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Norwalk Seaport Association 2012 Oyster Festival Opening Night

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A comically competitive sawing contest draws onlookers at The Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
From left, Daniel Derraugh, 14, Patrick Seresin and Cheslea Seresin watch as an oyster is shucked, revealing a pear. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Norwalk High School sophomores Deshawn Lakran and Quintessa Gousse advertise the NHS dunk booth. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Laura Blair of Wilton shows off her new chair, a gift from the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Mindy Stewart of Fairfield, right, and other members of the Bucket List Club recently swam with the sharks. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Lennie Kaumzka shows off his lanterns Friday at the Oyster Festival. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Marcella Kruy of the St. Ann Club is "the fastest roller in the west -- or the east," John Dietl said. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
St. Ann Club's men fry up dough for the pizza frittas. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Fannie Marucci's father, Patsy Cutrone, was a founding member of the St. Ann Club. She has been president three times. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
St. Ann Club President Betty Tavella Brink, left, and Ada Ruggiero, right, roll out dough Friday. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Diary, wheat and gluten free treats for sale at Loraina's Italian Specialties. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
A fast drop thrills riders of the Rip Cord Friday at the Norwalk Seaport Association 35th Annual Oyster Festival. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Thrill seekers take a spin Friday at the Norwalk Seaport Association 35th Annual Oyster Festival. Photo Credit: Nancy Guenther Chapman
Read the Article Norwalk's Annual Oyster Festival Draws Thousands

NORWALK, Conn. – It was 8:30 p.m. Friday, and the ladies of Norwalk's St. Ann Club had already gone through 800 balls of dough. And the dough was rolling in for the Norwalk Seaport Association, as thousands of people descended upon Veterans Memorial Park for the 35th Annual Oyster Festival.

St. Ann's Pizza Fritta, a traditional treat, was selling well. Loraina's Italian Specialities was drawing curious people at its nearby booth, where a young man handed out samples of gluten-free cannolis. Oysters were for sale at another booth, and patrons squirted hot sauce on their ...
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