judged e-mail: [email protected]. On the message line write: "Residential lighting contest entry." In the e-mail message list your name and street address.
The e-mail entry assures that your residence to be judged. However, judges may also consider displays not formally entered.
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