Pumpkin Chuckin': You grow 'em, we throw 'em!

Family Fun at Midland County Fairgrounds

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Sep 15, 2014, 05:27 ET

MIDLAND, Mich., Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Be in the grandstands at the Midland County Fairgrounds when the region's finest slingshots, catapults and trebuchets chuck their pumpkins across the sky! "Pumpkin Chuckin'" takes place Saturday, October 18, 2014, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Midland County Fairgrounds. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children, and a Family 4-Pack is available for $27. All include fun activities for all ages.

REGISTER YOUR TEAM BY OCTOBER 3, 2014 – You'll hurl for sure!
Whether it's a trebuchet, catapult or slingshot, here's your chance to innovate and engineer a pumpkin launcher that will thrill the grandstand spectators at the Midland County Fairgrounds! … And there will be PRIZES, too!

Midland Center for the Arts is now accepting team entries for its October 18, 2014 "Pumpkin Chuckin'" event! Do you have the passion, creativity and ingenuity to create a truly wicked pumpkin launcher? If so, view the rules & registration form at www.mcfta.org/pumpkin.

Space is limited & you MUST pre-register by October 3, 2014!

Registration Fee: $40 (includes event admission for up to 4 people)

On-site campsites available for $17 per night (includes electric & water) for out-of-town registrants – or those who just like roughing it.

Questions? Contact Event Director Cara Baker: [email protected].

A Family Discovery Day presented by Midland Center for the Arts. Sponsored by Arbury Insurance Agency, Midland County Fairgrounds, and ESPN 100.9.

Midland Center for the Arts, Inc. is a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation formed under the laws of the State of Michigan incorporating six groups: Alden B. Dow Museum of Science and Art, Center Stage Choirs, Center Stage Theatre, MATRIX:MIDLAND, Midland County Historical Society, and Midland Symphony Orchestra. Activities at Midland Center for the Arts are supported in part by the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. For the latest Center news, visit our web site at www.mcfta.org.

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SOURCE Midland Center for the Arts