2nd Annual Fudge Festival To Feature Stone Skipping Contest, Tours
Sweet Treat Has Own Celebration This Month

Plans are underway for the 2nd annual Fudge Festival August 26 to 28, to celebrate fudge on Mackinac Island. One of the highlights will be a golden ticket contest.

“Daddy. . .I want the golden ticket and I want it now!” will feature five participating Island fudge shops. From 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, August 27, five golden tickets will be hidden in fudge boxes. Purchasers of the winning boxes will receive a 2006 visitor package that includes two nights for four people, ferry tickets, a carriage tour, kayaking, lunch, fudge, and a chance to win $10,000 in the Mackinac Heritage Boating Foundation raffle. Participating fudge shops are JoAnn’s Fudge, May’s Candy Shop, Murdick’s Fudge, Murray Hotel, and Ryba’s Fudge.

That evening, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., Maycroft Square Tappers will be performing at Mission Point Theater, followed at 7 p.m. with a performance by the Fine Arts Academy of Dance. The Children’s Ballet Theatre of Michigan will perform Sunday, August 28, at 1 p.m., also at Mission Point Theater. All three performances are free.

A stone skipping competition will be held Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon.

A feather masked wine and fudge tasting and feather sword fencing competition will be held Sunday at the Inn at Stonecliffe. Feather masks are available for purchase at the hotel. Fudge and wine will be paired, and a sword fencing with ostrich feather competition will award the winners a vacation on Mackinac for two.

Fudge dinners will be held Friday, August 26, at 6 p.m. at Village Inn, and Saturday, August 27, at Mary’s Bistro, also at 6 p.m.

Fudge drink specials at bars and restaurants, special fudge treatments at Island spas, hiking and bicycle tours led by Doc Crain, and an architectural walking tour will also be on tap for the weekend.