Pendleton Scarecrow Contest 2020

 Our Fall Harvest Festival had to be canceled due to Covid-19 but the Scarecrow Contest was held and the entries are amazing.  They will be on display until November 6, 2020.  The Theme this Year is "A Tribute to Farmers - Fictional, Historic or Local!  The winner of the Masters Category was chosen by a panel of judges.  All the other categories were chosen by the most votes during the online voting.  These very creative Scarecrows have helped to lift our spirits during the pandemic.  Thank you to all who participated in anyway! Special thanks to Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce and the Town of Pendleton!

And the Winners Are:

Come see us in Pendleton, SC and enjoy all these wonderful Scarecrow creations.

BUSINESS CATEGORY

1.  The People's Bank:  Cash The Honey Harvesting Bear

2. Swamp Fox Distilling - Frances Marion - The Swamp Fox

3. Clemson Downs:  Healthcare Hero

4.  Mama Rae's Ice Cream Shoppe:  Midge the Smidge Farmer

5.  Moutain Made:  Mama J

6.  Pendleton Branch Anderson County Library:  I Spy on the Farm

7.  Art Gallery on Pendleton Square:  American Gothic

8.  1826 Bistro on the Green:  Farm to Table

9.  Two What Knots:  Old McDonald Had a Farm

10.  Bart Garrison Agricultural Museum:  Meshach and His Far-Mule

11.  United Community Bank:  We're Head Over Heels for Our Customers

12.  Elevation Dance Company:  Dancing Through 2020

13.  Blue Heron: Old McDonald

14.  Pendleton Historic Foundation:  Augustine T. Smythe - Woodburn 1881

15.  Green Heart Awakening:  The Autumn Fairy:  A Fanciful Farmer

16.  Clemson Little Theatre:  Green Acres

17. Clemson Area Chamber of Commerce:  Champion Growers

18.  ACI Financial:  Old McDonald

19.  Newtique Boutique:  We ^3 Our Farmers!

20.  Fallon Brewing Supplies:  The Brew Crew

21.  Milliken Pendleton Finishing:  Home is Where Our Herd is

22.  Carmen Baxter, Living Down South Realty:  Selling Real Estate Isn't for Everyone

23.  McClellan Woodwork:  Guitar Guru

GROUP/CHURCH CATEGORY

1.  Forest Hills Subdivision:  It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

2.  Pendleton Presbyterian Church: We Reap What We Sow Galations 6:7

3.  Town of Pendleton:  Thanks a "Minion" for Masking Up!

4.  Big Oak Saddle Club:  Pruitt Shaw on Stormy Fiddle

5.  Pendleton Elks:  Elks Love Cows

6.  Pendleton Garden Club:  Mary Mary Quite Contrary

7.  First Baptist Church of Pendleton:  Farmer Sowing Seed(Mark 4:1-9)

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY

1.  Cynthia Skelton:  Just Farm-Minionin" Around

2.  Ellie & Reed Black:  Thank You Farmers!

3.  The Green Family:  Hap-bee Fall!

4.  The McCuens:  Old McCuen Has A Farm

5.  Vicki Arvia & Christen Mayfield:  Vintage Farmer & Wife in 2020

SCHOOL CATEGORY

1.  Mount Lebanon Elementary:  We are Head over Heels for Farmers

2.  PEEP's Preschool:  Old MacDonald Comes to PEEPS

MASTER CATEGORY

1.  Rum Farming - Swamp Fox Distilling

2.  Got Milk?  -Liberty Hall B&B

3.  Tetramer Technologies:  Entering the Carrot Patch

4.  Fresenius Kidney Care:  Thanks to Upstate Farming & Dialysis For Keeping Us Alive

5. The Farmer In The Dell - The Mercantile

6.  The Farmer's Incredible Edible Eggs - Jo and Pete McConnell

7.  Old Abdul's Cookie Farm:  The Village Bakery & Cafe

8.  Old McDunlap Had A Farm:  The Dunlap Team Real Estate

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

2014 Pendleton Scarecrow Contest

Now is the time to get in your Entry Form for the 3rd Annual Pendleton Scarecrow Contest.  Be sure to read the rules and have your scarecrow up by October 13th. 

To find out all about this year's contest, the rules, photos for voting choices and how to vote for the 2014 winners, please click on this link below:

Pendleton Scarecrow Contest 2014

For the entry form and the rules, please use this link from the town website for pdf formatted pages:
Scarecrows Coming To Town Rules and Entry Form
or you can go by town hall and pick them up.  Remember to make your scarecrow friendly looking.  This is not about Halloween but all about a fun Fall of the year!

Someone asked organizer Jo McConnell what the entry fee was for the Pendleton Scarecrow Contest and she told them that this is not a Fundraiser.  This is a FUN-raiser!  It sure is and so many creative people make it possible.  Jo McConnell and her husband Pete work very hard to make this event fun for everyone.

 Beginning October 15th you will be able to vote for your favorite on the website link given above in the first paragraph.  Photos will be shown of each entry by categories and then a Poll Capsule will follow and you will vote for your favorite.  Voting will close on that Friday at midnight online and will resume at the Fall Harvest Festival Saturday morning October 18th at 10 am.  Spread the word and tell all your friends.

Here are the winners from 2012 and 2013.