{"id":22392,"date":"2018-08-02T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=22392"},"modified":"2018-08-02T16:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:27:05","slug":"media-advisory-join-watermelon-queens-on-august-3-at-worlds-largest-crab-feast-in-annapolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/08\/02\/media-advisory-join-watermelon-queens-on-august-3-at-worlds-largest-crab-feast-in-annapolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Join Watermelon Queens on August 3 at World\u2019s Largest Crab Feast in Annapolis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><em>Cool Off with Refreshing, Locally Grown Maryland Watermelon<\/em><\/h3>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\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, August 3, 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<p align=\"left\">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 2,500 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<p align=\"left\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHO:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Mar-Del Watermelon Queen Gabrielle Hastings; National Watermelon Queen Savannah Christensen; Florida Queen Camri Campbell; Georgia Queen\u00a0Savannah Hartley; South Carolina Queen Emily Dicks; Mar-Del watermelon farmers<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHAT:\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.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHEN:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, August 3 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will be held rain or shine.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0 Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cool Off with Refreshing, Locally Grown Maryland Watermelon ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\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, August 3, at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis to highlight the economic and nutritional value<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/08\/02\/media-advisory-join-watermelon-queens-on-august-3-at-worlds-largest-crab-feast-in-annapolis\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"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":[],"class_list":["post-22392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392","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\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22394,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22392\/revisions\/22394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}