May 10, 2025 • 14 mins
May 24th at 10am it is the 65th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Parade
Location: Starts at 9th and Chapman Streets
Celebrities: The parade will feature celebrities who will also be at the Opening Ceremony on Friday, May 23rd at 6 p.m.,
Grand Marshals: This year's Celebrity Grand Marshal is Kate Linder, and Civil Rights icon Sylvia Mendez will serve as the Theme Grand Marshal, according to a news release.
Autograph Session: A celebrity autograph session will follow the parade at approximately 1 p.m. at the Courtyard Center.
Other Activities: The festival offers a variety of entertainment, including live music on two stages, carnival rides and games, food and craft vendors, and family-friendly contests, according to the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival website.
Celebrity VIP Breakfast: There will be a Celebrity VIP Breakfast before the parade at the Garden Grove Community Center from 8:15 AM.
Location: Starts at 9th and Chapman Streets
Celebrities: The parade will feature celebrities who will also be at the Opening Ceremony on Friday, May 23rd at 6 p.m.,
Grand Marshals: This year's Celebrity Grand Marshal is Kate Linder, and Civil Rights icon Sylvia Mendez will serve as the Theme Grand Marshal, according to a news release.
Autograph Session: A celebrity autograph session will follow the parade at approximately 1 p.m. at the Courtyard Center.
Other Activities: The festival offers a variety of entertainment, including live music on two stages, carnival rides and games, food and craft vendors, and family-friendly contests, according to the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival website.
Celebrity VIP Breakfast: There will be a Celebrity VIP Breakfast before the parade at the Garden Grove Community Center from 8:15 AM.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We are excited to have our friends from the annual
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It is the sixty fifth annual
Garden Grove Strawberry Festivals. And the thing that they do.
I don't understand this. I guess it's marketing. It's all
about peaches.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
This year. Everything is peaches. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I guess your curveballs are nice. Keep people guessing is
straw No, it's about strawberries. You can find out more
at Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. And
we have wing lamb my buddy who's been on the
show many many times and he has become a good friend.
We've got Andrea, and we've got Taylor. That's everybody, right, yep,
(00:43):
both of you. Perez PRESI Perezi. Nice to see you folks.
Well I get to see about once a year. Oh no,
it's it's a given.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
You know. It's funny.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Our executive producer, Michelle Cube reached out and she said, hey,
you know, to all the shows, let's them know that
you guys were available.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I like, already booked, Thanky, already done. Thanks. So what
are you excited about this year?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What can people look forward to it's coming up May
twenty third through May twenty six.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Oh gosh, this year we're celebrating everything strawberry. We have
some great sponsors this year, some food items that we
brought for you. So just a great community annual event.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Have you ever not celebrated everything strawberry at the Strawberry Festival?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We're doing more. We're adding more every year.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Every year you.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Can squeeze even more strawberry jewish out of the strawberry.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, what's your favorite?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
By the way, I mean, obviously you like strawberries, but
you're gonna be around you do, right?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
I do?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I love strawberries.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Okay, I thought she was going to say, no, I
got I love it all.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I can't just choose one. It's like you can't choose
a favorite child.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Hey, well, but I like them in their natural state.
My son, he just in their natural s we can
grow them in the backyard. And he's like, gosh, I
wish this was bigger.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I actually love strawberries and cereal.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Oh yeah, like uh milk with like special k or
what are you talking?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Cheerios?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
That's great sweetness.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
That's weird because the cheerios are kind of boring, But
the sweetness of the strawberries just make them taste so good.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Okay, but I see, I'll do that with bananas like
in cornflakes. But it's right, there's something about the boringness.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, it's like my wife and me.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
She compliments the boringness that is me with their beauty
and intelligence. That works out nice.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
That's what my husband says.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
See he's a good man, he is, and he's doing
something special for you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yes, he's like, here, I made you strawberries.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He here's your cheery and strawberries. You freak Happy Mother's
Day again every year, same same and wing what are
you doing with them again?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Actually this show last year we made some salsa.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
This year we have a strawberry watermelon drink with Frisco basically, right,
So we got some drinks here for you to try
out as well. But it's going to be a lot
more fun because it was a lot you know, yeah,
hear eat easier to make it so that all the stores.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
You know, have it for the whole month of May
and maybe even to the summer.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yeah, it's it is one of those flavors that just
you can't you can't lose. I mean everything from breaking
it down for a filling and something sweet.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, it just is, you know, as as an ice treat.
It's a fantastic flavor.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
It's just one of those things, and it's it's better
in its natural state than like a flavor version.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You know, it's like one of those things that you
just it's like there's nothing they can do to make
it better than it is.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Unless obviously you can have it with yogurt.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I mean, but you know what I'm saying, like a
fake flake, like they do like a candy strawberry. Fine,
you know, sometimes I like the taste of faked cherry
more than a regular cherry. But strawberries, it's it's only
the best in that particular state. So you work with
them coming up with fun concoctions. I know, I remember
(04:16):
the salsa from last year. Yep, it was fantastic. You're
gonna make a strawberry taco.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
One of these things.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Does strawberry go with fish? You never know who's going
to have strawberry tacos.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
You know, we have mango, we got pineapple. There's all
kinds of stuff that you put on the topping.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Yeah, but I wonder if that would go.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Would be more dessert the ish if you didn't have
the protein in it, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
But one of the things that we'll.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Talk about trying to think what protein would go with strawberries.
I just think I could. You could break it down
and do it.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
You could.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
I mean, like, un you know, I want you to
commit something now.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I Am going to come up with it.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And then when people are like, oh my god, if
you taste that weird concoction, I'll go, yeah, my idea,
Neil's idea.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, that was horrible.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You should never have You should never have a chain
of taco places like oh, I know, right, that's why
wings there. All right, we'll be back with more talking about,
you know, the details for it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Obviously.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
It's Friday May twenty third through Monday May twenty six,
the sixty fifth annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It's Memorial
Day weekend, if that makes it easier for you. But
it's one of those things, you know, take the family out,
enjoy yourself, and you know, be a part of the
community in these things. It's super important. And man, are
(05:30):
we lucky to be in southern California where there is
such fertile land and that gives back to us constantly.
And the event is is it free.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
To get it? It is?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
That's what I thought.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
It's always been free, right Yeah, five years excellent. Well
that's I've got that on me right now. Yeah, I
could go right now. I could bring at least five
friends and I could cover.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
All of them.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Yep, absolutely for free.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Get I'll worry about that all right.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Stick around the sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
come in Memorial Day weekend. Find out more at Strawberry
Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. Of course, the
Strawberry Festival is what we're talking about right now, Memorial
Day weekend. The sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
May twenty third through May twenty six. Find out more
(06:26):
at Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. Wing
Lamb is with us. Andrea and Taylor Perez are as well.
They come in your yearly to tell us about the
fun and the things they have. What's new this year
that you're excited about, or what's different that people will
want to know about Strawberry.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
It doesn't have to be new. What's something that you're
excited about?
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Well, as always, we are very excited for the free cake.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Nice save, thank you.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
And if you want more details. On Friday twenty third
at six pm on Main Street and Garngrove you can
join us to help kick off the opening ceremony where
we serve up to two thousand pieces a free strawberry
cake provided by French's Bakery.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
So just a surfing of mine, what is everybody else?
That's awesome and it's a I mean, take a wild
stab a strawberry cake.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
But you know, listen, I've been doing this a long time.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
You're not going to understand if I explain the nuances
of what I do. But that is it just is
a great celebration of fresh parts of California, the fact
that we grow so many wonderful things here and to
get everybody out together on Memorial Day weekend, I think
is a blastics for family. It's free. Talk about the typical,
(07:52):
typical experience. Okay, they pull up, they get into the
fairgrounds for the festival there, and what's the first thing
they should do to experience it?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Well, if they come Friday, they're going to go get
our cake, right, but if they come Saturday morning, they
should hit up our breakfast at the Garden Grove Community
Center that's open to the public, and we have all
of our celebrity guests and VIPs there. And there is
a parade day, right, be'st parade Day, and then the
parade starts at ten o'clock. And this year our Grand
Marshal for the parade is Kate Linder from Young and
the Restlers Vera that yeah, and our theme grand Marshal
(08:26):
is Sylvia Mendez, a civil rights activists. Yeah, and we
have some great, great celebrities in our parade this year.
So come to the prey check it out, and then
afterward go eat, go have some lunch, buy some rides,
go on the ticket excuse me, buy some tickets, go
on the rides, and then go shopping and just enjoy
the day and your family make some family fun memories.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
But also do not forget to stop buying and take
a picture with the Strawberry Festival mascot by that's right,
the biggest berry ever. Your son would love it.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
The biggest berry ever. How do you know.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
It's a secret.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
No, wait, you have to go and find her.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Justin you've been all over Root sixty six. Is there
a big strawberry anywhere else?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Gilroy, there's the big garlic. Okay, you're safe. Yeah, you're safe.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But you're throwing your you know, your mouth is writing
checks that your strawberry not might not be able to cash,
is what I'm saying. So that is super cool. And
do people really line up and get their pictures?
Speaker 5 (09:26):
And yes, that's very like Mickey Mouse.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Only a strawberry.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yes, yeah, they love the strawberry.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Oh how cute. So this is this is all the
pictures with people the strawberries.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
That's great. I've met the strawberry. I don't mean I
don't like to brag the show. I mean a lot
of people, a lot of famous people, but I've hung
out with a strawberry.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Oh yeah, so lucky shatty. You wouldn't expect the cash shatty.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
I mean you asked one question and it's all, oh, man,
I've met some of these GMO ones without seeds, what's
that about? And I'm like, don't get me started. And
sees all of you've seen those white ones with the re.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
What's that about? What kind of freaking nature is that?
I'm like, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah, wow, very chatty, very chatty do people they experience
the rides, they experienced the great food. You've got yogurt
Land here and all kinds of strawberries just one of
those amazing flavors.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Just the best part about all this stuff is we
partner up with the local charities. So all the booth
and all the proceeds from yogurt Land that will go
to Santiago High School band. When you buy a Niagara
Frescos from Wahoos, that's with the Garden Grove Lions Club.
When you buy one of the inheld pop tarts from
handheld Pies we can call them pop tarts because somebody.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I didn't even hear. I don't even know what you said,
can hell pies I don't even know about.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Charities will benefit from that as well, So we use,
you know, big brands to come in, but we partner
with all the local charities from Garden Grove and all
the money stays right in the community.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Handheld pies that are shaped ironically.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Like pop carts, correct, but ironically that's not that's not
a pop tart, No, that's a rectangle hand pie pastry
treat Yep, cram.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
A Cafe Seal Beach. You can get it there anytime.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
They're delicious.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
I've been eating and enjoying this stuff off the air.
Anything else people need to know?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Well, what about the beers?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yeah, I was just going to say, we've also partnered
with Beechwood Brewery this year again and today we have
two beers for you to try. The first one is
a Belgium style sour al, and that's a strawberry flavored
and the one that you're drinking, she's going to.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Tell you about this is delicious. Okay, So what is
the one I'm having right now? This is fantastic.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
No, you're drinking the Belgian style sour ale. Other one
that's in front of you over here by the handheld pies. Yeah,
is the beach word physical strawberry, hibiscus hard seltzer.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yes, yes, I didn't even know what I had alcohol.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
This is Neil. This is the best show I've been on.
I love you. I'm like, okay, thanks buddy.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
It's gluten free.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Okay, yeah, no one said anything about the alcohol. Dot's not.
It's gluten free. Mmm. Oh that's lovely and refreshing too.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Yes, and it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Also, yeah, yeah, that is a really pretty color never
ever seen anywhere else on earth.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
That is uh.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
But man, and this beer is this beer is on
a day like this, good night perfect when it's hot.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Yeah, and you can You can get these beers at
Beechroy Brewery. They have a loky a tap room and
Garden Grove just steps away from the festival. They also
have one in Huntington Beach and several locations in Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Wow, that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Well it's gonna be you never hear anything bad about
the event. People always love it. They love bringing their family.
So the sixty fifth annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Memorial
Day weekend. Do not pound beer if you're on the air,
because you'll want a bouch, which I will not do.
Friday May twenty third through Monday May twenty six food carnival, rides, games, contests,
(13:28):
live music. A lot going on and it's fur Strawberry
Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. See the world's
biggest strawberry, get a picture and say, hey, you know
Neil says you're chatty, and then the strawberry will go, she'll.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Bow, she'll bow at you or yeah and not anymore
I heard the show.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Nice to see you folks again. We're always going to
see you, buddy. You look great.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Everybody's looking good, healthy strawberries. They're like, yeah, but thanks
for coming in. Nice to see you folks. Have a
great event. Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org.
We are excited to have our friends from the annual
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It is the sixty fifth annual
Garden Grove Strawberry Festivals. And the thing that they do.
I don't understand this. I guess it's marketing. It's all
about peaches.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
This year. Everything is peaches. I don't know.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I guess your curveballs are nice. Keep people guessing is
straw No, it's about strawberries. You can find out more
at Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. And
we have wing lamb my buddy who's been on the
show many many times and he has become a good friend.
We've got Andrea, and we've got Taylor. That's everybody, right, yep,
(00:43):
both of you. Perez PRESI Perezi. Nice to see you folks.
Well I get to see about once a year. Oh no,
it's it's a given.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
You know. It's funny.
Speaker 1 (00:54):
Our executive producer, Michelle Cube reached out and she said, hey,
you know, to all the shows, let's them know that
you guys were available.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
I like, already booked, Thanky, already done. Thanks. So what
are you excited about this year?
Speaker 1 (01:11):
What can people look forward to it's coming up May
twenty third through May twenty six.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Oh gosh, this year we're celebrating everything strawberry. We have
some great sponsors this year, some food items that we
brought for you. So just a great community annual event.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Have you ever not celebrated everything strawberry at the Strawberry Festival?
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We're doing more. We're adding more every year.
Speaker 4 (01:36):
Every year you.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
Can squeeze even more strawberry jewish out of the strawberry.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
Yeah, what's your favorite?
Speaker 1 (01:42):
By the way, I mean, obviously you like strawberries, but
you're gonna be around you do, right?
Speaker 4 (01:47):
I do?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
I love strawberries.
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Okay, I thought she was going to say, no, I
got I love it all.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I can't just choose one. It's like you can't choose
a favorite child.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Hey, well, but I like them in their natural state.
My son, he just in their natural s we can
grow them in the backyard. And he's like, gosh, I
wish this was bigger.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
I actually love strawberries and cereal.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
Oh yeah, like uh milk with like special k or
what are you talking?
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Cheerios?
Speaker 5 (02:12):
That's great sweetness.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
That's weird because the cheerios are kind of boring, But
the sweetness of the strawberries just make them taste so good.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
Okay, but I see, I'll do that with bananas like
in cornflakes. But it's right, there's something about the boringness.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Yeah, it's like my wife and me.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
She compliments the boringness that is me with their beauty
and intelligence. That works out nice.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
That's what my husband says.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
See he's a good man, he is, and he's doing
something special for you tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yes, he's like, here, I made you strawberries.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
He here's your cheery and strawberries. You freak Happy Mother's
Day again every year, same same and wing what are
you doing with them again?
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Actually this show last year we made some salsa.
Speaker 6 (03:01):
This year we have a strawberry watermelon drink with Frisco basically, right,
So we got some drinks here for you to try
out as well. But it's going to be a lot
more fun because it was a lot you know, yeah,
hear eat easier to make it so that all the stores.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
You know, have it for the whole month of May
and maybe even to the summer.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Yeah, it's it is one of those flavors that just
you can't you can't lose. I mean everything from breaking
it down for a filling and something sweet.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
Yeah, it just is, you know, as as an ice treat.
It's a fantastic flavor.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
It's just one of those things, and it's it's better
in its natural state than like a flavor version.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You know, it's like one of those things that you
just it's like there's nothing they can do to make
it better than it is.
Speaker 4 (03:52):
Unless obviously you can have it with yogurt.
Speaker 1 (03:55):
I mean, but you know what I'm saying, like a
fake flake, like they do like a candy strawberry. Fine,
you know, sometimes I like the taste of faked cherry
more than a regular cherry. But strawberries, it's it's only
the best in that particular state. So you work with
them coming up with fun concoctions. I know, I remember
(04:16):
the salsa from last year. Yep, it was fantastic. You're
gonna make a strawberry taco.
Speaker 4 (04:23):
One of these things.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Does strawberry go with fish? You never know who's going
to have strawberry tacos.
Speaker 6 (04:29):
You know, we have mango, we got pineapple. There's all
kinds of stuff that you put on the topping.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Yeah, but I wonder if that would go.
Speaker 6 (04:36):
Would be more dessert the ish if you didn't have
the protein in it, you know.
Speaker 4 (04:40):
But one of the things that we'll.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Talk about trying to think what protein would go with strawberries.
I just think I could. You could break it down
and do it.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
You could.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
I mean, like, un you know, I want you to
commit something now.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
I Am going to come up with it.
Speaker 1 (04:51):
And then when people are like, oh my god, if
you taste that weird concoction, I'll go, yeah, my idea,
Neil's idea.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
Yeah, that was horrible.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
You should never have You should never have a chain
of taco places like oh, I know, right, that's why
wings there. All right, we'll be back with more talking about,
you know, the details for it.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Obviously.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
It's Friday May twenty third through Monday May twenty six,
the sixty fifth annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It's Memorial
Day weekend, if that makes it easier for you. But
it's one of those things, you know, take the family out,
enjoy yourself, and you know, be a part of the
community in these things. It's super important. And man, are
(05:30):
we lucky to be in southern California where there is
such fertile land and that gives back to us constantly.
And the event is is it free.
Speaker 4 (05:43):
To get it? It is?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
That's what I thought.
Speaker 1 (05:45):
It's always been free, right Yeah, five years excellent. Well
that's I've got that on me right now. Yeah, I
could go right now. I could bring at least five
friends and I could cover.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
All of them.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Yep, absolutely for free.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
Get I'll worry about that all right.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Stick around the sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
come in Memorial Day weekend. Find out more at Strawberry
Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. Of course, the
Strawberry Festival is what we're talking about right now, Memorial
Day weekend. The sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival
May twenty third through May twenty six. Find out more
(06:26):
at Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. Wing
Lamb is with us. Andrea and Taylor Perez are as well.
They come in your yearly to tell us about the
fun and the things they have. What's new this year
that you're excited about, or what's different that people will
want to know about Strawberry.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
It doesn't have to be new. What's something that you're
excited about?
Speaker 5 (06:48):
Well, as always, we are very excited for the free cake.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Nice save, thank you.
Speaker 5 (06:57):
And if you want more details. On Friday twenty third
at six pm on Main Street and Garngrove you can
join us to help kick off the opening ceremony where
we serve up to two thousand pieces a free strawberry
cake provided by French's Bakery.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
So just a surfing of mine, what is everybody else?
That's awesome and it's a I mean, take a wild
stab a strawberry cake.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
But you know, listen, I've been doing this a long time.
Speaker 5 (07:28):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
You're not going to understand if I explain the nuances
of what I do. But that is it just is
a great celebration of fresh parts of California, the fact
that we grow so many wonderful things here and to
get everybody out together on Memorial Day weekend, I think
is a blastics for family. It's free. Talk about the typical,
(07:52):
typical experience. Okay, they pull up, they get into the
fairgrounds for the festival there, and what's the first thing
they should do to experience it?
Speaker 3 (08:03):
Well, if they come Friday, they're going to go get
our cake, right, but if they come Saturday morning, they
should hit up our breakfast at the Garden Grove Community
Center that's open to the public, and we have all
of our celebrity guests and VIPs there. And there is
a parade day, right, be'st parade Day, and then the
parade starts at ten o'clock. And this year our Grand
Marshal for the parade is Kate Linder from Young and
the Restlers Vera that yeah, and our theme grand Marshal
(08:26):
is Sylvia Mendez, a civil rights activists. Yeah, and we
have some great, great celebrities in our parade this year.
So come to the prey check it out, and then
afterward go eat, go have some lunch, buy some rides,
go on the ticket excuse me, buy some tickets, go
on the rides, and then go shopping and just enjoy
the day and your family make some family fun memories.
Speaker 5 (08:46):
But also do not forget to stop buying and take
a picture with the Strawberry Festival mascot by that's right,
the biggest berry ever. Your son would love it.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
The biggest berry ever. How do you know.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
It's a secret.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
No, wait, you have to go and find her.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Justin you've been all over Root sixty six. Is there
a big strawberry anywhere else?
Speaker 4 (09:10):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (09:10):
Gilroy, there's the big garlic. Okay, you're safe. Yeah, you're safe.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
But you're throwing your you know, your mouth is writing
checks that your strawberry not might not be able to cash,
is what I'm saying. So that is super cool. And
do people really line up and get their pictures?
Speaker 5 (09:26):
And yes, that's very like Mickey Mouse.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
Only a strawberry.
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yes, yeah, they love the strawberry.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Oh how cute. So this is this is all the
pictures with people the strawberries.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
That's great. I've met the strawberry. I don't mean I
don't like to brag the show. I mean a lot
of people, a lot of famous people, but I've hung
out with a strawberry.
Speaker 2 (09:51):
Oh yeah, so lucky shatty. You wouldn't expect the cash shatty.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
I mean you asked one question and it's all, oh, man,
I've met some of these GMO ones without seeds, what's
that about? And I'm like, don't get me started. And
sees all of you've seen those white ones with the re.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
What's that about? What kind of freaking nature is that?
I'm like, I don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:12):
Yeah, wow, very chatty, very chatty do people they experience
the rides, they experienced the great food. You've got yogurt
Land here and all kinds of strawberries just one of
those amazing flavors.
Speaker 6 (10:29):
Just the best part about all this stuff is we
partner up with the local charities. So all the booth
and all the proceeds from yogurt Land that will go
to Santiago High School band. When you buy a Niagara
Frescos from Wahoos, that's with the Garden Grove Lions Club.
When you buy one of the inheld pop tarts from
handheld Pies we can call them pop tarts because somebody.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
I didn't even hear. I don't even know what you said,
can hell pies I don't even know about.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Charities will benefit from that as well, So we use,
you know, big brands to come in, but we partner
with all the local charities from Garden Grove and all
the money stays right in the community.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
Handheld pies that are shaped ironically.
Speaker 1 (11:11):
Like pop carts, correct, but ironically that's not that's not
a pop tart, No, that's a rectangle hand pie pastry
treat Yep, cram.
Speaker 4 (11:21):
A Cafe Seal Beach. You can get it there anytime.
Speaker 2 (11:24):
They're delicious.
Speaker 1 (11:25):
I've been eating and enjoying this stuff off the air.
Anything else people need to know?
Speaker 4 (11:30):
Well, what about the beers?
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Yeah, I was just going to say, we've also partnered
with Beechwood Brewery this year again and today we have
two beers for you to try. The first one is
a Belgium style sour al, and that's a strawberry flavored
and the one that you're drinking, she's going to.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Tell you about this is delicious. Okay, So what is
the one I'm having right now? This is fantastic.
Speaker 5 (11:52):
No, you're drinking the Belgian style sour ale. Other one
that's in front of you over here by the handheld pies. Yeah,
is the beach word physical strawberry, hibiscus hard seltzer.
Speaker 1 (12:05):
Yes, yes, I didn't even know what I had alcohol.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
This is Neil. This is the best show I've been on.
I love you. I'm like, okay, thanks buddy.
Speaker 5 (12:15):
It's gluten free.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
Okay, yeah, no one said anything about the alcohol. Dot's not.
It's gluten free. Mmm. Oh that's lovely and refreshing too.
Speaker 4 (12:30):
Yes, and it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
Also, yeah, yeah, that is a really pretty color never
ever seen anywhere else on earth.
Speaker 4 (12:37):
That is uh.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
But man, and this beer is this beer is on
a day like this, good night perfect when it's hot.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Yeah, and you can You can get these beers at
Beechroy Brewery. They have a loky a tap room and
Garden Grove just steps away from the festival. They also
have one in Huntington Beach and several locations in Long Beach.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
Wow, that is awesome.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Well it's gonna be you never hear anything bad about
the event. People always love it. They love bringing their family.
So the sixty fifth annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Memorial
Day weekend. Do not pound beer if you're on the air,
because you'll want a bouch, which I will not do.
Friday May twenty third through Monday May twenty six food carnival, rides, games, contests,
(13:28):
live music. A lot going on and it's fur Strawberry
Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org. See the world's
biggest strawberry, get a picture and say, hey, you know
Neil says you're chatty, and then the strawberry will go, she'll.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
Bow, she'll bow at you or yeah and not anymore
I heard the show.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Nice to see you folks again. We're always going to
see you, buddy. You look great.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Everybody's looking good, healthy strawberries. They're like, yeah, but thanks
for coming in. Nice to see you folks. Have a
great event. Strawberry Festival dot org. Strawberry Festival dot org.
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