No Title




ARTIST’S TOUCH—Professional carver Doug Goodreau creates a jack-o-lantern at his booth on Lost Hills Road at the Calabasas Pumpkin Festival on Sun., Oct. 21. Right, Joelle Better, 6, and Maayan Friedenberg, 6, paint their pumpkins.

ARTIST’S TOUCH—Professional carver Doug Goodreau creates a jack-o-lantern at his booth on Lost Hills Road at the Calabasas Pumpkin Festival on Sun., Oct. 21. Right, Joelle Better, 6, and Maayan Friedenberg, 6, paint their pumpkins.

The 10th annual Calabasas Pumpkin Festival brought a weekend’s worth of fun to Juan de Anza Park in a fitting tradition for the city whose name is believed to have come from the Spanish word calabaza, meaning gourd or pumpkin. The City of Calabasas and its Chamber of

Commerce sponsored the annual festival.







SO MANY PUMPKINS, SO LITTLE TIME—Alana Martin, 2, makes her way through afield of pumpkins looking for just the right one.

SO MANY PUMPKINS, SO LITTLE TIME—Alana Martin, 2, makes her way through afield of pumpkins looking for just the right one.

 

 

 

 

CROWD PLEASER—Above, Drew Haber, 6, of Thousand Oaks sends a big smile to his mother during the festival’s pumpkin pie eating contest. Left, an enthusiastic crowd cheers contestants in the adult pumpkin pie eating contest. Pumpkin seed spitting contests and competitive mummy wrapping ( T.P. anyone?) were also part of the day’s fun. For the more discerning guests, pumpkin beer was served along with various other refreshments. According to experts on the subject, pumpkins, which originally come from Latin America, were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. Today they’re a sign that Halloween in just around the corner, next Wednesday, in fact.

CROWD PLEASER—Above, Drew Haber, 6, of Thousand Oaks sends a big smile to his mother during the festival’s pumpkin pie eating contest. Left, an enthusiastic crowd cheers contestants in the adult pumpkin pie eating contest. Pumpkin seed spitting contests and competitive mummy wrapping ( T.P. anyone?) were also part of the day’s fun. For the more discerning guests, pumpkin beer was served along with various other refreshments. According to experts on the subject, pumpkins, which originally come from Latin America, were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites. Today they’re a sign that Halloween in just around the corner, next Wednesday, in fact.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *