{"id":1317,"date":"2014-05-11T19:50:33","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T19:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=1317"},"modified":"2014-05-11T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T21:40:34","slug":"the-2014-fair-frog-jump-lead-up-events-sponsors-night-friends-cvb-chamber-mixer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=1317","title":{"rendered":"The 2014 Fair &#038; Frog Jump Lead Up Events&#8230;.Sponsors Night &#038; Friends, CVB &#038; Chamber Mixer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angels Camp, CA&#8230;As the momentum builds every year for the rural America tradition, fun and pageantry that is the Fair &amp; Frog Jump Jubilee some events stand out as signature events.\u00a0 It is during these events that our local hazing hits high gear.\u00a0 One of the rights of passage for any prospective beauty queen here is to kiss a few frogs.\u00a0 Not a fake, close but not quite, but actual lips on a green amphibian.\u00a0 Why does it matter&#8230;.well if your not from here you wouldn&#8217;t understand.\u00a0 Also, if you are an elected, or hope to become one, planting lips somewhere on our green royalty from time to time just has to be done.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t and it becomes public knowledge you run the risk of your quest being in vain, or if you somehow managed to get elected without kissing a frog the only way to remove this electoral curse is to publicly and repeatedly make amorous protestations towards our green citizens&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"kgvid_kgvid_0_wrapper\" class=\"kgvid_wrapper\">\n<div id=\"video_kgvid_0_div\" class=\"fitvidsignore kgvid_videodiv\" data-id=\"kgvid_0\" data-kgvid_video_vars=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;kgvid_0&quot;,&quot;attachment_id&quot;:1063,&quot;player_type&quot;:&quot;Video.js v8&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;360&quot;,&quot;fullwidth&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;countable&quot;:true,&quot;count_views&quot;:&quot;quarters&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;pauseothervideos&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;set_volume&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;muted&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;meta&quot;:true,&quot;endofvideooverlay&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;resize&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;auto_res&quot;:&quot;automatic&quot;,&quot;pixel_ratio&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;right_click&quot;:&quot;on&quot;,&quot;playback_rate&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Fair Kick Off Dinner 2014&quot;,&quot;nativecontrolsfortouch&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;locale&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;enable_resolutions_plugin&quot;:false}\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairkick_thumb0.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?attachment_id=1063&#038;kgvid_video_embed%5Benable%5D=true\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairkick.mp4\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Fair Kick Off Dinner 2014\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Fair Kick Off Dinner 2014\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-05-02T07:33:17-07:00\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<video id=\"video_kgvid_0\" playsinline controls preload=\"metadata\" poster=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairkick_thumb0.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"fitvidsignore video-js kg-video-js-skin\"><source src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fairkick.mp4?id=0\" type=\"video\/mp4\" data-res=\"360p\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"kgvid_below_video\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_below\">\n<div class=\"kgvid-caption\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_caption\">Fair Kick Off Dinner 2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:none\" id=\"video_kgvid_0_meta\" class=\"kgvid_video_meta kgvid_video_meta_hover kgvid_no_title_meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class='kgvid_meta_icons'>\t\t\t\t<span id='kgvid_kgvid_0_shareicon' class='vjs-icon-share' onclick='kgvid_share_icon_click(\"kgvid_0\");'><\/span><\/p>\n<div id='click_trap_kgvid_0' class='kgvid_click_trap'><\/div>\n<div id='video_kgvid_0_embed' class='kgvid_share_container kgvid_no_title_meta'>\n<div class='kgvid_share_icons'><span class='kgvid_embedcode_container'><span class='kgvid-icons kgvid-icon-embed'><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Embed: <\/span><span><input class='kgvid_embedcode' type='text'>https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?attachment_id=1063&#038;videopack%5Benable%5D=true<\/a>&#8216; 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