Cherry Harmony FestivalDown South With a Cherry on Top Every year in December, Manjimup hosts the Cherry Harmony Festival to celebrate the start of the cherry season. This
year the festival begins on Friday the 15th of December and continues through to Sunday the 17th. The festive
mood is set on Friday night when Manjimup hosts the Cherry Ball, a night of live music (big band) and
dancing, which is expected to rock on into the small wee hours . As the sun rises on Saturday morning, the
streets of the town centre will be closed off to traffic and the 5,000 expected visitors will be treated to
live entertainment, cherry stalls, wood chopping, wine tasting, a bucking bull, dunking tank and of course
the cherry pip spitting competition.
A Spitting Good Time The cherry pip spitting competition has been running for over five years
and attracts all sorts of spitters from around the state. The organiser Jon Doust , a well known comedian, author and genuine all around good guy, continually ups the
competition each year by inviting world renown cherry pip spitters from just about anywhere he can find them
(which is no mean feat) . The pip spitting competition is being sponsored by none other than ourselves,
GlobeVista . We will be bringing the New Zealand Cherry Pip Spitting champion to Manjimup to
compete with the locals. Click for more the about GlobeVista Australasian Cherry Pip Spitting . Click here for the cherry pip spitting results
2006, 2007 and 2008.
A Long Lunch
Cherry Festival Blog 2006 Cherry Festival Results During the Manjimup Cherry Harmony festival there are numerous events and
competitions happening over the weekend including 'Chuck the Cherry', Red Wheelbarrow Race, Crowning of
Cherry King & Queen, Pollie Cherry Pip Spitting and GlobeVista Cherry Pip Spitting Competition. For
people dying to know the latest results just click on Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival Results 2006. Special guests for the 2006 festival were Rob
Palmer (Better Homes and Gardens) and Michael Robinson (2006 Cherry Pip Spitter, Cromwell, New Zealand).
Global Cherry Pip Spitting FestivalsManjimup is not alone in their cherry spitting competition.In Michigan, where they proudly boast being the "Cherry Capital of the World", the International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship is held every year. The competition began in 1974 by Heb Teichman, a local cherry farmer, who was trying to think of something innovative to do with cherry pits. From small beginnings the local neighbourhood competition grew to an international competition. Even the Guinness Book of Records could not help but recognise it as an official competiton. Every year hundreds of people flock to the opening of the 'Harvest of Tart Cherries' to watch national and international pip spitters. "Pellet Gun" Krause from Arizona held the world record of 72 feet 7 inches (roughly 22m) for nearly 10 years until "Young Gun" Krause (his son) stole the honours at 100 feet 4 inches (roughly 31m).In Céret, a little town in France, the annual cherry festival is held in June and provides a colourful weekend of stone spitting, music, dancing and entertainment in the streets. Everyone gets in on the act, local shops decorate their windows in cherry themes, local school children display their paintings and restaurants have nothing but cherry based food on the menus, served with cherry beer. The record in France is believed to be 11m. In a small town perched high on a hill in Viterbo, Italy, is the Cherries Festival of Celleno's Proloco. Located an hour from Rome the beautiful town, with the Orsinis 's castle as a medieval backdrop, celebrates it's cherry season in June. The festival includes music, exhibitions, cherry tasting and of course the famous 15-metres-long cherry tart (which is shared amongst the festival goers). Important Links To Cherries and Cherry FestivalsCéret Festival
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On Sunday the festival finishes with a Long Table Lunch for 150 or
so guests. The long table is set in the most exquisite location, amongst the cherry trees in the Newton
Brothers orchard. Harvey Giblett hosts the event each year and puts on one of the best shows in the State's
South West. The four course meal includes local cherry produce, black truffles and the best local wines. For
more information about the Cherry Harmony Festival try