{"id":21364,"date":"2017-08-02T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=21364"},"modified":"2017-08-02T11:21:34","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:21:34","slug":"media-advisory-join-watermelon-queens-on-aug-4-at-the-worlds-largest-crab-feast-in-annapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2017\/08\/02\/media-advisory-join-watermelon-queens-on-aug-4-at-the-worlds-largest-crab-feast-in-annapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Join Watermelon Queens on Aug. 4 at the World\u2019s Largest Crab Feast in Annapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar-Del Watermelon Queen Connor Vincent<\/p><\/div>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 National and regional watermelon queens, in partnership with the Mar-Del Watermelon Association and the Maryland Department of Agriculture will participate in the world\u2019s largest crab feast on Friday, Aug. 4, at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis to highlight the economic and nutritional value of watermelon and the increasing demand for locally-grown produce.<\/p>\n

This special event, hosted by the Rotary Club of Annapolis, is not only the world\u2019s largest crab feast but also a major fund-raiser that benefits local community and cultural organizations. Nearly 2500 people are expected to attend and finish off 350 bushels of crabs, 3,400 ears of corn, 100 Mar-Del watermelons, 100 gallons of crab soup, 150 pounds of beef barbeque, and hundreds of gallons of soft drinks and beer.<\/p>\n

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WHO: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mar-Del Watermelon Queen Connor Vincent<\/p>\n

National Watermelon Queen Madison Laney<\/p>\n

Florida Queen Savannah Christensen<\/p>\n

Georgia Queen\u00a0Anna Beth Potter<\/p>\n

South Carolina Queen Blakely Johnson<\/p>\n

Mar-Del watermelon farmers<\/p>\n

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WHAT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>August is the prime season for Delmarva watermelons, a healthy summertime treat.\u00a0 Maryland and Delaware are significant growers and suppliers of watermelons, a tradition that goes back well over a century. The National and Mar-Del Watermelon Queens, joined by Maryland and Delaware watermelon farmers, will slice and distribute FREE watermelon slices, and distribute giveaways including recipe cards. The MAR-DELicious Watermelon Promotion includes participation from a number of retailers in the region including Acme, Costco, Food Lion, Giant, Harris Teeter, Mars, Safeway, Sam\u2019s Club, SUPERVALU, Ukrop\u2019s, Wal-Mart, Wegmans, Weis and Whole Foods.<\/p>\n

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WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, August 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0The event will be held rain or shine.<\/p>\n

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WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. For free parking media should enter the stadium parking lot through Gate 2 on Farragut Road or Gate 6 on Taylor Avenue. Media should enter through Gate Y, which is at the corner of the Taylor Avenue and Rowe Boulevard end of stadium. Click here for event map<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NOTE:<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Media planning to attend must RSVP by Thursday, August 5<\/strong> to Jason Schellhardt, 410-841-5889 or Jason.schellhardt@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 National and regional watermelon queens, in partnership with the Mar-Del Watermelon Association and the Maryland Department of Agriculture will participate in the world\u2019s largest crab feast on Friday, Aug. 4, at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis to highlight the economic and nutritional value of watermelon and the increasing demand for  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[901,19],"class_list":["post-21364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-mar-del-watermelon-association","tag-watermelon"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21368,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21364\/revisions\/21368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}