Are you NRG’s biggest fan? If so, you could score tickets to this year’s hottest concert! Youth pop band NRG and the Plant City Times & Observer are teaming up to give one lucky winner tickets to The Band Perry. The Band Perry prize pack includes two general admission tickets, as well as two tickets […]
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Rascal Flatts Prize Pack Winner: Chelsea Talavera!
Well, it’s official: Plant City loves NRG and Rascal Flatts! We were overwhelmed with entries for this contest — and all had great suggestions and stories behind them. In the end, Chelsea Talavera’s entry stood out just a little from the rest: I would love to hear NRG perform “Stand” by Rascal Flatts. I believe […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: STYX
The 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival’s opening day culminated with a performance by classic rockers STYX Feb. 27, on the Wish Farms Soundstage. The band played many of its hits, and Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Jessi Rae Varnum even took the mic for the opening of “Come Sail Away.”
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Festival makes traffic-flow improvements
If the commute to and from the Florida Strawberry Festival has been an annual headache, raise your hand. Now, breathe a sigh of relief: Many of the problems have been addressed. According to Phil Waldron, who oversees traffic policies and procedures for the festival, the Plant City Police Department has examined all the problem areas, […]
Continue ReadingA note from the Festival General Manager Paul Davis
The Florida Strawberry Festival is a special occasion during which Plant City shines. The entire town pauses for 11 days to celebrate our bountiful agricultural harvest. On behalf of our more than 2,000 volunteers, our staff members and our board of directors, I welcome you to the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival. Here is a sneak […]
Continue ReadingA Girl and Her ‘Gus’
Gus is a 265-pound Hampshire pig and looks like a giant Double Stuf Oreo cookie. Kenley Connell is an outgoing Lincoln Elementary School third-grader, who is maybe one-third of the size of her pig. Together, they make quite the team. Kenley and Gus are gearing up for the ag competitions at the 2014 Florida Strawberry […]
Continue ReadingQ&A With The 2014 Queen and Court
To become a member of the Florida Strawberry Festival Queen and Court is to enter a special Plant City sisterhood. Five new young women were inducted into that elite group Jan. 25, at the 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival Queen Scholarship Program. Queen Jessi Rae Varnum, First Maid Lindsey English and court members Macaley Barrow, Kallee […]
Continue ReadingSt. Clement volunteers serve up festival shortcakes
Buzzing like a hive, 150 volunteers scurry around the fellowship hall of St. Clement Catholic Church. It is just one day before the beloved Florida Strawberry Festival, and the church has one of just three booths on the entire grounds that offers the city’s signature strawberry shortcake. Last year, green-aproned volunteers sold more than 90,000 […]
Continue ReadingARTIST PROFILE: The Band Perry
The 2014 Florida Strawberry Festival will culminate with one of the hottest acts in American country music. Huddled up in Canada last month, The Band Perry will migrate south for the Florida Strawberry Festival in the middle of its world tour. The 2014 appearance will be the siblings’ second time performing in the Winter Strawberry […]
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