Giant Pumpkin Totem Pole Will Be Created to Set New Guinness World Record in Manchester NH Columbus Day Weekend

A Totem Pole made from Giant Pumpkins will be constructed in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. A series of giant pumpkins each weighing greater than 500 pounds will be stacked on top of one another, then sculpted to form a Giant Pumpkin Totem Pole on October 11-13,2003 in Manchester, NH.

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Giant Pumpkin Totem Pole Will Be Created to Set New Guinness World Record

Oct.11-13,2003
Demers Garden Center
Manchester, NH

A Totem Pole made of Giant Pumpkins will be constructed in an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record. A series of Giant Pumpkins each weighing greater than 500 pounds,will be stacked on top of one another to form a tall Totem Pole like tower.Once the construction of this enormous tower is complete, Master Carver , Scott M. Cully, of Ashland, Oregon will sculpt ghoulish Halloween faces into each of the giant pumpkins.The finished sculpture will form the the world's largest giant pumpkin totem pole. This event will take place from Saturday 10/11/03, through Monday 10/13/03. The event will occur at
Demers Garden Center Manchester, NH

Halloween is always a fun time for kids and adults alike. Trick or treating, socializing, and pumpkin carving highlight the creative seasonal festivities of this Autumn holiday. Families carve pumpkins of all sizes as they prepare to celebrate trick or treating.Carving Giant Pumpkins, those weighing 500 pounds or more, has been has been an increasingly popular activity in those areas that grow these massive vegetables. A Giant Pumpkin of 500 pounds can easily measure approximately 35" across, and be 35"-40" long and stand 30" tall. The really massive giant pumpkins, those weighing greater than 1000 pounds, will be substantially larger in all these measurements. The current Worlds Record Giant Pumpkin was grown in New Hampshire in 2002 by Charles Houghton. This enormous specimen set a new world record weighing in at 1337 pounds. This world record pumpkin was sculpted into the World's Largest Jack-O-Lantern by Master Carver, Scott M. Cully. Pictures of the final sculpture can be found in the current issue of the Guinness Book of World Records on page 46.
This year a new concept in Giant Pumpkin Sculpting will be tried. The staff at Demers Garden Center, and Master Carver Scott M. Cully, will construct a Totem Pole like tower of giant pumpkins. Each pumpkin will have two or three Halloween faces carved into it. When the project is completed, verification of it will be submitted to the Guinness World Records in an effort to establish a new world record. The Guinness staff has been contacted and are aware of this attempt.
The public is invited to witness this event as it unfolds over Columbus Day Weekend. Construction of the Totem Pole of Giant Pumpkins will occur on Saturday, 10/11/03.The pumpkin sculpting is expected to take 16 hours, and will occur on Sunday, 10/12/03, and Monday 10/13. The Totem Pole will be complete by 4:00pm Monday 10/13/03, and will remain on display at the garden center.For more information contact either of the following parties
Demers garden Center

Scott M. Cully Master Carver