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04/24/2003 Archived Entry: "What is the Kansas Sampler Festival?"

WHAT IS THE KANSAS SAMPLER FESTIVAL?

The Kansas Sampler Festival is designed to provide the public a sample of what there is to see, do, hear and taste in Kansas.

The mission of the Kansas Sampler Foundation is to preserve and sustain rural culture and this event, a project of the foundation, helps achieve that mission by giving Kansas communities a quality event to showcase their offerings and it educates the public about Kansas. The intended result is to get more people traveling around Kansas.

There are many aspects to the festival. Beside the community and attraction booths, entertainers come to not only add sound and color but also to get bookings. Kansas product people come not only to sell but to find new retail outlets and for the networking. Food vendors come to showcase Kansas foods, a Kansas style of cooking, or a Kansas restaurant. The public comes because they can find information about the entire state in one place -- and they get to enjoy a broad perspective of Kansas in one weekend. There are thousands and thousands of Kansans---and friends from across the border -- who are interested in finding day trip information and learning the Kansas story.

Above all, the Kansas Sampler Festival is designed to be fun and to show that exploring Kansas is fun. It truly is an event that every Kansan should attend. You'll find out about local cafes and their specialties, where the best soda fountains are, where you can watch a first run movie in a historic theater, where you can take a tram ride into a buffalo herd, where you can buy specialty products in small towns, where you an find amazing grassroots art, and much more. At the Festival, we supply you a sampling, a teaser of what you can see when you go from town to town across Kansas.

It is an event that makes you feel good about being a Kansan!

For more information about the Kansas Sampler Foundation, go to www.kansasampler.org. Scroll down for further listings.
(Taken from the Kansas Sampler Festival Program, by Marci Penner.)