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Chalk of the Town reveals first winners of Surprise contest
Halloween-themed contest brings out best in local artists
Courtesy Robin Hahn
Kelcey Ruiz shows off her drawing of an octopus, which won Best In Show at the first annual Halloween Chalk Contest, presented by The Chalk of the Town.
Courtesy Robin Hahn
Rocky Valdivia stands next to the dinosaurs he drew to win the 12-and-under age group at the Halloween Chalk Contest.
Courtesy Robin Hahn
Sadie Countryman won the 13-to-17-year-old age group for her drawing of a skull.
Courtesy Robin Hahn
Sable Fallon, 6, won the Chalkers’ Choice award at the first annual Halloween Chalk Contest.
The first four winners of The Chalk of the Town’s first annual Halloween Chalk Contest have been announced.
The Surprise-area Halloween-themed contest, sponsored by J&M Home Maintenance Services, awarded Rocky Valdivia (12-and-under age group), Sadie Countryman (13 to 17) and Kelcey Ruiz (adults) prizes for winning their age brackets. Sable Fallon, 6, also won the Chalkers’ Choice award.
Surprise resident Robin Hahn staged the contest for Surprise residents in late October through early this month.
Rocky’s drawing depicted dinosaurs. Sadie drew a skull. And Ruiz won Best in Show for her drawing of an octopus.
Fallon, who was a personal favorite choice of Hahn’s, was honored for researching chalking techniques and encouraging her parents to participate in the contest, too.
“Her pumpkin had personality and was very pretty,” Hahn wrote on Facebook.
Hahn said 430 people voted in the contest.
“The work received was impressive to say the least,” Hahn wrote. “The use of color, imagination and technique was abundant.”
Prizes were donated by a host of local businesses, including J&M Home Maintenance, Gathered Grounds, Troub’s Butcher Shop and Piñatas Guerrero.
Other businesses and individuals that contributed were Fuzzy’s Sports Grill, Samurai’s Comics, Simply Raw Honey, MAD Bakers, MC Art Supplies of Waco, Texas, Epicure, Mojilife, Sweet Cheryl’s, April Burleson, Emery Bush and Hahn.
