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"Got Chocolate? Over 8,000 turn out for chocolate festival" from the Sierra Star in Central California posted on October 13, 2004
The vender booths lined both sides of Golden Oak Drive, filled with everything from kettle corn to pure maple syrup, barbecue beef sandwiches and pomegranate jam. Classic cars were showcased as well, while the children seemed entertained by a bounce house and a dunk tank. In the center of it all, off a little to the right side in a huge white tent, was the chocolate. Thousands of Mountain Area residents and visitors turned out for the sixth annual Wild Wonderful Chocolate Festival in Oakhurst Saturday, organized by the non-profit Wild Wonderful Women. “We’re very pleased,” said Wild Wonderful Women co-founder Marie Lane, wearing a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup apron. “We’ve had people from Texas, San Diego and Oregon. This is a spectacular event and it grows every year. We’re 100 percent non-profit. We have fun and we do good things for the community.” The proceeds for the festival are distributed throughout the local region in the form of scholarships and other donations. The featured hit for Saturday seemed to be the chocolate, with vendors selling everything from chocolate cookies to truffles. A steady stream of attendees made their way to a pair of chocolate fountains, with one pouring out dark chocolate, and one pouring out white chocolate. Chocolate lovers could purchase strawberries, marshmallows, cookies, pretzels and dried apricots and place them gently underneath the fountain. “It’s been overwhelming,” said Ken Rose, owner of California Chocolate Fountains, making his first appearance at the festival this year. “We always bring more than enough (chocolate) wherever we go, although today will be one of the close days. There’s been a line of 20 people at a time today non stop.” Greeting people at the fountains was festival queen Brittany Protzman, 13, of Oakhurst. Nearby, volunteers from the Bass Lake Elementary School were selling caramel apple boats drizzled with chocolate. Christian Wick, 9, fresh off a soccer game, was eager to help customers. In addition to the booths and the chocolate, organizers sponsored several contests throughout the day, including one counting M&Ms. Laura Siakovich-Inshaw, 4, joined forces with her mother to make a guess of 3,121 M&M’s that filled a tall glass jar, just about as big as Laura. The guess was just 15 off, but good enough to win the jar and the candy. Organizers said it was unclear the exact turnout of the festival, but estimated the number of those attending topped last year’s total of 8,000. The total amount raised was also unavailable as of Monday. “It’s a truly wild, wonderful day,” Lane said. “Everybody loves chocolate.”
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