SILVER CITY - Silver City MainStreet's Centennial Cake Contest was a big hit Friday night at the Silco, with 35 entries and nine winners in three categories.
"I couldn't believe the response we got," said Silver City MainStreet Manager Nick Seibel. "We had hoped we could do something big for the state's Centennial, but you never how the community is going to respond. We had bigger crowds than we anticipated for every single event, from the cake contest to the silent movie to the dance with Brandon Perrault."
The cake contest, organized by Silver City MainStreet, was part of an entire day of Centennial events in downtown Silver City, from activities for kids at the Silver City Museum, to a one-man play at the Seedboat Center for the Arts to a host of events at the Silco Theater.
Silver City's Centennial Celebration also fell on Silver's First Friday event so MainStreet took the lead in organizing the day's events, with help from many members of the community.
"The committee that planned the Centennial Celebration included people from WNMU, The Silver City Public Library, Silver City Museum, the Daughters of the American Revolution ... you name it. It was a great committee of people that worked really hard to make it happen," Seibel said.
The cake contest, organized by Seibel, MainStreet member Laurie Bentley, and Silver City Museum volunteer Liz Mikols, featured three categories of bakers: professional, recreational and youth, with three winners in each category.
"There were so many wonderful cakes," said Lucy Whitmarsh, president of Silver City MainStreet. "We wanted the Centennial Cake Contest to be a community event, so it was great to see how many participated in it."
During the event, Silver City Mayor James Marshall read the Proclamation Declaring Statehood date in Silver City, and the HiLo Silver's performed.
"It was a great night, overall," said Seibel. "It was great to see how much of the community turned out."
Christine Steele can be reached at (575) 538-5893, ext. 5802.
The winners
Professional
?1st: Colleen Barela
?2nd: Roslyn Andujo
?3rd: Sabrina Lopez
Recreational
?1st: Melissa White
?2nd: Ruby Romero Diaz
?3rd: Christa Turman
Youth (12-under)
?1st: G.W. Stout second-grade students Jacob Holzinger, Kamarri Miuters, Braden Richey, and Ivan Silva, along with their teacher, Emily Aversa for their state map cake
?2nd: Jaxon Unger for his cake shaped like the Chino Mine
?3rd: Joby Torres for his cake shaped like the state of New Mexico
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