50th anniversary Mountain Festival theme contest announced
The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and the 50th Anniversary Mountain Festival Committee are looking for a theme for this year's 50th Anniversary Tehachapi Mountain Festival, which will be held on Aug. 17 and 18, 2013.
Original or unique theme ideas to represent the festival's 50th anniversary should be submitted to the chamber by Thursday, Feb. 28, at 4 p.m. The winner will receive a $100 prize, along with V.I.P. treatment and an invitation to ride in the Mountain Festival Parade. Participants are allowed to submit an unlimited number of theme ideas, but only one winner will be chosen.
Previous years theme's included:
2012 "Timeless Pleasures, Mountain Treasures."
2011 "Rope the Wind, Ride the Mountain."
2010 "Windmills, Wine & Oaks Divine."
2009 "Tehachapi 1909-2009, What a Century in Time."
2008 "Once Upon A Mountain."
2007 "Mountains of Memories & Dreams for the Future."
2006 "Mountains, Memories & Magic."
2005 "Remembering Old Times, Enjoying New Ways."
2004 "Trains, Planes, Spurs & Lace."
2003 "Pioneer Days and Modern Ways."
2002 "Childhood Dreams and Wilder Things."
2001 "2001 A Mountain Place Odyssey."
2000 "Gentle Breeze and Apple Trees."
1999 "Four Seasons of Fun."
1998 "35 Years of Memories Past."
1997 "Apple of my Eye."
1996 "Family Affair in the Mountain Air."
Send legibly written theme ideas to the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 401, Tehachapi, CA. 93581-0401, drop entries off at 209 East Tehachapi Blvd., Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or email to mountainfestival@tehachapi.com. Be sure to include your name and phone number.
