23rd Annual Chocolate Festival - April 17-18 Schedule
                              Washington, KY 

Shops and Street Vendors Open : 10:00 - 5:00 Saturday 
                                                      11:00 - 5:00 Sunday 
Saturday, April 17

10:00 - 5:00    Most Shops open with Chocolates for sale - Ask to Register for Prizes 
10:00 - 5:00    Street Vendors and Vendors inside City Building in center of village
10:00 - 4:30    Paxton House Visitor's Center Open, Tours Available 
10:00 - 5:00    Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum - Open - Selling Chocolates  
10:00 - 5:00    Rob Weingartner, Silversmith - Demonstrating Cutting Stones  
10:00 - 5:00    Sand Art
  1:00 - 2:00    Elvis Presley Show - Jo-EL "Tribute to the King"  
  1:00              Plowing Demonstration across from previous visitor's Center (Log Cabin)
  2:00 - 3:00    Cloggers - Presented by Vicki Morgan & Crew
 3:00 - 4:00     2nd Elvis Show by Jo-EL   

Sunday, April 18 
 
11:00 - 5:00    Street Vendors and Vendors inside City Building in center of Village  
11:00 - 5:00    Most Shops open with Chocolates for sale - Ask to Register for Prizes 
11:00 - 5:00    Rob Weingartner, Silversmith - Demonstrating Cutting Stones 
11:00 - 5:00    Children's Games 
11:00 - 5:00`   Sand Art
11:00 - 4:30    Paxton House Visitor's Center Open - Tours Available 
11:00 - 5:00    Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum - Open - Selling Chocolates 
  1:00 - 5:00    Log Cabin Cruise In - DJ "Just for Fun"-By Log Post Office - Contact Michael Mahaffey 606-759-7409          
  1:30              " Chocolate Candy Hunt" on Harriet Beecher Stowe Museum lawn - sponsored by Maysville 
                       Younger Womans Club 
  3:00 - 4:00   Karly, Dawn & Little Sarie Band - Base, Fiddle, Banjo & Guitar  
  4:00 - 5:00   "Chocolate Creations" Contest, Marshall Keys Tavern, Entries must be received by 4:00,    
                       Judging at 4:30.  Prize for Winner.

Each Shop participates in their own way.  Some will put "Kisses" in bags, have Contests inside their shops, 
"Hourly Drawings" for Chocolates, Free Recipes for Customers, and more.
For Booth Space Contact Marsha Jones (606) - 759-0505  

Sponsored by: Washington Shopkeepers Association  


            23rd  Annual Chocolate Festival April 17-18, 2010, in Washington, KY

Take a step back in time and walk the flagstone pathways where Simon Kenton, Daniel Boone, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston once walked. Along the way you will experience 18th Century architecture and 225 years of well-preserved history.  Born in Washington, Confederate General Albert Sidney was the son of a very prominent doctor whose home is the first museum opened in Mason County..  Washington, Kentucky has been 
home to many doctors and has several to this day.

Plan now to attend a “Pride of Kentucky” festival April 17 and 18.  The 23rd Annual Chocolate Festival, opens Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5. There will be chocolate all along the flagstone path, street vendors, a silversmith demonstrating cutting stones, live entertainment, food, and delicious chocolates as well as children's games and more. On Saturday are the cloggers and two Elvis Presley Shows - "A Tribute to the King", celebrating his 75th birthday.  ...Elvis Presley 
I am a person of many moods....and all of them want some chocolate...I'll do anything for chocolate!  I'll gladly eat my words, if you write them in Chocolate.  Enjoy many varieties of fudge, cookies, Midnight Devil's Food Cake, cream candy dipped in chocolate, chocolate covered peppermint sticks, and peanut butter roll.  Then there is Frozen cheesecake on  a stick, pecan pie, peanut butter pie, bananas, Boboa - all on a stick freshly dipped in chocolate before your eyes - these are a few of your many choices.

On Sunday bring the children to the "Chocolate Candy Hunt" at 1:30 on the Harriet Beecher Stowe Slavery to Freedom Museum.  This event is sponsored by the 
Maysville Younger Womans Club.  Enjoy a 4 string band from 3-4 pm.  From 1-5, is the “Log Cabin Cruise-In”, enter your old cars and trucks.  For more information contact Michael Mahaffey (606) 759-7409.  Have your entries for the "Chocolate Creations" Contest on Sunday from 4:00 to 5:00 pm at Marshall Keys Tavern there by 4:00 pm.  Judging at 4:30 pm. 

Enjoy a visit to the  museums in town including: The Harriet Beecher Stowe-Slavery to Freedom Museum, selling many varieties of chocolates.  This is an annual fund raiser for this museum.  Other museums include: The Albert Sidney Johnston House, Mefford’s Station, Simon Kenton Shrine, The Cane Brake, Paxton Inn, Old Church Museum, and the Presbyterian Church. Tours of the museums throughout the village will be available at the Visitor's Center.  In addition there are several Log Cabins including a post office and personal residences.  

Be sure to visit the many unique shops in town.  Antiques, primitives, collectibles, lamps, jewelry, crafts, candles and complete line of soy products made locally, new gift items or that special something for your home - you can find it in the Washington shops.  Services include a lamp shop, brass & copper restoration and 
framing shops.  There will be door prizes and special chocolate treats available in most shops with many having specials.  Opening during this event is the 
1790 Row House Mall with 10 rooms offering Hand Crafted Furniture, Ceramics, Deco Art & paint supplies, Baskets and basket weaving kits, Cherry Hill 
Crafts, Clay City Pottery, Ann's Candy Shop,  TB's CookieDots, a Christmas Shoppe and Kid's Korner.  Later classes will be offered in Quilting, Ceramics, 
Basket Weaving and Herb Classes in Growing, Cooking, Drying and Other Uses for Herbs.

Everyone wishing to sell their wares call Marsha Jones 606-759-0505 or E-mail: marsha.jones59@yahoo.com     
Home crafted items are encouraged.    For the last 22 years this event has been an annual Chocolate Fix for many.  Mark your calendars now for 
April 17 and 18, and plan to visit a 1700’s community. You will be glad you did!  

Sponsored by Washington Shopkeepers Association with support from the Maysville/Mason County CVB and the City of Maysville. This Washington 
website: www.washingtonky.com keeps the schedule updated as news is received.  Visit other links on our website for pictures and much history on the village, museums, shops and other events.   

 Location: 
Washington is nestled, 4 miles south of the banks of the Ohio River and Maysville, 50 miles northeast of Lexington, KY, 50 miles west of Portsmouth, Ohio, 90 miles west of Huntington, WV and 51 miles east of Cincinnati, Oh, (take the Wilder Exit #77 off I-275 onto Route #9 - also known as the AA Highway), then turn right at the light by Wendy's onto US 68, turn left at the third light up into Old Washington..  Washington is 1 mile south of the AA Highway on US 68.  

You may find us by going to www.mapquest.com  - directions - put your address in and 2112 Old Main Street, Maysville, KY 41056 to get turn by turn directions to the center of our 1700 village of shops, museums, so much history and a hearty welcome.  We are actually in Washington, but since the two towns merged you have to use Maysville (4 miles away) to get directions.  

      
                         
 2007 Chocolate Festival Schedule

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