Open casting call for Mrs. Holiday, a new Taste of Home holiday spokesperson

Wanted:  Women with a talent for cooking, an enthusiastic love of the holidays, and the capacity to dream!  Taste of Home magazine is bringing its national search for Mrs. Holiday, a new holiday spokesperson, to the Lake Buena Vista Courtyard Marriott, Village Hall, 8623 Vineland Avenue, Orlando, FL, on Thursday, July 26, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

The search for Mrs. Holiday seeks to identify an American woman, age 18 or older, who truly embodies the spirit of the holidays, whether it be Valentine's Day, Independence Day or Thanksgiving.  Mrs. Holiday will be an advocate, an ambassador, and an inspiration to the country.  She's got memorable recipes combined with a celebration attitude, and is ready to serve up a helping to assist every American family in making the most of the holidays.  The woman crowned Mrs. Holiday by Taste of Home will receive $50,000 and the chance to live out her celebrity spokesperson dreams by sharing her talent, recipes, and enthusiasm with millions of Taste of Home readers as she travels the country, making live appearances, participating in interviews and cooking segments, and regularly contributing content to Taste of Home magazine.

No experience is necessary to audition.  Entrants should come prepared with their signature recipe in writing and any decorations, food, photos, costumes, or other props they would like to include when taping their 2-minute video audition to be posted on Facebook.

The American public is voting on the entrant auditions and recipes until September 7.  A panel of experts will choose Mrs. Holiday from the top 100 finalists by popular vote.  For more information about The Search for Mrs. Holiday and to view examples of audition videos, please visit www.facebook.com/tasteofhome.  To enter or vote, please "like" the Taste of Home Facebook page.