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Pepsi Teams With Cannery Row for a Family Fun Event
WHO:
Pepsi, Cannery Row Company and Cannery Row businesses
WHAT:
Pepsi's Cannery Row Block Party
This event includes47 Cannery Row merchants and 16 restaurants. There will be strolling performances by jugglers, clowns, stilt walkers, balloon artists, musicians and the Monterey Bay Lion Dancers. Musical performances by Chop Tops and Red Beans and Rice will leadon the Steinbeck Plaza Stage. Mid-day Ghirardelli is sponsoring aSundae Eating Contest at the Steinbeck Plaza Stage. A Children's Stage will include magic shows and performances by Mary Lee Sunseri. There will be a face painting booth as well as the Oakland A's pitching booth accompanied by the San Jose Sharks' mascot, "Sharkie." All proceeds from the Pepsi booth sales will be donated to Monterey County Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Cannery Row Foundation.
WHEN:
Sunday, May 2, 2004
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
WHERE:
Cannery Row, Monterey
(Between Hoffman and David Avenue)
RESERVATIONS:
No reservations needed. FREE to the public. For additional information call 831/372-2259 or visit www.canneryrow.com
About Cannery Row
Cannery Row was made famous in John Steinbeck's classic novel depicting life in the "the sardine capital of the world." Today, Cannery Row is a beautiful waterfront playground where visitors from all over the world seek a California getaway as authentic as the coast itself. Cannery Row was named “One of the Seven Wonders of Monterey County” by the Monterey County Herald readers. Cannery Row remains a treasure of California's Central Coast, where a discovery awaits every type of visitor. For more information, visit the official Cannery Row website at www.canneryrow.com.