Design a Flyer to promote an event at a Mexican restaurant

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Prize: $25
Entries Received: 11
Winner: tennis620971

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Contest Brief

We are a new small family owned and operated Mexican restaurant in the U.S. and we need a poster designed to promote an event we're having to celebrate Mexican Independence Day on Tuesday, September 16.

To celebrate we're having a mariachi band perform and we're featuring some delicious traditional Mexican holiday treats.

We'd like a sophisticated design vs the usual Mexican restaurant motifs: please NO cactus, donkeys or sombreros. Overall, we are going for a more sophisticated look than typical design for Mexican restaurants in the US.

Our restaurant is a small homey friendly place with great food that everyone is raving about. Here are the reviews from their Yelp page: http://www.yelp.com/biz/rincón-mexicano-somerville. It is family owned and operated. We want to stress authenticity and the deliciousness of the food.

I have attached our logo, and the copy we need on the poster. Here is our web url: rinconmexicanosomerville.com

Design Specs:
23.76" x 35.76 vertical or horizontal and 8x11 poster size.
Maximum file size is 12 MB
Additional specs:
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Background on how this holiday is celebrated in Mexico:
Today Mexican Independence Day is a major celebration in Mexico and is bigger than Cinco de Mayo. It is celebrated with a fiesta (party). The celebrating begins on September 15 (the eve of Independence Day) where crowds of people gather in the zocalos (town meeting place) of cities, towns, and villages. In Mexico City a huge square is decorated with flags, flowers and lights of red, white, and green. People sell confetti, whistles, horns, paper-machete helmets, and toys in the colors of red, white and green. There is also plenty of feasting! When the clock strikes eleven o'clock the crowd gets silent. On the last strike of eleven the president of Mexico steps out on the palace balcony, and rings the historic liberty bell that Father Hidalgo rang to call the people. Then the president gives the Grito de Delores. He shouts "Viva Mexico" "Viva la independencia" and the crowd echoes back. People do this at the same time all across Mexico. While the crowd says this they fill the air with confetti, streamers and hoopla. Castillos explode in showers of red, white, and green. More: http://www.presidiolabahia.org/mex_ind.htm

The actual day of September 16 is similar to July Fourth in the US. There are rodeos, parades, bullfights, horseback rider performances and grand feasts. The statues in memory of Father Hidalgo are decorated with red, white, and green flowers. The Mexican Flag is made up of green, white, and red. The green is on the left side of the flag and symbolizes independence. White is the color in the middle of the flag and symbolizes religion. The red is on the right side of the flag and symbolizes union. These colors are used often in decorating for the Mexican Independence Day fiesta.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank-you,

Bill

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Public Clarification Board

Quiaro
- 11 years ago
Any suggestions for my entry #10
- 11 years ago
Amisa
- 11 years ago
Kindly take a look at entry no. 14
- 11 years ago
cool5443
- 11 years ago
kontrolu mian eniron #12 kaj #13
- 11 years ago
Quiaro
- 11 years ago
#7 #8 #9 COPY PASTE http://graphicriver.net/item/cinco-de-mayo-party-flyer-2/2129568?WT.ac=search_item&WT.z_author=saltshaker911
- 11 years ago
IZABS
- 11 years ago
Please check my design #11 & feedback. Thanks
- 11 years ago
maximumDesigns
- 11 years ago
I have done the changes requested please see new entry .
- 11 years ago
maximumDesigns
- 11 years ago
I have done the changes requested please see new entry .
- 11 years ago
Quiaro
- 11 years ago
Puedes explicarlo en Español
- 11 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Hola Quiaro Por favor, consulte el archivo que he subido: Translation español para el cartel del Día Ind
  - 11 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Gracias
  - 11 years ago
vinay21101984
- 11 years ago
i am working on it
- 11 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Hi Vinay21101984, OK post it when it's ready. Thank-you, Bill
  - 11 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Hi vinay21101984, I just uploaded some graphics I found on google images to give you an idea what we're going for. Please review them Thank-you, Bill
  - 11 years ago
naseemakhtarvw
- 11 years ago
I'm working on it. tommorow i will post a design for you.
- 11 years ago
1. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Hi Naseemakhtarvw, Thank-you looking forward to your design.
  - 11 years ago
2. Contest Holder
  - 11 years ago
  Hi naseemakhtarvw, please check out the graphics I just uploaded to give you an idea what we're going for. Thank-you, Bill
  - 11 years ago