Rising Sun Chalk Walk

Mark your calendars for the 2nd Annual Main Street Chalk Walk in downtown Rising Sun, Indiana. This year’s Chalk Walk will be held on Saturday, June 17, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. (With rain date set for June 24th.) On the day of the event, the reporting station for entries and chalk pickup will be at the white gazebo location on the corner of Main Street and N. Poplar Street. Entry fee is free if you are wearing a Rising Sun t-shirt or a Rising Sun summer league softball or baseball uniform t-shirt. Otherwise, entry is $5.00. The first 48 chalk walk participants will receive a Rising Sun Chalk Walk sun visor.

Individuals and families of all ages, interests and skills are encouraged to join in on the fun and participate in creating their own “masterpieces” using the sidewalk as their concrete canvases. The Chalk Walk provides fun for the whole family and an opportunity to get re-acquainted to Rising Sun’s fabulous Main Street area and what it has to offer as far as shopping and dining. Everyone else needs to consider themselves invited and be entertained by watching the progress of each artist as they create their own individual artwork on the sidewalk.

This year cash prizes will be awarded in three different age groups: 10 and under; 11 to 17; and 18 to adult. The following cash awards will be presented in each age group and one over-all “Best of Show” award.

First Prize in each age group: $50 @

Two Honorable Mentions in each age group: $25 @

Over-all “Best of Show” $100

Fill out the clip-out entry form online or in the Rising Sun Recorder and the Ohio County News, or pick up the entry at any Main Street business, or e-mail your request to downtown@enjoyrisingsun.com. Please, return your application to the Historic Downtown Program, 103 S. Walnut Street, Rising Sun, Indiana 47040. For more information on the Chalk Walk 2006 call: (812) 438-2750.