January 9, 2012: Every year, the Twins Days Festival Committee chooses a theme for the festival. The souvenir program and T-shirts are based on this theme, and festival participants are encouraged (but not required) to wear theme-based costumes. The theme for the Twins Days Festival 2012 is: Super Heroes: "Twin Power!" Time to start working on your costume ideas!
June 30, 2011: Announcing the Twins Days 2011 Royal Court!
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| Donald and Ronald Hayes are 57 year old identical “mirror” twins who have attended Twins Days for the past 10 years. They may look identical on the outside, but on the inside they are totally different, having varying tastes in clothing styles and personalities. Donald lives in Texas, with his wife and three children. He is presiding Bishop of the G.I.F.T. Ministries and is Head Chaplain of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Ronald lives in Maryland with his wife and daughter and is serving as an Associate Elder in the Carter Memorial COGIC Church. Very close as children, they were not separated until age 18, when they joined the military together and were then stationed in different locations. This was a crucial time in their lives as they endeavored to live life without being in the presence of each other. When one was injured in the service, unbeknownst to the other, both felt the pain. Through this experience, they realized that though there is joy in being a twin, there can also be sorrow. For our Kings, they consider their unique bond a special blessing and they feel gifted in their love for each other. |
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| Queens: Jamie Maassen & Jodie Qualkinbush |
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| Jamie Maasen and Jodie Qualkinbush are identical twins born two minutes apart on September 10, 1981. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they moved to Ohio as toddlers and went on to graduate from North Ridgeville High School in 2000. Together they attended Kent State University to pursue bachelor degrees and in December 2004, Jamie graduated with a Bachelor in Education – Intervention Specialist; continuing her education, she received her master’s degree in Educational Administration. Jodie graduated in May 2005, with a Bachelor in Education – Educational Interpreter; and will complete her Master’s in December of this year as an Intervention Specialist. Jamie is currently working for Lorain County Board of Developmental Disabilities as their home base instructor and Jodie is currently working as a sign language interpreter. Since they were very young they had encouraged their parents to send in their Twins Days application early enough to be considered for the Royal Court; and then into adulthood, the ladies took over that timely tradition. Now attending their 17th Twins Days Festival, Jamie and Jodie are thrilled to serve as the 2011 Queens. |
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| Princes: Mike & Dan French |
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| Mike and Dan French were born on March 29, 2000 and Mike is the oldest by 10 minutes. They live with mom, dad, and older brother Matt in Aurora, Ohio. They have been coming to Twins Days since they were 5 months old. Mike and Dan have just completed the 5th grade in Leighton Elementary. Our princes are very involved in sports spending most of their time on ball fields. They are also on a year round travel soccer team. In the summer, they are on a travel baseball team, play golf and in their spare time the love to fish. During the winter, they are on a basketball team. When not a field of play, Mike enjoys playing guitar and Dan the drums. They also like to volunteer at many different events during the year like Relay for Life and Twins Days. A home they have a dog, fish, a lizard and three snakes as pets. They are very excited to be on the Twins Days Royal Court! |
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| Princesses: Kelsey & Jessica Anderson |
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| Our Princesses, Kelsey and Jessica Anderson of Elyria, Ohio, have attended 18 festivals though they are only 17. They began their Twins Days journey at the age of only 10 months and it has been such a joy to return each year. Together they have many fond memories of the festival including marching in the parade, participating in the talent show, competing in “Most Alike” contests, and posing for Mary Ellen Mark’s book and DVD titled Twins. Born nearly three months early, these lovely ladies are Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome Survivors and are incredibly thankful for their health. Approaching their senior high school year, Kelsey has an interest in service and ministry to others; while Jessica enjoys playing the piano, composing music and encouraging others. They would like to use these talents in a future vocation. The girls would like to thank Twins Days for its rich traditions and for all the special friends they have met there over the years. There will always be a special place in their hearts for these gifts. |
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| Grand Marshals: Noah, Brian, Halle & Brooke Bartolovich |
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| Yes, life is a TWO ring circus for many of our twin families here today…but for our Grand Marshals, it’s two TIMES a two ring circus. Because this year our Grand Marshals are two sets of twins from one Twinsburg family…let’s welcome the Bartolovich twins times two! Brooke and Halle are 12 years old and will be entering the 7th grade at RB Chamberlain Middle School in the fall. Both girls have been playing AC Travel Soccer since they were nine years old. Brooke also takes dance lessons at Michelle’s Dancing Connection and will be in RBC Singers next year. Halle enjoys baking and cooking. Both girls are active in the YMCA Princesses with their father. Brian and Noah are celebrating their 11th birthday today. Brian is playing in his second year for the AC Travel Soccer Club and Noah studies karate at the Silent Mind in Twinsburg. Both boys play recreational baseball and are in the band at Dodge. They also enjoy skiing with the Dodge Ski Club. They will be going into the 6th grade in the Fall. |
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June 30, 2011: Part2 Pictures, an award-winning documentary film and television company located in New York, is currently producing a documentary-style series called Our America with Lisa Ling for the new Oprah Winfrey Network.
They are very excited to attend the Twins Days Festival!
They are seeking twins attending the festival to profile for an episode.
IF YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL AND FIT ANY OF THE CRITERIA BELOW, PLEASE CONTACT THE TWINS DAYS OFFICE:
330-425-3652, or e-mail sandy@twindays.org
- Have you attended the festival every year for a long time?
- or, are you attending for the first time?
- Do you plan to participate in any contests?
- Are you coming from somewhere very far away?
- Are you overcoming any particular hardship in order to attend the event?
- Are you reuniting with a twin at this festival?
- Are you in a family with many twins?
- Might you be participating in any of the research by the universities and labs attending?
- Do you have an interesting, unusual, fascinating story to tell about being a twin?
- Are you open to being interviewed by Lisa at the festival?
January 11, 2011: The Theme for 2011 Twins Days Festival will be a "Circus Theme". The committee is in the process of finalizing the slogan, as soon as we have it we will post it here.
June 26, 2010: Announcing the Twins Days 2010 Royal Court:
KINGS: Spencer & Skyler Nick |
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QUEENS: Patty Sermersheim & Peggy Meyer (nee Kluesner) |
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PRINCES: Alex & Adam Walters |
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PRINCESSES: Geneva (GiGi) & Grace Wood |
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GRAND MARSHALS Brett & Bailey Harney |
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February 23, 2010: The Cleveland Indians are having another "Twins Day" -- three of them, actually!
On Friday, August 6th (7:05 first pitch), Saturday, August 7th (7:05 first pitch), and Sunday, August 8th (1:05 first pitch), they are playing the Minnesota Twins. Tickets are $18 mezzanine, $20 bleachers, and $14 upper deck.
For more information, and to order your tickets, download the flyer from here, and mail your order in (ticket orders for these games are not currently available online). A portion of the proceeds from each ticket purchased from this flyer will benefit the Twins Days Festival.(Note that people wishing to sit together as a group should combine their orders on a single flyer)
February 8, 2010: The theme for the 2010 Twins Days Festival will be a Western theme: "Twins Days Roundup"!
June 26, 2009: The Cleveland Indians are having a "Twins Day".
On Thursday,. Aug. 6, they are playing the Minnesota Twins (12:05 first pitch).
Any tickets purchased through the below link will be qualified for a drawing to be the set of twins to announce "Play Ball!" to start the game. The "special offer code" is "twins". Once you've verified your offer code, then you'll need to "Create an account" (it's quick and easy) to purchase your tickets.
(old news: link removed)
Tickets purchased by July 24th will be eligible for the drawing.
Sounds like a pleasant way to spend a summer afternoon.
June 21, 2009: The Food Network will be filming one of its programs at the Twins Days Festival this year. Filming will take place on Saturday, August 8. A very limited number of tickets will be allocated on Friday (Aug.7) at the Welcome Wiener Roast for the dinner being prepared by a Food Network celebrity chef on Saturday evening. The Food Network will also be filming throughout the Festival at different times.
The show will air approx. 10 weeks after the Festival.
Please DO NOT call or email the Twins Days office or Food Network for tickets.
June 15, 2009: Congratulations to the 2009 Royal Court!
KINGS: Donald & Edward Makielski.
These guys are 82 years young and hail from Michigan. They have registered and attended the last 16 festivals.
QUEENS: Mary Ping & Carol Richardson (nee: Lappie)
Mary & Carol (59 yrs old) are from Indiana.
PRINCES: Brandon & Bailey Stewart (11 yrs old), from New Paris, Ohio.
PRINCESSES: Kennedy & Karissa Cratty (12 yrs old) from Youngsville, Pennsylvania.
February 5, 2009: The Twins Days Festival Committee has chosen a 50's theme for the 2009 Twins Days Festival: "Twins Days Rocks!"
July 25, 2008: There will be a special raffle this year. Twins Days, Inc. will be donating 100% of the proceeds from this raffle to the Twinsburg Police Association, benefiting the family of fallen officer Ptl. Joshua Miktarian. Read more about it here.
June 17, 2008: Congratulations to the 2008 Royal Court!
KINGS: Kenneth & Dennis ("Kenny & Denny") Hamilton from Kentucky
QUEENS: Janice Walsh-Marshall & Janet Hatch-Marshall from Pennsylvania
PRINCES: Bryan & Joshua Edwards from Pennsylvania
PRINCESSES: Melissa & Mackenzie McAlindon from Ohio
GRAND MARSHALLS: Tyler and Alec Albright of Twinsburg
All of the essays were read thoroughly and considered. There were many wonderful essays submitted, and we thank you all. This year there will be a ballot box for submissions of Royal Court for 2009 on the festival grounds and at the weenie roast. There is a form in your programs to fill out. Your essays may be sent in anytime from September 1, 2008 to June 6th 2009.
May 14, 2008: The list of 2008 researchers has been posted. More details will be added later; also, more researchers will be added to the list as we confirm them.
March 6, 2008: Due to lack of space at the old location, the Welcome Wiener Roast has been moved to a new location:
Twinsburg High School
10084 Ravenna Rd
(on the same side of the road -- the left -- as the festival grounds, a little closer to the town square)
Bigger, better, more parking!
Here's the location in Google Maps (it's the large group of buildings to the southwest of the arrow)
March 3, 2008: The Twins Days Festival Committee has discussed at length the theme for the 2008 Twins Days Festival and have decided to go with a sports theme:
"TWINS DAYS ALL-STARS"
This will be a general sports theme, not specifically in recognition off the Olympics. Use your creativity in identifying your favorite sport(s) and/or athlete(s).
Have fun!
September 10, 2007: The first drawing for 2008 Pre-Registration will take place on October 1st. All Twins pre-registered by this date will be entered into a random drawing to win $50 in Chili's gift certificates (no expiration, may be used anywhere).
September 10, 2007: Twins Days Official Souvenir Gift Certificates now available in $10, $20 and $25 denominations. Please contact the Twins Days Office for further information.
(news from previous festivals)
August 8, 2007: The final registered count of Twin/multiple sets in attendance for the 2007 festival is 2,034 sets. Thank you to all who registered and helped support the 2007 festival!
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July 26, 2007: We just received the sad news that Andy Miller, Sr. passed away unexpectedly this morning. He had just recently turned 70. Andy was the Director of the Twins Days Festival Committee, "The Father of Twins Days", and a driving force behind making the Twins Days Festival happen every year. He will be sorely missed. |
If you would like to send something (card/letter/message) to Sandy or his family, please send it to:
Andy was a wonderful man and really gave his heart and soul to this festival. He was like a father to all the twins. He truly will be missed, but never forgotten. Please keep the family and the rest of the committee in your thoughts and prayers. |
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July 15, 2007: Amazing news of a gift from Bill & John Reiff to the TDFC. Read the story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer here (link opens in a new window; you may be prompted for some basic demographic information to read the article).
The TDFC has just learned that the Re/Max hot-air balloons will not be able to make it to the Twins Days festival this year. We are naturally disappointed to lose this popular attraction, but are already working to have them back in 2008.
Congratulations to the 2007 Twins Days Royal Court!
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KINGS: Brendan & Kevan O'Neill/ Lima, OH -
QUEENS: Laura & Linda Seber / Sheffield Village, OH -
PRINCE & PRINCESS: Thomas & Amanda Thornton / Broadview Heights, OH -
PRINCE & PRINCESS: Tony & Tiffany O'Connor / West Chester, OH
Discount coupons for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (buy one admission, get one free!) will be included in your registration packet when you pick it up at the festival. However, if you have pre-registered and you wish to have your coupon mailed to you, simply contact the TDFC (You may also request that your Geauga Lake discount coupon be mailed to you).
Local news indicates that area hotels will be very crowded at the end of July / beginning of August (link will open in a new window). Book your rooms now! Partner/participating hotel information is on the 'Travel Info' page.
Partner/Sponsor Hotel information has been added to the "travel" section of the website. Also, have added information for the 2007 researchers. Also, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom are repeating their discounted admission deal from last year. Click on this link for details.
March 9, 2007:
The "Twins Days Times" and the Registration forms have all been updated for the 2007 festival. Click here to see all forms. Note that this year, the Royal Court will be selected from people submitting an application form before June 6th. Be sure to read the guidelines on the application form before submitting. All registration forms are available on the Registration Page.
Thanks to all for your input into ideas for this year's Twins Day Festival theme. There were many good ideas.
After much discussion at the committee meeting, we are excited to announce this year's theme...
TWINS FIESTA!
We feel this theme communicates very well the celebratory and festive atmosphere of the festival.
We hope everyone is as excited about it as we are!
August 30, 2006:
The official count for the 2006 Twins Days festival is 2064. The number of twins in attendance was higher than that, but as always, we have no way of counting the ones who don't register.
(items below this line apply to previous years, and remain here simply as a record of the times)
June 22, 2006:
The Royal Court has been selected for Twins Days 2006. They are:
- Grand Marshalls: Amanda & Courtney Cox (Twinsburg, Ohio)
- Kings: Don & Ron Myers (Pennsylvania)
- Queens: Ellen Lemmon Poiner (Michigan) & Helen Lemmon Moon (Ohio)
- Princes: Justin & Travis West (Ohio)
- Princesses: Sierra & Sariya Winters (Ohio)
Congratulations to all the members of the 2006 Twins Days Royal Court!
The fireworks are BACK! As some of you may recall, the popular fireworks display had been cancelled last year, due to new Astroturf on the athletic field, and concerns regarding fire safety. Well, the launch site has been relocated, and all parties involved have given their approval for the display to continue. So come on down and enjoy the show! Saturday, August 5th at the festival site. Display begins at dusk.
The latest Twins Days Times has been posted, as well as registration forms and the Twins Contest Schedule for 2006.
March 1, 2006:
As of 3/1/06, Three (3) Sponsor Hotels have agreed to block rooms for Twins and their families for 2006. More to follow! Check the travel page for details.
- The official count from the 2005 festival was 2,025 sets of twins. As happens every year, there were a lot more twins in attendance than are reflected in the official count. However, if they don't register, we have no way of counting them.
- GROUP PHOTOS: It takes 6-8 weeks after the festival for us to receive the photos and prep. time to mail them out.
The photos will begin to be mailed out Friday, September 16th., if twins do not receive their photos by October 1, please contact the Twins Days Office by phone or email (contact information is here).
July 6, 2005: Maya & Miguel (from the PBS Scholastic channel for kids) to participate in 2005 Twins Days Festival
- A quick summary of the events they will be attending:
Welcome wiener roast - with an opportunity for the kids to get their photos taken with costumed Maya and Miguel - along with posters, stickers and bracelet giveaways - They will be participating (costumed characters - these ARE cartoon characters after all!) in the parade
- Maya and Miguel will also be in the tent area on the Festival grounds on Saturday/Sunday, again with the opportunity for the kids to get their photos taken with them.
- They will be on stage to help "MC" the talent contest.
- Lastly, there will be the opportunity to win one of a few "Maya and Miguel Bags" at the Raffle on Friday night.
For more information on Maya & Miguel, see their official website: http://pbskids.org/mayaandmiguel/flash.html
June 29, 2005: The 2005 Royal Court has been announced! They are:
- Grand Marshalls: Amanda & Brittany Buck
- Kings : Alan & Alfred Shropshire
- Queens: Barbie Blackhall & Karen (Blackhall ) Fahy
- Prince & Princess: Shawn & Allison Sorrell
- Prince & Princess: Nathan & Natalie Miller
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR 2005 ROYAL COURT!!
June 22, 2005: The Discovery Channel will be filming a special at the 2005 festival!
Just how alike are you and your identical twin?
Discovery Health Channel is looking for America's Most Identical Twins! Do you and your twin share the same food preferences, fashion sense, and personality traits? A production team will be in Twinsburg at the Twins
Days Festival to film a one-hour show that tests twin similarities. If you would like to participate, we’d love to hear from you.Please send a short email to Nikki Goloskov at (address removed; old news) describing why you and your twin are so alike. Please also provide us with your full names, addresses, age, telephone numbers, and a digital photograph (if available).
We look forward to seeing you at Twins Days!
Remember: twins must be registered to participate in twin activities at the festival.
June 7, 2005: Changes to the football stadium on the festival grounds mean that the Saturday night activities will be changed slightly. This year sees the debut of a spectacular Laser Light Show, complete with accompanying music. The show starts at 9:30 PM. We hope you enjoy the addition to the program!
(the show is put on by Lightwave International, for those who want more information)
March 21, 2005: Added a flyer advertising a Geauga Lake special available to registered families. The flyer mentions a coupon; the coupon will be in your registration packet (you did register, didn't you?)
March 6, 2005: All pre-registration forms, instructions, twins contest schedules, and golf registration forms now updated for 2005.
February 25, 2005: Updated hotel information for 2005. See "HI Host Hotel" and "Other Hotels" links for further info.
February 16, 2005: We were "off the web" for a little while as John (sorry) messed up things administratively. I've taken care of it; things should be back to normal now.
(obviously, things are a little calm here since the last festival has closed. Expect to see more action around March of 2005.)