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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Lisbon High School Senior Wins 2012 Moxie Festival Logo Design Contest‏

Lisbon High School Senior Danielle Malesiewski receives a $100 check and a 2012 Moxie Festival t-shirt with her winning logo from with John Silvestri, Chairman of the Moxie Festival Committee.

Lisbon -The Moxie Festival Committee is pleased to announce that Lisbon High School Senior Danielle Malesiewski has won the 2012 Moxie Festival Design Contest based on the 2011 theme, “We’re in Moxieland.”

“Dani’s logo shows that Lisbon is the place in Maine to find a talent that can only be described as moxie,” said John Silvestri, Chairman of the Moxie Festival Committee.

Dani received a $100 check, a t-shirt, and a case of Moxie. Dani’s logo design appears on the official 2012 Moxie Festival t-shirts which are available at the Lisbon Federal Credit Union, Lisbon Town Hall, and the Festival’s web site: www.MoxieFestival.com

“We’re in Moxieland” will be the theme of The Moxie Festival parade which attracts over 100 participants. The parade, which starts at 10 am, attracts over 100 participants and follows a two mile plus route that begins on Capital Avenue and Route 196 and ends at the MTM Center on School Street in Lisbon Falls.

According to Lisbon Public Safety Officials, an estimated 50,000 people attend the three-day Moxie Festival. The Town of Lisbon has approximately 9,300 residents.

Since 1982, The Moxie Festival in Lisbon, Maine has been held on the second weekend in July. The Festival now includes a three day Pow Wow; Friday night fireworks; a Saturday parade, Family Fun Fair, and 5K race; and on Sunday, the Chief Worumbo Androscoggin River Race and the Moxie Car Show. Moxie was designated Maine’s official soft drink on May 20, 2005.

Keep checking the Moxie Festival website: www.MoxieFestival.com for the latest information on events on our 30^th Anniversary year.