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#33 Unique Things to do #8 – Annual Fruitcake Toss
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Looking for something unique to do this weekend? Plan on coming to the 15th Annual Fruitcake Toss held in Manitou Springs. The launch is set to begin at 9:30 am on January 9, 2010 at the Manitou Spring High School. The event used to beld at the Park but it has been moved back to the the High School to allow even more room to fling the fruitcakes.
It’s the dessert that gets no respect
“The worst gift is fruitcake,” Johnny Carson once suggested. “There is only one fruitcake in the entire world, and people keep sending it to each other.” When I was a kid growing up in Kansas, but dad used to get fruitcakes from his customers and suppliers during Christmas. I truly think we threw most of them away, at least I hope we did.
What are the rules for the toss?
The rules of the Fruitcake Toss are pretty entertaining to read, and here are some of my favorites ……….the cakes cannot contain anything inedible, they’ll be inspected by the fruitcake Toss Technical inspector, if you don’t have a Fruitcake you can rent one $1.00, there are weight classes for 2 lb. and 4lb. cakes; and the launch device can’t be powered by fuel.
Giving Back
According to information on the Manitou Springs web site “In conjunction with this event we will be starting a one week Re-gift drive collecting any clothing items to be given to those in need. Coats, hats, gloves, etc. can be brought to the Fruitcake Toss event and throughout the week to the following drop off locations: Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, Goldminers Nuts & Candy, Miramont Castle & the StageCoach Inn.”
What’s the record?
The distance record for a human toss is 290 feet. but a pneumatic canon once sent a fruitcake over 1,225.5 feet.
Do you need coaching and practice before the big day?
Several local Manitou Springs restaurants are offering Fruitcake Toss specials, including a heavy-duty cake to use in the event, and advance coaching on the art of fruitcake tossing. If you want to find out ever more info, check out their Facebook Page.
Fruitcake Trivia
Did you know there is a The Society for the Protection and Preservation of Fruitcake? Also, there is a National Fruit Cake day on December 27th. There is also a National Fruitcake Toss day
Put this on your list of Things to do in Manitou Springs
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