Norman, Oklahoma, USA

30th Firehouse Art Center Chocolate Festival
January 28, 2012 from 10am - 2pm
The National Center for Employee Development (Postal Training Center - NCED)
2801 State Highway 9
Norman, OK

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New Location for 30th Firehouse Art Center
Chocolate Festival

NORMAN, OK – Join Firehouse supporters and chocolate lovers to
celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Chocolate Festival on January
28, 2012 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The National Center for Employee
Development (Postal Training Center - NCED), located at 2801 State Highway 9,
East. “We are excited that the venue
will provide a more spacious setting for the festival and are looking forward
to expanding selections this year,” said Executive Director, Douglas Shaw Elder.
“Last year’s large turnout dictated that we move the event to a larger venue. And, we are also restricting the number of
tickets offered in each time slot in order to improve the overall experience
for attendees.”

Children will have the opportunity to design their unique
vision for the Firehouse “Creative Cube Project.” They will be able to submit
photos of their cubes to the Firehouse
Art Center’s

Facebook page where the public will
be able to vote for their favorites. The
most popular “cube” from each division will be eligible for a free art class
and Chocolate Festival tickets for 2013. All children are encouraged to
participate in these free events; paid admission to the Chocolate Festival is
not necessary. Firehouse faculty and University
of Oklahoma Fine Art
students will assist children with their work. Instructors will be on hand to demonstrate
and discuss the children’s and adult art education programs at the Firehouse Art Center
as well as educational efforts at local schools.

The Firehouse Art Center’s Chocolate Festival was
voted “Best Local Festival” in the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards from The Norman Transcript, received “the
Best of the Best 2011” as Best Charity Event from Oklahoma Magazine and won the 2009 Frontier Country Grand Award for
Outstanding Food Festival in Central Oklahoma. It has been ranked third among
food festivals in the U.S.
by the Food Network and has been featured in Southern Living magazine.

The Chocolate Festival is the Firehouse Art
Center’s only annual fundraiser
and membership drive. All proceeds from
the annual Chocolate Festival help support children’s arts education, exhibits
and programs, such as Art Education in Schools, offered to the community by the
Firehouse Art Center.
Find additional information on the
website, www.normanfirehouse.com

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