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WICKED WEATHER AT OZFEST; MANY STAY HOME, BUT RAIN CAN'T DETER TRUE "OZ GEEKS'.(Local)

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From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20060604
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Byline: Aaron Gifford Staff writer

"Wonderful Wizard of Oz" creator L. Frank Baum left his native Chittenango enough characters to the keep the magic alive for at least another 150 years.

Baum's 150th birthday was the theme of the 28th annual OzFest parade Saturday. As usual, bands, floats, Shriner cars and a few original Munchkins joined dozens of young children dressed as characters from 1939's "The Wizard of Oz" movie.

But it was the true "Oz geeks" - those who celebrate Baum's books on which the film was based - that reinvent this intergenerational tradition, ...

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