THE THEME OF OUR
COLORADO CREATIVE TABLESETTING/SCAPING FOR 2022 IS:
“CELEBRATIONS, THEN and NOW”
THE EVENT WILL RETURN TO:
THE DUNRAVEN AT THE ESTES PARK RESORT
NOVEMBER 19-20, 2022, 10:00 – 4:00
TABLESETTING 101, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT,
WILL TAKE PLACE TWICE:
SEPTEMBER 11 FROM 1:00 – 3:00 AT THE MUSEUM
SEPTEMBER 14 FROM 5:00 – 7:00 AT THE ESTES PARK LIBRARY
WATCH THIS WEBPAGE FOR NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2021 WINNERS
TABLESETTING/SCAPING CONTEST
AMAZING WOMEN, THEN & NOW
First Prize (Blue Ribbon) Formal Category: Votes for Women by Peggy West
Second Prize (Red ribbon) Formal Category: Helen Hondius by Jan Ricker
Third Prize (White ribbon) Formal Category: Wimbleton Women by the Antiquarians
First Prize (Blue ribbon) Informal Category: Mother Goose by Andy Smith
Second Prize (Red ribbon) Informal Category: Rosie the Riveter by Andy Smith
Third Prize (White ribbon) Informal Category: Thanksgiving by Becky Finger
First Prize (Blue ribbon) Tablescaping/Freestyle Category: Betsy Ross by Ruth Goetzel
Second Prize (Red ribbon) Tablescaping/Freestyle Category: Dolly Parton by Lisa Dally
Third Prize (White Ribbon) Tablescaping/Freestyle Category: Honoring a Good Friend by Becky Finger
People’s Choice Award: Wimbleton Women by the Antiquarians
Julie Farnham Best of Show Award: Mother Goose by Andy Smith
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS 2021 SPONSORS!
The Antiquarians
Bank of Colorado
Bird and Jim’s Restaurant
Marty Yochum Casey
Colorado Homestead
The Dunraven
Estes Park News
Fall River Jewelry, Antiques and Coins
Nancy Garcia
Bobbie Heisterkamp
Margaret Jensen
Kind Coffee
Macdonald’s Book Shop
Phil Moenning
Peak’s Hallmark Card Shop
Plum Creek Shoe Station & Moose Creek Western
Cheryl Pennington
Poppy’s and Mama Rose’s Restaurant
Seasoned, An American Bistro
YMCA of the Rockies
Tablesetting/scaping 2021 Information:
WHAT?
Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping 2021 is a tablesetting/tablescaping contest that provides entrants an opportunity to demonstrate their talents in designing and creating unique dining tables that reflect this year’s theme: Amazing Women, Then and Now!
Each entry is reviewed by an independent panel of judges who determine prize-winners based on the creativity, design, and adherence to contest and category criteria.
Once the judges have made their decisions and ribbons have been awarded, our venue, the Dunraven at Estes Park Resort, will open its doors to the public, with proceeds from ticket sales going to support the work of the Estes Park Museum.
WHEN?
November 12-14, 2021 This year’s contest is a 3-day event, with set up on Friday, the 12th, and public show held on Saturday, the 13th and Sunday, the 14th, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
WHERE?
The Dunraven at the Estes Park Resort in Estes Park, Colorado.
WHO?
Creative Colorado Tablesetting/Scaping contest is open to individuals, pairs/teams and commercial organizations/businesses.
ENTRY FEE & REGISTRATION?
All contestants must register in advance and pay an entry fee: $30.00 for individuals, pairs or teams.
Registration opens on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at the Tablesetting 101 event
and closes November 1, 2021.
QUESTIONS?
Call (970) 577-0186 or email Tara Moenning: tara@aspenbrookinvestments.com
Download and print Registration form: Registration Form 2021
Download and print General Information: General Information 2021
Download and print Competition Guidelines: 2021-Competition Categories
Download and print Contest Schedule: Contest Schedule 2021
Download and print Formal Judging Rubrics: Formal Judging Rubrics
Download and print Informal Judging Rubrics: Informal Judging Rubrics
Download and print Tablescape Judging Rubrics: Tablescape Judging Rubrics
THANK YOU FOR A VERY SUCCESSFUL
Creative Colorado Tablesettings 2019!
OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE:
Antiquarians
Bank of Colorado
Bird and Jim Restaurant
Chrysalis Gift Shop at the Stanley Hotel
Colorado Homestead
Estes Aerial Tramway
Estes Park News
Fall River Antiques and Coins
Kind Coffee
MacDonald Book Shop
Nicky’s Steakhouse
Seasoned, An American Bistro
Smith Sign Studio & Wishes Fulfilled
Snowy Peaks Winery
Stanley Hotel
State Farm Insurance – Susan Fereday
Wynbrier Ltd. Wildlife Gallery
YMCA of the Rockies
Bobbie Heisterkamp
Cheryl Pennington
Dona Cooper
Marty Casey
Neal Standard
Nina Kunze
Phil Moenning
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONTEST WINNERS:
The People’s Choice Award
Karla Van Drie
Little House on the Prairie
Blue Ribbon for Individual Formal setting
Becky Finger
An Angel Story
Red Ribbon for Individual Formal setting
Andrea Smith
Pretty Woman
White Ribbon for Individual Formal setting
Debbie Richardson
Nancy Drew
Blue Ribbon for Individual Informal setting
Becky Finger
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Red Ribbon for Individual Informal setting
June Jerger-Cahill
It’s a Wonderful Life
White Ribbon for Individual Informal setting
Nancy Garcia
The Crown
Blue Ribbon for Individual Freestyle setting
Julie Farnham
ET the Extraterrestial
Red Ribbon for indivdual Freestyle
Becky Finger
Best Loved Holiday Recipes
White Ribbon for individual Freestyle
Susan Porter
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Formal group Blue Ribbon
Vicki and Josh Henderson
Gone with the Wind
Informal group Blue Ribbon
Barbara and John Floyd
It was a dark and stormy night…
Informal group Red Ribbon
Ginny Hutchinson
Wee MacGregor by J J Bell
Freestyle group Blue Ribbon
Risley
The Polar Express
Freestyle group Red Ribbon
Dona Cooper
Teddy Bear Picnic
Honorable Mention Informal
Karla Van Drie
Little House on the Prairie
Honorable Mention Freestyle
Julie Farnham
Red Hats
Honorable Mention Freestyle
Collen Ellingson
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Lady and the Tramp
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We congratulate our 2018
Creative Colorado Table Setting Winners!
First Place in the Formal Category and
The People’s Choice Best of Show Award
Ginny Hutchinson
with theme: The MacGregor Ranch
First Place in the Informal Category (tie)
Kathy Sherrod
with theme: Africa
First Place in the Informal Category (tie)
and the Judge’s Choice Best of Show Award
Julie Farnham
with theme: Africa
First Place in the Freestyle Category
Katie Bretz and Joan Ralph
with theme: Outer Space
Second Place Formal Category
Katie Bretz and Joan Ralph
with theme: Orient Express
Second Place Informal Category (tie)
Carol Tanton
with theme: Alaska
Second Place Informal Category (tie)
Letha Thorn
with theme: Maine
Second Place Feestyle Category
Loretta De Witt
with theme: Thailand
Third Place in the Informal Category (tie)
Julie Farnham
with the theme: Ireland
Third Place in the Informal Category (tie)
Andrea Smith
with the theme: England
Third Place in the Freestyle Category
Donabeth Downey
with the theme: Switzerland
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS:
BANK OF COLORADO
COLORADO HOMESTEAD
ESTES PARK NEWS
ESTES PARK TRAIL GAZETTE
FALL RIVER ANTIQUES
BOBBIE HEISTERKAMP
SUE HANSEN
KIND COFFEE
PHIL AND TARA MOENNING
PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF THE ROCKIES
RAMBO’S
SEASONED BISTRO
SNOWY PEAKS WINERY
CREATIVE COLORADO TABLE SETTINGS
2018
The Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. presents the 3rd Annual Creative Colorado Table Settings Contest, a fundraising event planned by the Museum Friends in support of Museum programs and Friends’ projects, scholarships and publications.
[Designed by Conner Dobson]
This year’s Table Settings Contest features the theme:
“Table Settings Around the World”
What?
A table settings contest provides participants a chance to show off their talents in the creating of an attractive dining table which relates directly to the “Table Settings Around the World” theme. When the tables are complete, an independent panel of judges comments on each setting and awards ribbons. The show is then opened to the public, and attendees vote for their favorite.
Contestants must register* in advance.
When?
This year’s contest will be held on October 18, 19 and 20, 2018
Thursday, October 18th, 10 am to 4 pm – Set-Up time
Friday, October 19th, 10 am to 4 pm – Table setting Show
Saturday, October 20th, 10 am to 4 pm – Table setting Show
3 pm – Awards Ceremony, 3:30 to 4 pm – Clean Up
Where?
Note the New Location The Presbyterian Community Church of the Rockies on Brodie Avenue in Estes Park, main floor meeting room.
Who?
The Table Setting Competition is open to individuals, pairs, teams and businesses of all kinds.
How?
Each contestant is required to select a menu and then design place settings for two that reflect the contest theme and the menu chosen.
Contestants also select a design category: (1) Formal, (2) Informal or
(3) Freestyle. Your setting can feature classic, vintage, contemporary, or a mixture of flatware and tableware. All contestants receive judges’ comments, and winners receive ribbons and compete in a Best of Show contest.
How Much?
Contest entry fees: $20.00 for individuals, $30.00 for groups/teams and businesses.
Questions? Call or email Barb Cole
(970) 586-1811 / kbcinrockies1@icloud.com
* Registration opens September 1, 2018 and closes October 15, 2018
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE 2018 REGISTRATION FORM: Registration Form
DOWNLOAD GUIDELINES HERE: Contest-Guidelines-2
DOWNLOAD CATEGORY DEFINITIONS HERE: Category Definitions and Diagrams 2
DOWNLOAD JUDGING RUBRICS & SCORING HERE: 2018 Judging Form
Judging Policies: An independent panel of judges, selected by the Estes Park Museum Friends, will apply the criteria detailed above in awarding ribbons to contest entries.
Winners in each category (formal, informal and freestyle) will receive 1st, 2nd or 3rd place ribbons. A double-blind process will be used in deciding winners; the judges will not know the identity of the contest participants, and the contest participants will not know the identity of the judges.
All decisions of the judges will be final.
A “People’s Choice Best in Show” prize will be given to the winner of the popular vote. All table designs will be eligible for this award.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
2017 TABLE SETTING EVENT WINNERS
Andrea Smith’s Formal Table won First Prize and Judge’s Best of Show Awards
Gloria Diane Gardner’s Freestyle Table won First Prize and the People’s Best of Show Awards
Tara Moenning’s Informal Table won First Prize
Kathy Sherrod’s Formal Table won Second Prize
Laura Ware’s Informal Table won Second Prize
Cheryl Shutz’s Freestyle Table won Second Prize
Sheila Sellers’ Formal Table won Third Prize
Donna Beth Donney’s Informal Table won Third Prize
Bonnie Mewherter’s Freestyle Table tied for Third Prize
Maureen Vetter’s Freestyle Table tied for Third Prize
Without our generous sponsors, the
event would not have been such a success:
Granny Gingham
Bird & Jim Restaurant
Estes Park Aerial Tramway
Fall River Jewelry, Coins & Antiques
Fall River Lodge
Bobbie Heisterkamp
Bank of Colorado
Baldpate Inn
Dodie and James Banker
Cinnamon’s
YMCA of the Rockies
Stanley Hotel
Mama Rose’s and Poppys Restaurants
State Farm Insurance
Hunter’s Chophouse
Moose Creek and Plum Creek
DAO House
McDonald Book Store
Colorado Homestead and
Rambo’s Liquor
Denver Post Article August 2017 about the event
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
2016 TABLE SETTING EVENT WINNERS
Andrea Smith designed this High Country Celebration Table which won a blue ribbon and the Best of Show First Place.
Julie Farnham created this “Cowboy Vittles” table which won a blue ribbon and came in second for best of show.
Karen Martin arranged this children’s china table which won a blue ribbon and came in third for best in show.
The Tuesday Hiking Group created this Christmas table which won a blue ribbon and tied for third in best of show.
Cheryl Schutz won a blue ribbon for her Blue Royal dinner arrangement.
Cheryl Schutz won a blue ribbon for her table “Dinner for John & Priscilla Larchmont”
Jean smiles at her creation.
Start planning yours for October 2018!