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April 14, 2016
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Volume 20, Issue 15
Avocado Festival
celebrating three decades of fun
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Close to 100,000 visitors are expected for the 30th Avocado Festival scheduled for Sunday, April 17, in downtown Fallbrook. Debbie Ramsey Managing Editor Thirty years and it just keeps getting better. When Fallbrook opens its arms to close to 100,000 visitors on Sunday, April 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the town’s annual Avocado Festival, it will mark three decades of fun celebrating Fallbrook’s signature fruit. “A 30-year anniversary is symbolized by a pearl,” said Lila MacDonald, CEO of the Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce, the organization that hosts the festival. “I feel the pearl is a perfect comparison as it captures the essence of the festival’s longevity in the community. Like a pearl, the festival has grown year by year, layer upon layer, with the
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collaboration of the community and all those that work hard to bring it to fruition so that all can enjoy our ‘gem’ of a village!” “I believe that people love avocados and that they have
Kids can participate in the Best Dressed Avocado contest at the Avocado Festival.
gained a lot of popularity over the years,” continued MacDonald. “We here in Fallbrook are proud of our agriculture heritage and still boast to be the Avocado Capital.” To assure those who will attend the festival with an eye towards consuming avocado, MacDonald added, “There will be plenty of fresh guacamole as Holy Guacamoly will have three booths in the festival again. They are our ‘official’ guacamole.” To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the festival, a celebrity mixologist and an internationally recognized chef will travel to the event to help take it to the next level. “We are beyond excited that this year is the 30th anniversary and what better way than to add to the festival?” said MacDonald. New corporate sponsor Cazadores Tequila will make it possible for an enhanced Beer and Margarita Garden at Main Ave. and E. College St. (Scrappy’s Tire)
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“This is a real delight for us to have Manny visit,” explained Sommer Walker, a Fallbrook resident who owns Bull Dog Farms and serves as a national accounts representative for Bacardi USA. “Manny is a James Beard House Foundation mixologist and is flying in just to mix these cocktails for the Avocado Festival. He works with the most famous chefs in the world and does the signature cocktails for Food Network stars. He is also probably the foremost expert on tequila in the U.S.” “He will be helping make the 30th anniversary of the festival really special,” Walker said. “We have the best in the business flying in to make people margaritas.” Walker said another highly respected individual in the food industry, Juan San Juan III, who owns an L.A. eatery, will be traveling down to be a judge in the festival’s guacamole contest.
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Presiding over the 2016 Avocado Festival will be the new Miss Fallbrook Taryn Sehnert, center, First Princess Valerrie Craig, left, and Second Princess Mallory Bender, right. (Coverage of the pageant will publish April 21).
The annual guacamole contest is judged by a panel of tasters.
this year, along with multiple live bands on the festival’s main stage at the site. Beer will be provided by Prohibition Brewing Company from Vista. “It is for adults 21 and over,” MacDonald said. “There will be beer, margaritas, and food for sale along with the live music entertainment.” Master mixologist and international personality Manny Hinajosa will be flying in from Mexico City to prepare three signature cocktails he has specially designed for the 30th Avocado Festival. “Manny has designed a Traditional Margarita, made with fresh juices (no mix); a Hibiscus Paloma; and a Picante Margarita, made with jalapeño!” explained MacDonald.
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Boys and girls ages 6 to 10 can enter the Little Miss and Little Mister Avocado contest at the festival.
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