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September 29 & 30th 
2007 
Pumpkin Pitch Catapulting/Trebuchet Event
Interested in building a Catapult or Trebuchet to hurl 8-10 lb pumpkins to unimaginable heights and distances? There are 3 divisions available: Competitive, Recreational, and Youth so...Cub Scouts, youth groups, engineers, service clubs, businesses and the young at heart... WE ARE CHALLENGING YOU!

Build a pumpkin pitching machine and earn top bragging rights. Visit www.trebuchet.com for construction plans. Then contact the Burlington Parks and Recreation Department and they will send you a packet to get you started with building your own machine. Email recreation@ci.burlington.wa.us or 360-755-9649.

The Harvest Festival is a FREE festival featuring old-fashioned harvest season activities including the West Coast's One & Only PUMPKIN PITCH, children’s entertainment, mule drawn wagon rides, pumpkin weigh-in, food booths, art show, and entertainment. Join us for the Boy Scout pancake Breakfast, Free Family Fun Fest & the Kiwanis Barn Dance. Kids activities including face painting, pumpkin painting, games, bouncyhouse, and zuchinni races.

Community groups, corporations and individuals organize competitive teams to design and build catapult devices to compete in the Pumpkin Pitch Catapulting Contest, where they launch pumpkins for distance.

Pumpkin Catapult Game Check It Out!! click here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nODXxxdVEUw

The contest aims to engage the energy and ingenuity of young and old while inspiring a fresh twist of creativity. Prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories. Pumpkin launching machines, called Trebuchets, will be available for public viewing on Friday of the Fall Harvest Festival weekend. For information on design and construction of a catapult visit www.trebuchet.com. To register, contact the Burlington Parks & Recreation Department at 360 755-9649.

Come and watch – you won’t believe your eyes!
~ AT SKAGIT RIVER PARK ~
(check out our Map for location)