The 51st annual Apple Butter Festival included several opportunities for the public to show off their varied talents. The Berkeley Springs-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce released the following list of festival parade and contest winners last week.
Parade winners
Best Theme: Sir Reginald and Morgan County Fall Softball Junior Team
Most Adorable Float: The Intimidator
Most Impressive Walking Unit: Empire Cheer
Best Costumes: Town of Bath Historic Landmarks Commission
Best Commercial Entry: Minnicks Auto & Truck Repair
Most Meaningful Float or Entry: Abundant Life Church
Best Fire/Emergency Unit: Berkeley Springs Fire Department
Best Action Entry: Morgan County Tennis Association
Best Vintage Vehicle: Ken Reed
Beard & Mustache Contest
Longest Beard: Oger Lewis, Frostburg, MD
Most Original/Outrageous: Hunter Walls, Berkeley Springs, WV
Softest Beard: Tom Reynolds, Glen Arm, MD
Best Effort: Hobo Houston, Romney, WV
Best Mustache: Austin McBride, Baltimore, MD
Best Overall: Will Fernandes (Mike Tyson), Hedgesville, WV
Baking Contest
Breads, Muffins & Rolls
Nicole Walls — Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls
Melody Brosnan — Caramel Apple Walnut Cinnamon Rolls
Stephen McDaniel — Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls
Cakes
Kobe Frederick — Sugar & Spice Apple Butter Cinnamon & Sugar Cake
Cookies
Lucy Peterson — Apple Butter Cookie Bars
Maria Lo Pesti — Salted Caramel Apple Cookies
Bella Koch — Apple Hermit Cookies
Pies, Pastries & Apple Dumplings
Kendra Shelton — Apple Pie
Melody Brosnan — Apple Pretzel
Joanne Fenninger — Ultimate Honey Glazed Dark Muscovado & Honeycrisp Apple Pie
Miscellaneous
Arnold Family — Open Fire Vittles Apple Butter, Kettle #6
Arnold Family — Open Fire Vittles Apple Butter, Kettle #8
Kathy Boyd — Caramel Apple Butter Cheesecake Dip
Sugar Free
Mark & Laura Glascock — Sugar Free Apple Butter
Arnold Family — Splenda Apple Butter, Kettle #10
Arnold Family — Splenda Apple Butter, Kettle #9
Youth (8th Grade & Under)
Brady Myers — Apple Cider Donut Bundt Cake
Kody Myers — Apple Snickerdoodle Dump Cake
Bella Koch — Apple Tarte Tatin.
