Everett Cityfest 2014 – Another corporate gig!
Saturday, September 13th, 2014
The city of Everett has a yearly celebration where they close off Norwood street and fill it with music and vendors. It’s kind of like the Newton Highlands Village Day we did last year.
A national hotel chain wants to build a casino in Everett and is trying to finalize the plans with the town. They had a tent set up at this event and wanted to illustrate what their plans looked like. They also wanted to give something away to the crowd to attract more interest in their tent. Their event manager thought kettle corn would attract a lot of people since we tend to stink up the joint when we pop. They liked what they saw on our website and thought our colors matched their casino theme. They hired us to make 300 half-size bags and give them away to the crowd. It’s not every day you get pre-paid to pop, but when it happens it makes a really fun day.
I knew once the word got out that there was free kettle corn was to be had, 300 bags wouldn’t cut it. It can turn into a shark feeding frenzy when you just hand the stuff out. Sure enough, our smell went down the street, a line formed that went out side their tent and we hit 300 bags by 2 o’clock. Ultimately we ended up giving away 700 bags. Normally we like to seal everything up so people can take it home, but at this rate you just scoop and toss the stuff out. The day went off really well, everyone was happy and it looks like they want us back next year.
