California Dried Plum Festival
- California Dried Plum Festival
The California Dried Plum Festival, formerly the "California Prune Festival" was an annual festival held in Yuba City, California between 1988 and 2002.
Its September 2002 edition included a freestyle disc tournament organized by the Freestyle Players Association. [ [http://www.freestyledisc.org/result_details.jsp?title=2002%20California%20Freestyle%20Open%20%20-%20California%20Dried%20Plum%20Festival Freestyle Players Association – Freestyle Tournament Results – 2002 California Freestyle Open - California Dried Plum Festival, Sep 7-8 2002, Yuba City, CA, US] ]
The name change in 2001 from California Prune Festival to California Dried Plum Festival provoked some amused comments from onlookers. [ [http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2001/04/09/editorial2.html Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal, April 6, 2001 – A prune by any other name ...by Michael Miller] ]
Parade
Every year, on the Friday before the two-day weekend festival began, the Prune Parade would take place in the downtown district of Yuba City on Plumas Street. Community groups, businesses, and local schools would participate in creating floats for the parade.
Infobox Non-profit
Non-profit_name = California Prune Festival (1988-2000) California Dried Plum Festival (2001-2002)
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Non-profit_type = Fruit Festival
founded_date = 1988
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location = Yuba City, CA
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key_people = Sunsweet Growers Incorporated
area_served = California
focus = Dried Plums
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References
* [http://www.sutterfoods.com/history.htm Sutter Foods – History of the Prune Industry] Discusses growing regions, harvesting techniques and marketing issues such as the California Prune Festival]
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