For Immediate Release
September 29, 2008

Eleventh Annual Arts & Olive Festival Set for October 5 at Cañada College

A day of food, music and fun for the entire family.

The 11th Annual Arts & Olive Festival will be held Sunday, Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cañada College. Admission and parking are free but a $5 donation is requested to support the Cañada College Student Scholarship fund. The college is located at 4200 Farm Hill Blvd. in Redwood City.

The annual celebration on the spectacular college campus overlooking the Santa Cruz Mountains mixes olives, olive oils, vinegars and food with local artists, musicians, dancers, and performers. A list of participating olive vendors and artists is available at www.olivefest.org. There will also be an olive curing demonstration and production presentation from a local olive grower and a Kids’ Corner.

Cañada College used to be known as the “Olive Orchard” many years ago, when cattle roamed across Sand Hill Road and the roundup cowboys brought them to this hilltop to chew grasses under the trees. When construction for the college began more than 40  years ago, the olive trees were carefully removed for protection, and planted temporarily off of the main site in a long trench. The trees were replanted in 1968, just in time for the college’s official opening, and have been thriving ever since. Some 350 olive trees can be counted today throughout the campus grounds.

For more information, contact Julie Mooney at 650-306-3428 or visit us on the Web at www.olivefest.org.

For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340