The First “Jersey Gumbo” Cookoff and Music Festival debuts, June 15, 2013, on
the grounds of Somers Point Fire Company #1 on Bethel
Road. Please see the attached Press Release and
Sponsorship Opportunities for Major Top Line and Presenting Sponsorships, VIP
Vendors and Contestants.
Saturday,
June 15, 2013
SOMERS POINT FIRE COMPANY #1
ALL YOU
CAN TASTE!!
SEAFOOD~SAUSAGE~POULTRY
OKRA~VEGETARIAN~Pork~Beef
And
exotic gumbo
PEOPLE’S & CRITICS
CHOICE award
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE RENOWN
AREA
RESTAURANTS & CHEFS!
Live Music 1:00 ‘till
STARRING
Grammy Winner TERRANCE SIMIEN
& THE ZYDECO
EXPERIENCE
Original Springsteen
E-Street Drummer
Grammy Winner Vini
“Mad Dog” Lopez
And his Caribbean Key
West Band “License to Chill”
Blues Music Award
Winner
Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone
beads! Dancing!! Partying!!
More beads!!!
Beer & wine garden ~full bar with New Orleans
hurricanes,
Key
West margaritas & Caribbean rum
punch
Cajun* creole* Italian & traditional festival foods
available
Vip exclusive tasting time 11am
general admission tasting begins @ 12
NOON
The First “Jersey Gumbo” Cookoff and Music Festival debuts, June 15, 2013, on
the grounds of Somers Point Fire Company #1 on Bethel
Road. Please see the attached Press Release and
Sponsorship Opportunities for Major Top Line and Presenting Sponsorships, VIP
Vendors and Contestants.
Sponsorships, Vendor Opportunities and Contestant Slots will
be limited so let us know ASAP Ed Blake 609-645-3330 Carmen & Nancy Marotta 609-653-6069
COME TASTE! & EXPERIENCE THE FIRST JERSEY GUMBO
COOKOFF & MUSICFEST
The Louisiana Bayou will flow all the way to South Jersey on
June 15, 2013 when Somers Point Fire Company #1 is transformed into a swampy,
steaming collection of Gumbo kettles where you can taste all you want and
experience a world class music festival starring Grammy award winning Terrance
Simien and the Zydeco Experience, popular world music/Louisiana Zydeco
headliner; original Springsteen E Street Band drummer and Grammy winner, Vini
Lopez and his Key West Caribbean Party Band, “License to Chill”; and Blues
Music Award Winner, “Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone” and his Cajun Rock/New Orleans R
& B Band.
More than 20 local
chefs, restaurants and celebrity cooks will be serving up all kinds of Gumbo ~
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, Seafood Gumbo, Jersey Crab Gumbo, Okra Gumbo, Shrimp
Gumbo, Vegetarian Gumbo, Pork and Beef Gumbo
too! And you can taste it all for the
price of admission.
There will be a wide assortment of other foods available for
purchase including famous Formica Brothers Tomato Pies, Canoli, Biscotti,
Italian Pasta dishes from Joe’s Maplewood, Jr’s
Doughnuts and Dogs, real Southern Style Smoked Barbeque and healthy Yogo Frozen
Yogurt Pies! The event will also feature
a beer and wine garden with an assortment of imported and domestic beers,
international wines, mixed drinks, Caribbean Rum Punch, Key West Margaritas, New Orleans Hurricanes and beads, beads, and
more beads!
In addition to all the Gumbo you can taste, guests will be
allowed to vote for their “People’s Choice” for the best seafood/vegetarian and
the best meat/poultry Gumbo. The world
class music festival begins at 1pm with
live music, dancing and partying until 10pm.
VIP
tickets include early entry for “exclusive tasting” at 11am and special VIP
seating and partying areas near the stage.
General Admission starts at 12
noon with tickets priced at only $20. VIP
tickets are $30. Tickets for the event
will go on sale March
1, 2013
A portion of the proceeds from “Jersey Gumbo” will benefit
three Community service organizations, Seashore Gardens,
Access One and the Shirley Mae Breast Cancer Organization. The host sponsor for the event, Somers Point
Volunteer Fire Company #1, will also benefit from the proceeds of the event.
Somers Point Fire Company #1 is located by the ball fields
at 447 Bethel Road in
Somers Point.
For more details, further information and tickets, go to www.Tonymart.com or call Tony Mart Presents
at 609-653-6069 or Ed Blake and Associates at 609-645-3330.
JERSEY GUMBO
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS
$5000 Title Sponsorship - 75 Comp VIP
Tickets
Title Sponsor puts it name on the event and appears with the
Title of the event on all signs, posters, flyers, schedules, advertisements,
t-shirts, cups, etc. The Title Sponsor will appear on a large banner
behind the performance stage for live concerts. This Sponsor will
be a part of all promotion and every mention of the event in publicity and
advertising. This Sponsor will have rights of access to all areas with
multiple display areas and choices of activities to best serve it's goals for
participation and promotion of the event. This Sponsor will have the
right of first refusal to hold this Title Sponsorship for 3 years.
$2500 Presenting
Sponsor - 40 Comp VIP
Tickets
The Presenting Sponsor will appear just below "Jersey
Gumbo" on all places as described above.
Presenting Sponsors will have the privilege to put a banner on the stage
and have a major presence with full access to all areas. Presenting
Sponsors will be prominently displayed at the top of all print media as
described above.
$1000 Top Line Sponsor - 20 VIP
Tickets
The Top Line Sponsor will be a major Sponsor whose name and
logos will be displayed prominently with the entertainment schedule in the
middle of all print media as described above. Top Line Sponsors will be
entitled to participate in every way listed above and have prominent display
areas for publicity and sales of their products and brands.
$500 VIP
Sponsor/Vendor 8 VIP
Tickets
This level of Sponsorship allows participation as a
contestant, vendor and prominent named Sponsor with logo.
$300 Participating Sponsor - 2 VIP
Tickets
This level allows a contestant to also be named as a
participating Sponsor. This level does not include sales of any products
other than the Gumbo prepared for the contest.
$150
Individual Contestant - (non-commercial)
Includes 2 General Admission Tickets
All contestants will be permitted to sell Gumbo or take
orders for future delivery, catering, etc.
