Re: Largest Pumpkin Festivals....
Wayne: Never been there myself either but i hear it's a sight to be
seen.
hey i caught you on "i think it was To Tell The Truth"? a month or so
ago, didn't even know that show was still around? i was surfin through
the channels on a day i'd normally be in work "must have been a
holiday"? and lo and behold hey that looks like Wayne, and it was!
you sure fooled all of them.
Glenn
Pumkinguy@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/5/01 1:47:24 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> gpeters@ll.mit.edu writes:
>
> <<
> The 10th Annual Keene Pumpkin Festival
> Oct. 28; Keene
> 603-358-5344
> This festival sets the Guinness World Record each
> year for "most
> jack-o'-lanterns in one place at one time." The 1999
> record consisted
> of 16,349 pumpkins. This year's goal is 20,000. Grab
> your pumpkin
> and help set a world record.
>
> Glenn Peters
> >>
> Glenn,
> My son goes to Keane State. Each one of the 20,000 jack o' lanterns are
> lit also. The Keane State Cheerleaders came to my pumpkin patch this year and
> left with 1,200 pumpkins that we donated. I never heard if they broke their
> record. Unfortunately, it is a festival that I may never see. We have 3,000
> people at our house for Halloween and are franticaly getting ready for
> ours......it takes us 2 weeks to set up. I think there is a place
> overseas.....Belgium comes to mind, but i may be wrong. They had over 100,000
> pumpkins..maybe more. Keanes claim to fame is that they are all carved and
> lit at the same time. I believe 50,000 people converge on the small New
> Hampshire town that night.
> pumkinguy
>
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