Slices of blackberry pie await visitors to Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Slices of blackberry pie await visitors to Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PHOTO GALLERY: It’s all about the pie at Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival

JOYCE — The 35th annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival was Saturday in Joyce.

The downtown event featured a crafts fair, parade, salmon bake, live entertainment, fresh wild blackberry pies, kids’ games and a raffle.

All proceeds provide scholarships for graduating Crescent High School seniors.

Aria Turreuy, 10, of Port Angeles creates giant soap bubbles during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The annual festival featured food, crafts, youth activities, a grand parade and signature blackberry pie. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Aria Turreuy, 10, of Port Angeles creates giant soap bubbles during Saturday’s Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The annual festival featured food, crafts, youth activities, a grand parade and signature blackberry pie. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Winners of the annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival gather after the competition. The youth winners were, front row from left, Lauren Stephens, 11, of Portland, Ore., first place; Lily Robertson, 9, of Joyce, second place; and Ariana Varholla, 9, of Port Angeles, third place. In the adult competition the top finishers were all from the Joyce area. From left are Katy Thompson, second place; Ashlyn Anderson, first place; and Joan Rogers, third place. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Winners of the annual Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival gather after the competition. The youth winners were, front row from left, Lauren Stephens, 11, of Portland, Ore., first place; Lily Robertson, 9, of Joyce, second place; and Ariana Varholla, 9, of Port Angeles, third place. In the adult competition the top finishers were all from the Joyce area. From left are Katy Thompson, second place; Ashlyn Anderson, first place; and Joan Rogers, third place. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie judges, from left, Blackberry Cafe owner Roxanne Olsen, Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias and Terry Ward, regional publisher of the Olympic Peninsula and Kitsap County newspaper groups for Sound Publishing, sample some of the 18 pies submitted in the competition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Blackberry pie judges, from left, Blackberry Cafe owner Roxanne Olsen, Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias and Terry Ward, regional publisher of the Olympic Peninsula and Kitsap County newspaper groups for Sound Publishing, sample some of the 18 pies submitted in the competition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Grace Spague, left and Rainee Signor, both 15, twirl flaming batons as representatives of the Clallam Bay Twirlers, an entry in the Joyce Daze grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Grace Spague, left and Rainee Signor, both 15, twirl flaming batons as representatives of the Clallam Bay Twirlers, an entry in the Joyce Daze grand parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Zev Flotto-Myers, 11, of Port Angeles, right, sits on the back of Eli, a camel owned by Becky Northaven, left, prior to getting a ride at Joyce Daze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Zev Flotto-Myers, 11, of Port Angeles, right, sits on the back of Eli, a camel owned by Becky Northaven, left, prior to getting a ride at Joyce Daze. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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