This year’s Cypress Community Festival will be jam-packed with entertainment and food. Especially food, as the chili cook-off and salsa contest will bring out some great entries.
The festival will take place on Saturday, July 23 at Oak Knoll Park located at 5700 Orange Ave.
This year’s Cypress Community Festival will be jam-packed with entertainment and food. Especially food, as the chili cook-off and salsa contest will bring out some great entries.
The festival will take place on Saturday, July 23 at Oak Knoll Park located at 5700 Orange Ave.
At 7 a.m. a pancake breakfast is offered by the Cypress Kiwanis, followed by a 5K/10K Run/Walk at 7:30 a.m. The Festival grounds open at 9 a.m. In addition to the chili cook-off and salsa contest, continuous entertainment will be held on three stages along with a Chamber Business Expo, food and game booths, car show, artisan n’ craft booths, information booths and children’s rides.
Last year’s first prize salsa winner went to Santana’s Salsa. According to this longtime Cypress family, the Santanas were raised in Cypress. About eleven family members, that include Trini, Susie, Rosie, Julie, Melissa and several daughters, all meet and magically make their special salsa “mango” salsa that won first prize. They have competed in the salsa competition since 2003. Trini refused to say what their special ingredient is – but she did say that the Santana family looks forward to having a “big ol’family day” at this year’s Cypress Community Festival.
The chili entry from Kenny’s Muffler won last year’s first prize. Anyone having a special flare in making chili and/or salsa is invited to participate in the 36th Annual Cypress Chili Cookoff and Salsa Contest. Visit the Cypress Community Festival website at cypressfestival.com for more details and to download an application. July 8 is the application deadline. Make your checks payable to “Friends of Cypress Recreation and Parks, Inc. Booth space is limited and is given on a first-come, first-received basis. All proceeds benefit many projects such as park baseball score booths, dugouts, etc. Contact Brian Sunley at 714-828-9551 with your questions.
$5 gets you a Taster’s Choice ballot and “Taster’s Choice” awards will be presented to the Most Preferred Chili and Most Preferred Salsa based on the ballots received from the general public.
