Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show’s Annual Baked Goods Auction
Do you have a new recipe that you have been wanting to try? Is there a favorite family recipe that has been passed down over generations? Looking for something for the kids to do this summer? If so, get ready to bake away and enter your delicious baked items at the annual Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show in the Baked Goods Department! The exhibitor entry of exhibit information and premium list for all departments with their classes is available at www.ThurmontEmmitsburgCommunityShow.com. Dept. 9 – Baked Products is the department where all ages—adults, youth (ages 11-18), and junior (ages 10 & under)—enter their baked items with classes for bread, cakes, pies, sugar-free, gluten-free, cookies, candy, cupcakes, etc.
Many entries—such as certain cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, candy, etc.—can be made and frozen about a month prior to being entered in the Community Show. Many baked goods exhibitors bake their two cake layers and freeze them, then they thaw and ice their two-layer cake right before their entries are due.
All baked goods entries will be auctioned at the annual Community Show’s Baked Goods Auction on Friday evening, September 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Catoctin High School auditorium (immediately following the Community Show’s opening ceremonies). At 8:00 p.m., all Grand Champions & Reserve Champions will be sold for all ages. Prior to the start of the auction, bidder registration and bidder card number pickup will be on the auditorium’s stage. Winning bidders can pay for their baked goods items only by cash or check.
In the Adult Baked Goods Department (for ages 19 & over), the following baked goods will be auctioned to benefit the following organizations: Grand Champion Cake — Community Show; Reserve Champion Cake — Catoctin FFA Alumni & Supporters; Honorable Mention Champion Cake — Burall Brothers Scholarship Fund; Grand Champion Pie — Community Show; Reserve Champion Pie — Catoctin FFA Chapter; Grand Champion Bread — Community Show; Reserve Champion Bread — Thurmont Grange; Grand Champion Sugar-Free Baked Product — Community Show; Reserve Champion Sugar-Free Baked Product — American Diabetes Association; Grand Champion Gluten Free — Catoctin FFA Alumni & Supporters Scholarship; Reserve Champion Gluten Free — Thurmont Grange Scholarship; Decorated Cakes — benefiting organization is the Exhibitor’s Choice.
In the Youth Department (for ages 11-18), the following baked goods will be auctioned to benefit the following organizations: Youth Dept. Grand Champion Cake — In Honor & Memory of Mearl McCleaf for these three funds supporting our community’s youth: Thurmont Grange Scholarship, Catoctin FFA’s National FFA Convention Trip, and the Catoctin FFA Alumni & Supporters Scholarship; Youth Dept. Reserve Champion Cake — Catoctin FFA Chapter; Youth Dept’s Decorated Cakes — benefitting organization is the Exhibitor’s Choice.
In the Junior Department (for ages 10 & under), the following baked goods will be auctioned to benefit the following organizations: Junior Dept. Grand Champion Cake — Thurmont & Emmitsburg Food Banks; Junior Dept. Reserve Champion Cake — Catoctin FFA Chapter.
A reminder for all baked goods exhibitors that premiums for the cake, pie, bread classes in the Baked Goods Department are: 1st Place — $15.00; 2nd Place — $13.00; and 3rd Place — $11.00. Candy, cookies, miscellaneous, sugar-free, and gluten-free classes in the adult department are: 1st Place — $6.00; 2nd Place — $5.00; and 3rd place — $4.00.
For the Youth Department (ages 11-18) and the Junior Department (ages 10 & under), the premiums for the bread, cake, and pie classes are: 1st Place — $15.00; 2nd Place — $13.00; and 3rd Place — $11.00. For the miscellaneous classes in the Youth and Junior Baked Products, the premiums are: 1st Place — $6.00; 2nd Place — $5.00; and 3rd Place — $4.00.
Due to a lack of refrigeration, the following baked goods are not accepted: meringue or custard pies, cheesecakes, and cream cheese icings or fillings. Baked goods must be on disposable plates, and pies must be in disposable aluminum pans. No cake mixes or other mixes are to be used. Decorated cakes must have a cake base.
Bakers of all ages in the Catoctin High School feeder area are encouraged to enter their baked goods at this year’s Community Show and to possibly receive one of the many awards, ribbons, and prize premiums which are offered to exhibitors. Community Show eligible exhibitors are residents of Catoctin area feeder schools: Emmitsburg Elementary, Thurmont Primary, Thurmont Elementary, Thurmont Middle, Lewistown Elementary, Mother Seton School, Catoctin High School, and Homeschooled students. Sabillasville Environmental School (SES) students need to be a resident of the Catoctin area feeder schools listed or be a SES’s Youth Agriculture Club member. The premium books will be located at Emmitsburg’s Jubilee Foods and Dollar General, as well as Thurmont’s Weis Market and Dollar General, around the first part of August.
All baked good items for all ages are entered at Dept. 9 – Baked Products. Entry of exhibits in the gymnasium and agriculture department is September 4, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., and September 5, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. The Community Show opens to the public on Friday, September 5, at 5:30 p.m., with the Opening Ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., including the annual patriotic Community Organizations Flag Ceremony. The Baked Goods Auction starts at 7:30 p.m., with all of the Grand Champions and Reserve Champions being sold at 8:00 p.m. The annual Community Show Baked Goods Auction is the largest annual fundraiser of the Community Show!
Let the baking begin! View the advertisement on page 37.
