A New Town Tradition

The Falls Village Children's Theater Company is sponsoring the community's first Scarecrow Contest. You can enter as an individual, a business, a team, a not-for-profit organization, a family (and you don't have to live in Falls Village to participate.) You do have to show up at the Falls Village Community and Cultural Center (103 Main Street) on Saturday September 29 between 9 AM and noon to pick up the wooden cross bar and a bag of hay that must be used in the scarecrow's construction. The entry fee is $10. You have four weeks to make your scarecrow, and must bring it back to the Falls Village Community and Cultural Center on Saturday October 27, between 9 AM and noon. You will be assigned a spot on Main Street from Route 7 to the Town Green, and then the whole town will judge the scarecrows from noon to 3:30 and vote for the best in the following categories: Scariest, Funniest, Most Theatrical, Best Look Alike, Most Falls Village. There will be prizes in each category. The FVCT hopes you will leave your scarecrow on display through Halloween to give the town a festive (and frightful) look, though you can take it home if you like. If you cannot pick up your scarecrow fixings on Sept. 29, you can still participate by calling Vance Cannon at 824-0799 to arrange to pick up your hay and crossbar at a mutally convenient time.