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2009 Winners Gallery
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GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION



8th Annual Gingerbread House Display/Competition and Train Display
NOVEMBER 19, 2010 through JANUARY 7, 2011
Two PPG Place, Retail Level, Wintergarden
Two PPG Place, Retail Level
Houses can be viewed from the exterior windows of Two PPG Place 24 hours a day.

Wintergarden
Monday-Thursday:   6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday:   6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday:   9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday:   9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Event Location:

Wintergarden and exterior windows of Two PPG Place

Event Description:

Don't miss this magnificent display of delicious dwellings created by area individuals, organizations, senior citizens, students and chefs.

Local artist, Don Jones, enhances the exhibit  with a unique display of trains from his private collection.

All houses will be available for purchase with all proceeds donated to the Children's Hospital Free Care Fund. To purchase one of the houses, send an e-mail to ppgginerbreadhouse@comcast.net or call Carla Roehner at 412-831-8253


Detailed information regarding the exhibit can be found by clicking the "General Information Packet" link below:

General Information Packet and Online Entry Form
Please read the general information packet and submit your completed online entry form or enter by mail. Applications must be received by NOVEMBER 3, 2011

General Information Packet (PDF)
Gingerbread House General Guidelines
Online Entry Form

Get Adobe Reader

 

 

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2009 WINNERS

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED THIS YEAR’S DISPLAY.

Pre-School

 

1st Place:       Croton Pre-K, New Castle Area School District -- “New Year’s”

2nd Place:      Conroy 1 Early Childhood -- “Miss Shawna’s Learning Express”

3rd Place:       Croton Pre-K, NCASD -- “Halloween”

Honorable Mention:  Croton Pre-K -- “Thanksgiving” Miss Stillwagon’s Class

 

 

Elementary School

 

1st Place:       State Street Elementary -- “Seaside Chalet”

2nd Place:      Dormont Elementary --  “Graveyard Madness”

3rd Place:       Aiken Elementary “Christmas Eve”                    

Honorable Mention:  Highcliff Elementary – GATE “Christmas at McDonald’s”     

HM:     Evergreen Elementary -- “House #7”

 

 

Middle School

 

1st Place:       West Hempfield Middle School -- “Old Fashioned Christmas”          

2nd Place:      New Horizon Middle School, Rooms 148 & 164 -- “Kidz Only”          

3rd Place:       David E. Williams – “All I Want for Christmas is a Hippo”

 

Honorable Mention:  Art Rooney ALA Art Club --  “Go Green”

HM:                 David E. Williams -- “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”

 

High School

 

1st Place:       Riverview Jr./Sr. High School “White House”

2nd Place:      Greensburg Salem Sr. High School “Santa’s Barnyard”

3rd Place (tie):  Chartiers-Houston High School French Classes -- “French Café”                                     Seneca Valley Intermediate High School --  “The Notebook House”                                    

Honorable Mention:  Hopewell High School Service Learning,

                                                 “Haunted Treehouse”  

Honorable Mention:  Uniontown Sr. High School -- “Hansel and Gretel”

Culinary High School

1st Place:       Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center , PM Class

                                    --  “Candyland”

2nd Place:      Lawrence County Career & Technical Center --“Our Gang”  

3rd Place:       Parkway West Career and Technology Center –

                        “Cherry Blossom Oasis” –

Honorable Mention:  Central Westmoreland Career and Technology Center,

                        AM Class -- “Winnie the Pooh”

 

Adult

1st Place (tie):           Kim Knebel --  “A Merry Christmas for Pups at the Pound”                                         Carol Johnson -- “Clayton”   

2nd Place (tie):          Cindy Shinsky -- “Soaring for Seven”

                                    Heather McKelvey – “The Four Seasons”

3rd Place (tie):           Joni Tierney “Foofy’s Bake Shop”

                                    Susan Roussey and Madison Caruso --            

                                                “Over the River and Through the Woods”  

HM:                             Donna Rorabaugh -- “Candyland”

Family

1st Place:                   Knopp Family --  “Candy Castle”

2nd Place (tie):          Griffith Family -- “Sandy Beach Lighthouse”

                                    Boden Family --  “Christmas Chapel”

3rd Place (tie):           de la Parra Family -- “Sweet Diner”

                                    Cygnarowicz Family --  “Wizard of Oz”

Honorable Mention:  Shirato Family -- “Cactus Christmas”

                                    Schollaert Family -- “Schollaert’s Holiday Creation”

 

 

Child 9 and Under

1st Place:  Aaron Reddy -- “Dinosaur Gingerbread Land”

2nd Place: Jordan and Blake Stanton -- “Jungle Gingerbread House”

3rd Place:  Gunjan Malik -- “Neil & Ria’s Gingerbread House”  

Honorable Mention:  Joanne Miller -- “Home Sweet Home”

                                    Sophie Geil, -- “The Little House”

 

Child 10-13

1st Place:  Caitlyn Eshelman --  “Seasons”

2nd Place:  Brittney Reddy -- “Cinderella’s Castle”

3rd Place:  Colin Tierney --  “Colin’s Chugga Chugga Choo Choo”

Honorable Mention:  Nick Jugovic – “Ginger Birdhouse”

Child 14-17

1st Place:  Alyssa Bonk --  “Home for Christmas“  

2nd Place: Cori Lucotch & Abby Gassman -- “Paris a Noel”

3rd Place: Ashley Spalveri, Brian Gogarty & Christy Milhoan  -- “Hicktown”            

HM:  Kayleigh Haynes -- “The Steel Shack”  

 

Non-Profit Group Adult

 

1st Place:  Step by Step, Inc. -- “Santa’s Secret Hideway”

2nd Place:  Baptist Homes -- “Victorian Dreams”

3rd Place:  City of Pittsburgh, Parks and Recreation Department, Senior Interests

                         “Market House”

Honorable Mention:  Stonebrook Village -- “Holiday Villa”

Non-Profit Group Mixed Age

1st Place:  South Hills YMCA, Buchser, Kramer and Lloyd Families

                         “Kennywood’s Noah’s Ark”

 

Non-Profit Group 9 and Under

1st Place:       Brownie Troop # 50607 -- “Winter Wonderland at the Zoo”                

2nd Place:      Brownie Troop #50386 -- “Juliette Lowe’s House”

3rd Place:       Girl Scout Troop #54210 -- “Daisy Girl Scouts Making New Friends”

Honorable Mention: Brownie Troop #703 -- “Down on the Farm”

 

Non-Profit Group 10-13

1st Place:  Girl Scout Troop #50571 -- “Christmas in the City”  

2nd Place:  Girl Scout Troop #40920 --“Neptune’s Lighthouse”  

3rd Place (tie):  Girl Scout Troop # 50706 -- “The Merry Go Round”  

                         Girl Scout Troop #20489 -- “Girl Scouts Skating at PPG Place”  

Honorable Mention:           Girl Scout Troop #50134 --“Go Green”

                                                Girl Scout Troop #50795 -- “David Mayernick Center”

 

Non-Profit Group 14-17

1st Place:       Girl Scout Troop #691 -- “One Sweet Barn”

2nd Place:      Girl Scout Troop #50662 --“Winter Fun”

3rd Place:       Girl Scout Troop #20879 -- “Santa’s Birthday Party”