16th Annual Marshmallow Peep Show!! Free Family Fun!
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The 16th Annual DragonMarsh Peep Show co-sponsored by The Downtown Partnership is a favorite FREE family event and is returning this year. It will be held April 19th from 12-4pm at the NEW Riverside Main Library 3900 Mission Inn Avenue Riverside, CA 92501.
Win prizes playing games such as peep tac toe, peep bunny tail toss, and peep pins. Peep Lovers of all ages are invited to sing along with the peeps, and take a picture as your favorite peep at our selfie station. Vote for your favorite peep! By popular demand the peep jousting will return and battle before your eyes. Quiz yourself on peep fun facts and receive peep recipes for use at home. The popular “Peep Museum” featuring 1000's of Peep items and candy will return this year starring a vintage petrified peep!
There are two contests during the event.
1- Children 12 and under are invited to enter the coloring contest during the event.
2- Peep lovers of all ages are encouraged to enter the Best Dressed Peep Contest. Marshmallow lovers must use at least one marshmallow Peep in each entry. Popular entries include historical figures, sports and music celebrities and peeps participating in hobbies. All entries must be rated PG- this is a family event. This is not a diorama contest but if a background is needed to complement your entry please keep it no larger than a shoebox.
Entries will be judged based on the following criteria: creativity, creative use of and/or manipulation of peeps & artful design. Prizes will be awarded in different age categories so children are not competing against adult entries. There is no cost to enter.
Submissions must be delivered to the DragonMarsh Peep Show at the Riverside Main Library
between 12pm and 2pm on April 19th. The Entry Form should accompany your submission.Entries must be picked up by 4pm March 30th or will be destroyed/eaten.
Entry forms available at DragonMarsh or online at www.facebook.com/dragonmarshpeepshow.
The free family event was started when the owner of DragonMarsh, Mora Blackmarsh, realized she had amassed a large peep collection. Some of her collection was over 5 years old. While talking to customers she realized that everyone had a strong opinion about the peeps. They hated or loved them. Some liked them fresh, some stale. Some liked the pink ones best. Some hated them all and liked to torture the marshmallow treat. Through countless hours of research (and many calories) the Peep Show was born...er hatched. Now the collection has grown to the size of a small storage unit and has been taken to new heights of peepness by her daughter.
"We have discovered many people have never eaten a PEEP! They know not the marshmallow sweetness. Some do not even know what a Peep is! (LOL) Whether you love or hate them- this is an extremely fun and sweet show."-Misty Johnson, Peep Mistress of Ceremonies
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