The Great Americana Banana Split Celebration is August 23-25, 2019 in Downtown Latrobe, PA — where the banana split was invented 115 years ago!
For as much as we would love to host a banana split eating contest, ice cream tends to get a bit too messy when it’s left outside in the August sun. Fortunately, we have another sweet eating contest for people to participate in – the Banana Cream Pie Eating Contest! A time-honored tradition, contestants will be
Who wants free stuff? In honor of the banana split’s 115th birthday we’re lining up weekly summer giveaways to go out to some lucky winners.
Latrobe celebrated a milestone this year with the city’s 50th annual Fourth of July festivities. Our 2019 Banana Split Princess and her court rode on a float decked out in red, white, blue, and ICE CREAM!
The last few months have been a refresher course in civics with some exciting things happening related to the Banana Split Celebration. My high school government teacher and Boy Scout Citizenship in the Community merit badge counselors would be proud.
Calling all instrument-players! If you want to be a part of our celebration’s parade, sign-ups are open for the 2019 Banana Band. No matter what instrument you play, we’d love to have you join us as the band marches around downtown on their way to Valley Dairy via Strickler’s Way to order a split.
Today (June 14) is World Blood Donor Day and its seems fitting to announce that is celebration is partnering with the American Red Cross for a blood donation drive during the Great American Banana Split Celebration. The drive will take place on the first day of the celebration, Friday, August 23, and begins at 1:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church.
Registration for the Gutchess Hardwoods 5K Banana Run is open! Walkers and runners of all ages are invited to participate. Please make sure to register before August 9 to be guaranteed a t-shirt. Online registration is through Active.com.
First, we want to thank everyone that came out for the first-ever Banana Split Princess Pageant at Latrobe Elementary School. The pageant was a massive success and the girls loved making memories with new friends. They had been rehearsing since April,
Our celebration may be in August but there are a few activities leading up to the full weekend event. The first being the Banana Split Princess Pageant on June 2 at 4pm, where the 2019 Banana Split Princess will be named. The past few weeks have been filled with preparations
Before introducing someone new, I want to be sure to say, “Thank you,” to Michael Simons. Michael is the General Manager of SpringHill Suites Pittsburgh Latrobe and served at the event’s committe chair from 2015-2018. It was his leadership and management experience the Greater Latrobe - Laurel