At 05:23 PM 8/22/00 EDT, Shantihhh@aol.com wrote: > > > ><< Who is going to Bowers Festival this year? >> > > Is this Mike Bowers' Festival? > >Where and When??? > >Mary-Anne That would be poetic, wouldn't it? Actually it started as a walk through of Meadow View farm, a Mennonite farm in eastern Pa. 6 or 7 years ago as a way to promote their specialty produce. After a couple years they got together with the local village of Bowers to sponsor a full blown chile festival complete with vendors, live music, tours of the farm and of course a chile eating contest (which was won last year by a member of the Chileheads contingent). There is an article about the farm in the latest issue of Chile Pepper Magazine. Photos of last years festival can be seen at: http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/bowers99/ =Mark