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As you Festival, but it has open spaces and a relaxed family would expect, an enormous amount been. It was 1993, atmosphere. At that first festival back of work goes into planning and and there were skeptics, particularly in 1993, there were maybe 50 vendors, presenting this festival, but it’s a labor because George decided to hold his a few food trucks and a bit of live of love for the committee members. fledgling festival at the very same time entertainment. But people loved it. And we, the festival committee, the older, bigger festival was taking Now, the festival boasts nearly 200 extend a warm welcome to all of our place in downtown State College. artisans, specialty food vendors and visitors — first time guests, as well as That festival had been held annually wineries. There are many popular those who have been attending since since 1967. But actually, that was food concessions, and continuous live that very first festival 27 years ago. 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Main St., 5 — People’s Choice Festival 2019 — Centre County Gazette Boalsburg, PA 16827 814-466-7877 How it all comes together By STEVE BIDDLE It probably won’t come as a surprise that there’s an awful lot of work and preparation that goes into The People’s Choice Festival. And it takes place pretty much all year. Co-director Cindy Rockey, who has been with the festival since the beginning, explains, “Our festival committee is comprised of eight different directors, each as important and critical to the organization and presentation of our festival as the other. We have directors’ meetings TIM WEIGHT/Gazette file photo ten months out of the year. There’s a lot more to putting on The People’s Choice Festival in Boalsburg My duties as a co-director are to than many people think, including establishing a wide array of food handle all information, Excel charts vendors. for artists, specialty food vendors, particularly her expertise with office go smoothly. There are many things wineries, community service and protocol and computer programs. to do. center court activities. I also handle all the treasury and bookkeeping duties.” “She is my back-up and “double Don also makes sure all shuttle carts check,” said Rockey. Rockey, Plummer, are running and have full gas tanks. Rockey also serves as the liaison Georgia Madison and Donna Plunkert He manages the volunteers who pick between the committee and The manage check-in day. up trash and recycling. You’ll find him Centre County Gazette, which on the grounds from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., prints this guide, and between the John Madison has also been with available to artists and visitors for committee and GGA Global, which the festival since the beginning, and assistance. produces the website. he’s the other co-director. Every year, he coordinates with all the facility All this would not be possible without Starting in January, Rockey enters providers for everything involved in the volunteers — and Madison makes information for all artist applications the set-up. That means electricity for arrangements for hiring workers and into Excel charts and prepares the lists the entertainment stages and food volunteers for set-up and clean-up for Jury Day. She also prepares, prints vendors. days. and mails all acceptance materials. Arrangements must be made for Then, on a Saturday around mid- tents, trash removal, recycling, toilets, “I try to have six to 10 people for January, it’s Jury Day. That’s when all EMS, golf carts, landscaping, traffic set-up day; we start at 7 a.m. and the committee members gather for control, local police and emergency everything is usually wrapped up by an all-day session, during which all management office and for real three in the afternoon,” he said. Set- the hundreds of applications from time weather updates during the up day is the day prior to the festival’s those who would like to participate in festival. There’s also coordination with Thursday opening. the festival are evaluated, discussed PennDOT, Harris Township and State Doing the Festival lay-out is an and voted on. That’s the day when College police. decisions are made about who will be enormous task. Every year, Madison, invited to participate as an artisan. Madison said, “I also work with Don Don and the volunteers have to find (Rockey) taking care of stages during all the steel pins in the ground, which The committee receives applications off times, and making sure we have mark the outlines of the Outer Artisan from people in all media: painting, everything we need for set-up day, Circle and the Food Court. That’s photography, leather work, metal work which is a vast array of tools, rope, 195 Artisan pins. Then there are the ... the list goes on and on. Following tent stakes, engineering tape, 60 D locations for the “big tents” and the the jurying session, Rockey prepares, spikes, flags … the list goes on and inner circle. prints and mails all acceptance on, believe me.” materials. “We do this with a metal detector, and As the festival’s facilities director, Don every year these steel pins sink down Rockey points out that assistant Rockey works closely with Madison to into the ground.