FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Krystal Luketic: 937-224-1518, ext. 227

Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays Contest Winners Announced

DAYTON, Nov. 29, 2011 — Cookie architecture was at its finest during the seventh annual Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays contest held Friday, Nov. 25. Competition winners and all other entries were displayed for public viewing at the Old Court House during the Grande Illumination and Dayton Children’s Parade Spectacular in Lights held downtown that Friday night.

Judges selected first place winners in four categories from among the 27 entries. In addition, judges selected best of show winners in the amateur and professional categories, each of whom received a $500 cash prize. The 2011 winners are:

Professional Best in Show Donna Brinson-Alexander, Brookville

Amateur Best in Show Sharon Ochs, Centerville

Professional Marcella Alphabet, Huber Heights

Adult Casie Margioras, Beavercreek

Teen Students from the Northridge High School class of Jackie Creamer, Dayton

Kid Charlie and Anastasia Shivers, Dayton

Also this year, Mary Yeagle of Huber Heights displayed a replica of a gingerbread home she made for a holiday episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that will air sometime in December. Yeagle was selected to make her gingerbread home for the show after winning the amateur division in last year’s gingerbread contest.

Anyone interested in participating in the 2012 Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays contest can be put on the mailing list by calling the Downtown Dayton Partnership at 937-224-1518 or by sending an email to .

The Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays contest was supported by media sponsors Mix 107.7 and Times Community Newspapers. The month-long Dayton Holiday Festival is presented by Time Warner Cable and sponsored in by the Downtown Dayton Partnership, the City of Dayton, Montgomery County and the Virginia W. Kettering Dayton Holiday Festival Fund. For details on Dayton Holiday Festival activities held throughout December, visit www.daytonholidayfestival.org.

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