Sand sculpturing contest

Introduced in 1998, the sand sculpturing contest offered quality prizes to the team with the best sand creation. Armed with shovels, buckets, putty knives, bare hands, and a special glue and water solution, teams went to work on the beach. Thankfully, the judges did a good job of making sure everyone was happy while fairly judging the entries (preventing the contest from turning into another banned topic, like Win, Lose, or Draw did during the same year).

Blake created a beautiful 3-D Pentwater sign, modeled below by the lovely Patriarchs: