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Family
fun
Over
60,000 people attended last year's festival
Mushroom
Judging Contest
Pat
Ciarrocchi serves a mushroom dish a the Cooking Demonstration
Antique
Car Parade
and Show
Live
Music
Art
Exhibition and Sale
Mushroom
growing demonstrations and Farm Tour
Mushroom
growing demonstrations and Farm Tour |
Contact: Kathi Lafferty
Mushroom Festival Coordinator
888-440-9920
610-925-3373
Segment Ideas and Visuals for your feature
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Made in America – The small town of
Kennett Square (pop. 5,273) produces 60 percent of mushrooms
grown in America. Come see this sweet little town named
“Mushroom Capital of the World.”
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More than 100,000 mushroom fans enjoying unique
mushroom festivities including bobbing for mushrooms, mushroom
ice cream tasting and mushroom judging contests
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Mushroom soup contest and naming of the “Best
Mushroom Soup in the Brandywine Valley”
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Mushroom hometown parade featuring classic cars,
marching bands and community organizations
Cooking Demos by Bravo TV’s “Top Chef Season 2”
winner Ilan Hall
Check out Ilan Hall, “Top Chef Season 2” winner and Miguel
Morales, Season 1 contestant, as they host the culinary tent and
demonstrate delicious ways to incorporate mushrooms into everyday
cooking.
Unveiling a Mushroom Water Tower
Local dignitaries will help unveil the newly decorated water tower
on Friday night. The water tower will forever proclaim Kennett
Square as “Mushroom Capital of the World.”
 Giant
MushRoom as Backdrop for Standups or Weather Segments
The MushRoom, a 15-foot-tall inflatable white button mushroom,
makes a great eye-catching visual for a weather segment. This
enormous spectacle is sure to make viewers do a double take no
matter what the weather is outside!
Mushrooms: Nature’s Hidden Treasure
Do your viewers know that a serving of 4-5 medium mushrooms is an
excellent to good source of numerous nutrients including several B
vitamins, copper and the antioxidant selenium for a mere 20 calories
and zero grams of fat? If not, National Mushroom Month is an
excellent time to educate them on nature’s hidden treasure.
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Contact: Kathi Lafferty
Mushroom Festival Coordinator
888-440-9920
610-925-3373
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