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Since
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Fairfield Downtown Association

FAIRFIELD DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION
PRESS RELEASE:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact Person: Emily Low
Main Street Program Coordinator
Fairfield Downtown Association
707-422-0103
elow@ci.fairfield.ca.us
Subject:
Candy Festival and Fall Craft Faire

The Fairfield Downtown Association and the City of Fairfield will present its first annual Candy Festival and Fall Craft Faire on Saturday, October 6, 2001.

The family event will celebrate Fairfield¹s growing role as the ³Candy Capital of Northern California.² We will focus on children¹s activities and entertainment, and provide opportunities for parents and children to play together.

Candy making, tasting and sales will make up an important part of our festival. Candy and ice cream manufacturers will bring in samples for tasting and products for purchase. There will be ³how to² lessons put on by candy-making experts and cooking contests for candy, baked goods and ice cream. There will also be cake and cookie decorating contests, and we¹ll have a candy costume contest.

Downtown merchants will be invited to decorate their storefronts, and prizes will be awarded in three categories: Most Creative, Most Nostalgic, and Most Related to Theme.

There will also be great opportunities for families to enjoy a root beer float or a custom made sundae at our Olde Fashioned Ice Cream Social to be held at Fairfield Center for Creative Arts.

Children of all ages will enjoy a free screening of the popular movies, ³Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,² and ³Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.² There will be free family arts and crafts activities as well as commercial vendors with a climbing wall, an inflatable slide and a train.

Clowns, jugglers and mimes will wander the festival to entertain and amaze the crowd, and a stage with day-long free musical entertainment featuring barbershop quartets, ragtime bands and big band era music will be erected on Texas St in front of Fairfield Center for Creative Arts.

Food vendors will feature an array of candy-themed goods, including fudge and saltwater taffy, root beer floats and smoothies. Craft vendors will feature classic handcrafted treasures.

The festival is in the early planning stages now, so the involvement of the community is invited. Sponsorship opportunities are available for local businesses, and there may be a fundraising opportunity for a local non-profit group.

For more information about the 2001 Candy Festival and Fall Craft Faire, please contact Emily Low, Main Street Program Coordinator, Fairfield Downtown Association, at 707-422-0103. Emily can also be reached via email at elow@ci.fairfield.ca.us.