Volunteers and ‘cheese fairies’ fill gift bags with ice packs, cheese curds and crackers Sunday for attendees of the Maine Cheese Festival at Manson Park in Pittsfield. Pictured standing in the center is Megan Gardner. Mairead Thistle is standing at the left. Volunteers prepared 1600 bags for the event.  

Victoria Mastromarino of Tree Spirits Winery & Distillery, left, fields questions Sunday while assisting Nancy Poinsettia Dyer, right, and Jeff Pike with samples during the Maine Cheese Festival at Manson Park in Pittsfield. The business is from Oakland.  

Members of the group Seth Gallant & Rough Sawn perform Sunday during the Maine Cheese Festival at Manson Park in Pittsfield.

Cheese from Silvery Moon Creamery is sampled Sunday during the Maine Cheese Festival at Manson Park in Pittsfield.  

Derek DeGeer, owner of Hootenanny Bread, center, assists a customer Sunday during the Maine Cheese Festival at Manson Park in Pittsfield. Assisting DeGeer is this wife Marcia, left, and daughter Frances. The business is from Nobleboro.

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