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2009 Corn Palace Theme and Mural
Drawings
“Tourism
plays such a major role in the City of Mitchell and the World’s Only Corn
Palace is known as one of the great attractions across the United States.
It is fitting for the Corn Palace Festival Committee to select America’s
Destinations as this year’s theme,” Corn Palace
Director Mark A. Schilling.
Each year the exterior panels of the Corn Palace are
decorated with locally grown corn. The complete process of changing the rye,
dock, corn and milo starts in June when the rye and dock are torn off and
replaced. The corn murals are replaced beginning in late August with an
anticipated completion date at the end of September. A different theme is
chosen each year, and murals are designed to reflect the selected theme.
Cherie Ramsdell is the current panel designer. Ramsdell is an Assistant
Professor of Art at Dakota Wesleyan University.
While
there are many great destinations in America the Corn Palace Festival
Committee selected panels depicting such sites as Washington D.C., the
Statue of Liberty, the Space Needle in Seattle, the Golden Gate Bridge, St.
Louis Arch, the Alamo and Davy Crockett, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, the
Kennedy Space Center and South Dakota’s great Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse
Monument and the Corn Palace.
"AMERICA'S DESTINATIONS"
Panels 1 – 5 are on the Front (west side) of
the Corn Palace - numbered north to south
Panel 1
Corn Palace
Panel 2.
Kennedy Space Center
Panel 3. Statue
of Liberty
Panel 4 -
Seattle Space Needle
Panel 5.
Mount Rushmore
Panels 6 – 12 are on the South side of the
Corn Palace - numbered west to east
Panel 6.
Washington D.C. Collage
Panel 7.
Crazy Horse Monument
Panel 8.
Hoover Dam
Panel 9 -
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Panel 10 -
Alamo
Panel 11 -
Golden Gate Bridge
Panel
12 - Grand Canyon
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decorating Mitchell, SD
