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MangoMania tickets now on sale

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The advance-sale tickets for the 15th annual MangoMania Tropical Fruit Festival that takes place on July 30 and 31 on the grounds at the German-American Club are now available at several locations on Pine Island. The tickets are $5 each, a savings of one dollar on general admission the days of the festival. TIB Bank is offering the tickets for sale at all their branches in Lee County including Fort Myers, Cape Coral, and Pine Island. The tickets are also available at Stonegate Bank (previously SW Capital Bank) and SunTrust Bank here on the island as well as the Pine Island Chamber of Commerce Welcome Center.

MangoMania is shaping up to be an exciting two-day festival this year. Live entertainment is scheduled throughout the event, and includes local favorites Soap Box, Mike Iambasciani, Stringtown, Caribbean Clint, and the Mary Winters Band, with performances each day by the dance groups the Hot Flashz, the Calendar Girls, and the Arthur Murray Dancers.

Guests can join in the tropical hat parade each day, participate in one of the games or contests, prepare you favorite mango recipe for the food judging competition, taste local mangoes and other tropical fruit, and experience “All Things Mango.”

Named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast for July by the Southeast Tourism Society, MangoMania is sponsored by the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce, the News-Press Media Group, the Breeze Newspapers, LCEC, SW Florida Parrot, Coastal Gigs, Terrasi Media, the Lee County Visitor and Convention Bureau, Honc Industries, April’s Island Salon, Caloosa Tent and Rental. New this year are our Pine Island “Mini sponsors” that include: Ad&PrintCraft of SW Florida, Anglers Inn at Matlacha, Bob and Annie’s Boat Yard, Island Floors, Knoll’s Court Motel, Little Lilly’s Island Deli, Low Key Tiki, Monroe Canal Marina, Paradise Gardens of Pine Island, Pine Island Realty, Terri James, Two Fish Inn, Two Fish Vacation Rental, Waterfront Restaurant, and York Road Marina. The Pine Island Chamber of Commerce thanks each of our sponsors, particularly our local businesses that are supporting MangoMania.

For more information, visit the website www.mangomaniafl.com, or call the chamber for details – 283-0888. We hope to see you there!!