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.)