Winners of the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival pie contest hold their winning pies after judging. Youth winners were, front row from left, Ariana Varholla, 10 of Port Angeles, second place; Lauren Stephens, 12, of Portland, Ore., third place; and Lily Robertson, 10, of Joyce, first place. Adult winners were, back row from left, Chuck Rondeau of Port Angeles, second place; Katy Thompson of Joyce, first place; and Aimee Durgan of Port Orchard, third place. Judges sampled 16 pies in the adult category and four in the youth competition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Winners of the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival pie contest hold their winning pies after judging. Youth winners were, front row from left, Ariana Varholla, 10 of Port Angeles, second place; Lauren Stephens, 12, of Portland, Ore., third place; and Lily Robertson, 10, of Joyce, first place. Adult winners were, back row from left, Chuck Rondeau of Port Angeles, second place; Katy Thompson of Joyce, first place; and Aimee Durgan of Port Orchard, third place. Judges sampled 16 pies in the adult category and four in the youth competition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PHOTO GALLERY: Pies star in Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival

By Keith Thorpe

Peninsula Daily News

A 1937 logging truck driven by Joyce-area logger John Singhose, accompanied by his wife, Lelah, makes its way down the Grand Parade route during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival for the 36th consecutive year, making it the only vehicle to participate in every Joyce Daze parade since the festival’s inception. The Singhoses were this year’s parade grand marshals. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A 1937 logging truck driven by Joyce-area logger John Singhose, accompanied by his wife, Lelah, makes its way down the Grand Parade route during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival for the 36th consecutive year, making it the only vehicle to participate in every Joyce Daze parade since the festival’s inception. The Singhoses were this year’s parade grand marshals. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Emmaly Wood of Joyce, 10, arranges slices of blackberry pie for sale to the public during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The money raised from the sale of hundreds of slices of pie go into a scholarship fund for Crescent School graduating seniors. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Emmaly Wood of Joyce, 10, arranges slices of blackberry pie for sale to the public during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The money raised from the sale of hundreds of slices of pie go into a scholarship fund for Crescent School graduating seniors. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lauren Hartley prepares salmon planks during a salmon bake hosted by the Crescent Bay Lions Club at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Lauren Hartley prepares salmon planks during a salmon bake hosted by the Crescent Bay Lions Club at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A contingent of American Legion Riders lead the Grand Parade down state Highway 112 at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A contingent of American Legion Riders lead the Grand Parade down state Highway 112 at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Crescent High School cheerleaders lead a contingent of the school’s students and athletes during the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Crescent High School cheerleaders lead a contingent of the school’s students and athletes during the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival Grand Parade on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie contest organizer Deb Moriarity, left, briefs pie judges on contest protocols at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. Judging the pies were, seated from left, Blackberry Cafe owner Roxanne Olsen, Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach, “Art of the Pie” author Kate McDermott and Peninsula Daily News publisher and Sound Publishing vice president Terry Ward. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie contest organizer Deb Moriarity, left, briefs pie judges on contest protocols at the Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. Judging the pies were, seated from left, Blackberry Cafe owner Roxanne Olsen, Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach, “Art of the Pie” author Kate McDermott and Peninsula Daily News publisher and Sound Publishing vice president Terry Ward. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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