Amateur
Categories
• Sea Turtle Division:
Children Up to age 8
• Dolphins Division:
Children 9 to 12 years
• Sea Horses Division:
Families/Groups (maximum 6 per team)
• Sharks Division:
Businesses (maximum 6 per team)
• Rays Division:
Solo 13 to 17 years
• Manatees Division:
Solo Adult above 18 years
Rules
All
work will be done using only the sand in your
assigned, 10’ x 10’ plot. Nothing
may be added to the sand except water.
No power equipment, screw guns or machinery
are allowed in your plot. No templates or molds
are allowed when sculpting.
Only registered team members are allowed inside
of your plot. Teams may use non-team members
to assist in carrying water to the plot (as
example) however; they may not at any time enter
the plot.
All tools and personal items must not block
spectator aisles.
Ours
is a family-oriented event; the organizers,
sponsors and public feel strongly that sculptures
should not include anything that would commonly
be considered offensive.
Anyone
working before the start time or after the stop
time will be disqualified.
All forms must be removed and all compacted
sand must be sculpted or otherwise altered by
hand once the forms are removed. Contest organizers
reserve the right to disqualify any sculptures
that are obviously unfinished.
Only water and the sand from within the assigned
plots may be used to create the sculptures.
Only naturally occurring, and biodegradable
items found on the beach that day such as seaweed
and shells may be used for decoration. No artificial
color, paint, flour, sugar cement or adhesives
may be used.
The
decisions of the judges are final.
The start time is 9:00am and the stop time is
1:00pm (4 hours total). Judging will begin promptly
at 1:00.
Contestants
must provide all their own buckets and shovels,
carving tools etc. Water may be avaiable, contestants
should be prepaired to carry water from the
gulf.
Registration Fees
Each
contestant must have an event bracelet
