Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze

Darren Peacock drives a 1949 Gibson Super D2 tractor down state Highway 112 during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival grand parade.

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival organizer John Kent, left, presents the key to the city, a hatchet fashioned into a key, to Emil Moilanen, the honorary mayor for the day, a retired teacher at Joyce School, during Saturday’s grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival organizer John Kent, left, presents the key to the city, a hatchet fashioned into a key, to Emil Moilanen, the honorary mayor for the day, a retired teacher at Joyce School, during Saturday’s grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie-making contest winners, from left, Aria Turrey of Sequim, third place, Tamara Ghormley of Clackamas, Ore., first place, and Joe Dinius of Port Angeles, second place, display their creations at the conclusion of judging on Saturday at Joyce Daze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie-making contest winners, from left, Aria Turrey of Sequim, third place, Tamara Ghormley of Clackamas, Ore., first place, and Joe Dinius of Port Angeles, second place, display their creations at the conclusion of judging on Saturday at Joyce Daze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rosalie and Dave Secord, longtime members of the old-time and bluegrass music group Luck of the Draw, perform at Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The Secords, who have been festival music organizers and have performed at Joyce Daze since its inception 42 years ago, will retire from the event and turn musical direction over to others. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rosalie and Dave Secord, longtime members of the old-time and bluegrass music group Luck of the Draw, perform at Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The Secords, who have been festival music organizers and have performed at Joyce Daze since its inception 42 years ago, will retire from the event and turn musical direction over to others. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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