For the third year in a row, a giant glowing mushroom descended from the crane at State and Union Streets in downtown Kennett, and for the third year, we were there celebrating! This year's event was augmented by a very cool laser light show, and the stage for "The Funsters" oldies band was moved around the corner to Union Street between State and Cypress. The crowd was jovial, the temperature was comfortable (if you were well wrapped up, that is), and I didn't see any obnoxious behavior at all. The only downside was the number of young people I saw who were smoking.
I'm told Kennett Square's "falling fungus" made the national news in a wrap-up of towns that celebrated the New Year in novel ways. And one of my readers was thrilled to see that a mushroom-raising ceremony was held at 8 p.m. for people who didn't want to stay up until midnight (she had suggested the idea months ago).
The next day a friend told me she brought out-of-town guests to the mushroom drop and they had completely misunderstood the event: They thought that at midnight a giant pinata was going to be broken, showering the crowd beneath with mushrooms.
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