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CLIFTON FORGE - The seventh annual Art of Chocolate Festival will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Moomaw Center on the campus of Dabney Lancaster Community College.
The festival will benefit educational programs at the Alleghany Highlands Arts & Crafts Center in Clifton Forge.
Festival events will include Roanoke Restaurant Chef Jeffrey Bland, demonstrating chocolate during the festival.
Other events will be a live auction, scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., face painting for children by Covington High School art students, cake walks, and vendors selling chocolate products. Chocolate-to-go-plates will also be available for a $5 tasting booklet.
Auction participants must sign up for a number and paddle before the bidding begins. Some of the items offered for bid include – art panels from previous festivals, a one-hour massage courtesy of Jennifer Walton, a picture from Fire & Light Gallery, CDs from harpist Eve Watters, a small hand-painted Native American drum, a hand knitted stuffed owl, a green and white beaded bracelet, a print entitled Ocracoke Dock, a dragon oil candle, and many other unique items.
Attendees can find out who has the best cake, candy, brownie, cookie, pie, cupcake, gourmet or wildcard entry.
It is not too late for you to enter your favorite chocolate recipe in competition. You may pick up an entry form at AHACC.
