The second Darling Scarecrow Festival 2018 takes place from the
26 – 28 October. Last year Darling was invaded by more than 60 scarecrows. Can we top this number in 2018? This year’s theme for the Darling Scarecrow Festival is “Farm Life”.
All Darlingers and friends from the Swartland and the West Coast are invited to participate in this year’s festival. Be it as a creator of a scarecrow or as a visitor enjoying the atmosphere and the food experience.
Involve your family, your schoolmates, your sports team, church groups, friends at work or any friends. Whoever said that a scarecrow has to be just a stuffed shirt and a straw hat? Why not be creative and make something over the top? With a little imagination, random objects or recycled junk you can create a cool character.
Save the date!
Bring your drinks & braai
and join the making of the
Darling Mega Scarecrow
Saturday 13th October 2018
from 11:00 at the Darling Museum / Picnic area
Make your Scarecrow at home? Here are the basic standards:
The scarecrow theme 2018 is “Farm Life”. Standard height of a scarecrow is 220cm max. Keep in mind that some Darling scarecrows will be moved, transported and displayed open air since they might be auctioned. The organizers will contact you once the Scarecrows are up and visible.
Registration & Presentation of the Scarecrows
Deadline for Scarecrow entries is Thursday 25th October 2018 at 18:00. Creators of Scarecrows mount their Scarecrow in front of their house, at the gate, on the roof of their house, at a fence or another spot. Feel free to surprise the challenge participants.
All Scarecrows must have a BIG NAME TAG, well positioned to be seen and read from a distance. You can name your Scarecrow with a fantasy name or however you like.
The registration of the Scarecrows will be done automatically by the organizers. From Thursday evening onwards they will drive through Darling to list the names and addresses of all visible Scarecrows. All registered Scarecrows will be photographed and posted on Facebook up until Saturday evening, before the auction.
Scarecrow makers can crosscheck their entry on Facebook Darling Scarecrow Festival in the “Official
Scarecrow ALBUM 2018” published till Saturday 16:00. In case your Scarecrow is not listed, please call the Help Line 022 492 3361.
All registered Scarecrow makers will have a chance to win a price!
Are you creating a Scarecrow to give away in order to support the project? The festival organizers will be happy to collect your Scarecrow on Friday 26thtill lunchtime. Those Scarecrows will be mounted in open public areas like the Evita Bezuidenhout Boulevard or at the fence next to the Book Shop facing Main Road. Call the Help Line from Hello Darling at the Darling Museum 022 492 3361 in order to arrange the collection and transport.
The Scarecrow challenge for ticket holders.
Visitors and locals can purchase a ticket & a badge for R50 (details for ticket sale to be announced). The task is then to discover as many Scarecrows with a visible name tag attached as possible.
– How many Scarecrows with a name tag did you discover?
– What is the name of your favourite Scarecrow?
All ticket entries have the chance to win a special Darling Hamper and other prizes to the value of R5000.
The winners will be informed via phone on Sunday afternoon 28th October and the handover will take place at 16:00 at the Forge.
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