(Ginger)bread winners: Marblehead Family Fund festival sees spirited competition
Once again this year, the Marblehead Family Fund, in partnership with the Marblehead Museum, organized a Gingerbread Festival, with entries on display throughout Christmas Walk weekend at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion.
An esteemed panel of judges had the daunting task of bestowing just one blue ribbon in each of seven categories. They ultimately settled on the following roster of winners:
Best Ages 5 and Under – Winnie and Norah’s House (Creators: Winnie and Norah)
Best Ages 6 to 10 – Gnome Sweet Home (Creator: Daniel Koch)
Best Classic – New England Church (Creators: Paul and Mimi)
Most Creative – A Mischief in the Library (Creators: The Dissette Family, Mary, Mike and Lilly)
Best Business – Even Keel (Creators: Even Keel)
Best School – Future Village in 100 Years (Creators: Village School Grade 6, Team BFC)
Most Marblehead – Boosters All Sports (Creators: Marblehead Boosters)
Making those difficult calls were the following volunteer judges: Town Moderator Jack Attridge, Heather Dalton, owner of Seaside Allure; Sara Timm-Bane, co-owner and captain of programming at Marblehead Parenting & Tot Club; Emily Farnsworth-Brankman, owner of Sea Salt; Colleen Inglis, owner of West Shore Baking; and Lauren Skelton-Leard from the Marblehead Public Schools.
Christmas Walk revelers will have one last chance to see the creations in person at the Lee Mansion on Sunday, Dec. 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(Click on photos to enlarge and review the gallery.)
‘Winnie and Nora’s House’ was declared the winner in the Age 5 and Under category in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival, with creations displayed at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTISanta’s Lighthouse by Ava DiGiovanni was the winner in the “Most Creative” category in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI‘Mischief in the Library,’ created by the Diskette family (Mary, Mike and Lily) is the winner in the Most Creative category in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
‘Gnome Sweet Gnome’ by Daniel Koch, age 9, was the winner of the best display in the ages 6-10 category in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
‘Future Village in 100 Years,’ created by the sixth-graders of Team BFC at the Village School, was the winner of the best school display in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
Even Keel was the winner of the ‘Best Business’ award in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
‘Traditional Church’ by Mimi Bourne received the ‘Classic’ award in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
‘The Transition Class House’ was entered in the age 5 and under category by the Transition Room at the JCCNS. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTITower School’s entry in the Gingerbread Festival incorporated a replica of its teaching garden display. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTITower School’s Teaching Garden display in the Marblehead Gingerbread Festival included a person tending to the harvest. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIShubie’s made an appearance in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIFrom left, Ben Shoreman, 10, and Charlie Shoreman, 6, from Lynn review the entries in the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIReplicas of Seaside Nursery School and Seaside Park on display at the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIHarry Potter’s school, Hogwarts, was the focus of the display by Jack and Peter Lawler in the Marblehead Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. In the background, Kaya Handan, 6, of Marblehead and her grandmother, Karen Patrick of Nahant, look at some of the other entries. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIKaya Handan, 6, from Marblehead and her grandmother, Karen Patrick of Nahant, look at Christmas at Hogwarts’ display by Jack and Peter Lawler at the Marblehead Family Fund’s annual Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion during Christmas Walk weekend. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIEvan Goldstein and mom Liza Goldstein look at displays at the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIGingerbread design of Fort Sewall, ‘Marblehead Magic,’ by Claire and Brian at the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIKids, from left, Wiley Dinsmore, 11, Kendall Hynes, 2, Nattie Michaud, 5, and JJ Hynes, 6, look at displays at the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI‘Chet Room Chanukah House’ by Chet Room Friends at JCCNS, is one of the entries into the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTIThe All Sports Boosters had — surprise — a sports-themed entry in the Marblehead Family Fund’s Gingerbread Festival at the Jeremiah Lee Mansion. CURRENT PHOTO/TANYA BRAGANTI
