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June 13th, 2010

The 19th CHIO Aachen shop-window competition starts on Monday
In alignment with the World Equestrian Festival in the colours of NRW

Once the shop-windows are brightly decorated, it won’t be long until the first horses arrive: From Monday onwards the traditional CHIO shop-window competition in Aachen and the surrounding region will be sweetening up the waiting time until the start of the World Equestrian Festival (July 9-18th, 2010). When strolling through the city, plenty of shop-windows decorated in the style of the CHIO Aachen can be discovered. The decorations are dominated by the colours green, white and red this year, the colours of the partner state, North Rhine-Westphalia.

89 businesses have entered the CHIO shop-window competition this year. To the delight of Frank Kemperman, the Chairman of the ALRV: “We are delighted about the positive response to the shop-window competition. Now we can look forward to the many decorated shop-windows in our region with excitement again. I find it fantastic that so many businesses have entered the competition this year. This goes to show how much enthusiasm the people from Aachen have for the CHIO Aachen.“ Together with the Aachen newspaper publishers, the City Market and Campaign Committee e.V. (MAC) and the City of Aachen, the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein e.V. (ALRV) organises the competition on an annual basis in the run-up to the CHIO Aachen. The shops will be decorated up until the last day of the equestrian event.

And why is the competition called a competition? Precisely! From today onwards everyone can “Take part!“ in the categories “Public’s Prize“ and “Jury’s Prize “. In the Public’s Prize category anyone can vote for his personal favourite shop-window per coupon, SMS or telephone. The coupons are available in the shops and the numbers for SMS or telephone votes are on display in the windows. An expert jury will also be inspecting the decorated shop-windows. A panel of five judges comprising of students from the Design Faculty of the University of Applied Sciences Aachen will be making a pre-selection of the twenty best shop-windows on Monday and Tuesday. On July 5th, a main jury will then pick the winners of this year’s shop-window competition.
The winners in both categories can look forward to attractive prizes and gift vouchers.

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