News Details (Posted: October 17, 2006):

Be a Miracle on Main Street Queen

Contact Information:

Lucy OBran
440-984-2908

Full Description:

MIRACLE ON MAIN STREET Main Street Amherst volunteers present Miracle on Main Street, a Christmas Pageant and Parade. Be there when the first ever Amherst Christmas Queen is crowned! The pageant is open to all young ladies that are residents of Amherst. The Amherst Christmas Court will include princesses in the following age groups: 5-7 year olds, 8-10 year olds and 11-14 year olds. The Amherst Christmas Queen contestants must be between 15 and 18 years old. To enter, each contestant must write a one to two page essay on "Why is Amherst a great place to grow up?" Essay contest runs from Friday, September 29 to Wednesday, October 18. After the essays are judged, the top three contestants from each age group will become the princesses of the Amherst Christmas Court. The Christmas Court will walk in the Miracle on Main Street Parade. Each of the princesses will receive a certificate of participation from Main Street Amherst. The Amherst Christmas Court and the three Queen contestants will be notified by mail on or before October 31. Storybook Studios will photograph the final three Queen contestants. Contestants' photos will be revealed and the final voting will kick off at the downtown Amherst Open House, Sunday, November 5. Their photos will be posted in the following downtown businesses for voting by the general public. 1. Amherst Public Library at 221 Spring Street, Amherst, OH 44001 2. Perk Avenue Coffee Shoppe at 135 Park Ave, Amherst, OH 44001 3. Dinsmoor Insurance at 177 Park Avenue, Amherst, OH 44001 4. The Mermaids Tale, Antiques and Gifts at 201 Church Street, Amherst, OH 44001 5. Olde Towne Pizza House at 195 Cleveland Avenue, Amherst, OH 44001 6. The Amherst Party Shop at 275 South Main Street, Amherst, OH 44001 7. Catherine’s Chocolates at 215 Church Street, Amherst, OH 44001 Anyone can vote by depositing a ballot for their choice of Queen in the ballot box near the photos. The contestant with the most votes will be our first annual Amherst Christmas Queen. Voting will end on Thursday, November 30 at 5pm and the Queen will be crowned the evening of Friday, December 1, 2006 as the Miracle on Main Street Parade ends at Town Hall. The Amherst Christmas Queen will have the privilege of lighting the official Town Christmas Tree and will receive a monetary scholarship of $100. Local groups and organizations are invited to walk, march, drive or perform in the parade. Applications to participate in the parade are available online at www.mainstreetamherst.org/Mira­cleonMS_ParadeApp.htm For more information, or to volunteer to help with the event, please contact Rhonda Schuler at Dinsmoor Insurance at 984-5005, Julie Bogoevski at Storybook Studios Photography at 984-4220 or Teresa Gilles at the Main Street office at 984-6709.