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Point Reyes National Seashore
Annual Sand Sculpture Contest
2007 Sand Sculpture Contest: Family Group 1st Place Award Winner: The Little Engine That Could
2007 Sand Sculpture Contest: Family Group 1st Place Award Winner: Entry #32: The Little Engine That Could, by Jones/Schiltgen Family
 

Point Reyes National Seashore
invites you to the

27th Annual
Sand Sculpture Contest

at Drakes Beach

Sunday, August 31, 2008
(the Sunday of Labor Day Weekend)

9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Prizes awarded in each of several age and group catagories.
Free to participants and spectators.

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Ken Patrick Visitor Center.
Judging begins at 12:00 p.m.
Prizes awarded at 3:30 p.m.

Check out the sculptures from previous contests.

For more information, call 415-464-5140.

Prizes donated by the Point Reyes National Seashore Association.

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Last Updated: September 07, 2007 at 18:10 EST