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Emerald City Search returns for another exciting citywide Search for the hidden medallion! Beginning Wednesday, August 25th, the 5th annual ECS will help Seattle celebrate 40 years of Bumbershoot by featuring up to ten brain busting clues, concluding when one lucky winner finds the medallion and claims an exciting Grand Prize valued at $6,845 featuring 40 Seattle Arts Experiences! The winner will start reaping the rewards immediately with a pair of Platinum Passes to Bumbershoot (September 4–6, 2010) and sidestage viewing to the Bumbershoot Mainstage show of his or her choice, courtesy of The Seattle Times. Check out the complete prize list.
Founded in 1971 as the "Mayor's Arts Festival," Bumbershoot has grown and thrived, becoming both a fixture in the local arts firmament as well as a nationally recognized and respected institution. The clues will contain references to Bumbershoot's rich 40-year history, highlighting various signature events and happenings, referencing exciting acts and spectacles, and marking some of the ways that Bumbershoot has helped change Seattle. This year, additional background anecdotes and interesting facts about the Festival's history will be referenced online, but the Puzzlemasters will be careful not to reveal any additional hints to the medallion's whereabouts—except in the official daily clues.
The daily clues will be available in the print edition of The Seattle Times, and online at seattletimes.com, emeraldcitysearch.com, and Emerald City Search on Facebook. Half the fun of playing is testing theories with other seekers, so be sure to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
THE MEDALLION HAS BEEN FOUND! Congratulations to the winners Kem & Patrick. Here is the clue (#7) that they found it on:
I have given you a Taste of Seattle during your hungry search,
’Tis a garden Center Square, yet of Fun Forest there’s a sign,
First you’ll smite the hedera heads and then you’ll find the prize.
Success? Have a stout on me: barley, malt, yeast, and vine!
Be sure to peruse the complete clue list (including unpublished clues and explanations) to discover more about this year’s Search.
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