{"id":2067,"date":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nice-cori.104-207-151-122.plesk.page\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T00:00:00","slug":"taste-of-wdstk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/taste-of-wdstk","title":{"rendered":"Around Woodstock | Taste of WDSTK | Woodstock GA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Taste. Repeat. Conquer.<\/h3>\n
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Volunteers, from left, Kelli Miller, Patty Ponder and Ashley Velez, sell tickets for the food tastings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Taste of Woodstock started more than 12 years ago in the Woodstock High School cafeteria as a fundraiser for the school\u2019s band. Five years ago, the school saw an opportunity to partner with the city of Woodstock, and introduce the event to a broader audience.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event, held on the Elm Street Event Green, highlighted 23 of Woodstock\u2019s restaurants and food trucks. Entertainment was provided by the award-winning Woodstock High School Jazz Band, and several local up-and-coming musicians.<\/p>\n

According to Brian Stockton, director of the city\u2019s economic and downtown development, there were about 3,000 attendees with around 32,000 tickets sold. After dividing proceeds with the restaurants, based on the number of tickets collected, it is estimated the event generated about $8,000 for the Woodstock band.<\/p>\n

The money will be used for new band uniforms, which cost an average of $350 per uniform, according to Robert Mitchell, the immediate past president and Taste of Woodstock chair for the Woodstock Wolverine band boosters. There are 175 marching band members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis comes at a critical time, as we are working hard to raise funds for new band uniforms in order to continue to compete at the high level that Woodstock is known for, usually winning our class and often in the running for Grand Champion at competitions,\u201d Mitchell said. \u201cWe are so grateful for the partnership we have with the Woodstock Economic Development Authority, and we look forward to continuing to grow the event for our program and the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donations for the Woodstock High School Band can be made at www.thebandatwhs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\tJoyce and Floyd Gibbons.
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\n\t\t\t\tKaren Silverman and Dustin Petitti of Reel Seafood.
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\n\t\t\t\tFamilies and friends gathered on the Elm Street Event Green to enjoy this year\u2019s Taste of WDSTK.
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\n\t\t\t\tLauren Furber with her daughter, Navy, and son, Cruz.
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\n\t\t\t\tKaylee and Justin Balmes with their daughter, Ella Grace.
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\n\t\t\t\tSpencer Nix raises a toast to the release of WDSTK Pale Ale, a new, draft-only beer found exclusively at participating restaurants in downtown Woodstock.
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\n\t\t\t\tThe downtown Woodstock Mobile Visitors Center.
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\n\t\t\t\tLocal musician Levi Ransom.
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\n\t\t\t\tNorma Jean and Larry Lindsey.
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Overhead shot taken by Bronson Kurtz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Taste. Repeat. Conquer. Volunteers, from left, Kelli Miller, Patty Ponder and Ashley Velez, sell tickets for the food tastings. The Taste of Woodstock started more than 12 years ago in the Woodstock High School cafeteria as a fundraiser for the school\u2019s band. Five years ago, the school saw an opportunity to partner with the city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"aroundwoodstoc","author_link":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/author\/aroundwoodstoc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundwoodstockmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}