Category: Candace "Candy" Koren

One Year Later

10/27/2018

From our entertainment editor, Qwerty Lee Dickinson:

If you have kept up with our recent posts about National Candy Corn Day, then you know that this year’s celebration will be a somber affair as the world honors Candace “Candy” Koren on the one-year anniversary of her passing. Information is HERE.

Koren was the Chief Global Implementation Identity Consultant and Regional Paradigm Analyst for the World Candy Corn Congress in Baden-Baden, Germany.

On the anniversary of Koren’s death, the World Candy Corn Congress – with the support of many world-wide corporate sponsors – will host a Memorial Concert in Baden-Baden.

Below: Some of the many corporate sponsors for Memorial Concert for Candance "Candy" Koren: Doritos -- and their new line of Candy Corn Doritos; Trader Joe's, makers of Trader Joe's Sweet Candy Corn Salsa; Dr. Scholl's, makers of Candy Corn Cushions for corn relief.

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Brach to the Future

10/14/2018

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From our food editor, Verla Burrell-Bordelon:

This year, National Candy Corn Day (October 30th) will miss some of its joy and frivolity as the world observes the one-year anniversary of the death of Candace "Candy" Koren, the former Chief Global Implementation Identity Consultant and Regional Paradigm Analyst for the World Candy Corn Congress (WCCC) in Baden-Baden, Germany. To mark the event, the WCCC will host a Memorial Concert at the Gustavo Brach Theatre in Baden-Baden. Information is HERE.

Of course, Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) invented candy corn, but it was Gustavo Brach who helped make it the world's most popular candy. From the moment he first tasted Dickinson's tri-colored confection in the late 1800s, Brach realized that candy corn represented the future of candy. In 1853 he ordered all of his candy factories to halt production of all candies except candy corn.

As a result of his devotion to the production of candy corn, Brach controlled the sale of Dickinson's popular candy in all of the territories in both eastern and western Europe. However, he soon faced competition from an upstart candy maker by the name of Walter Heisenberg. Heisenberg developed and distributed a blue version of Dickinson's treat.

Below: Gustavo Brach saw candy corn as the future of candy, and for a time he ordered his candy factories to make nothing but candy corn:

Below: Brach faced competition from upstart Walter Heisenberg who made a very addictive blue version of the candy:

Below: The Memorial Concert for Candace "Candy" Koren will be hold on October 30th, National Candy Corn Day," at the Gustavo Brach Theatre in Baden-Baden, Germany.

Below: Kingpins in the world of candy production at the Biennale Kongress Der Süßigkeiten und Süßwarenhersteller -- the Biennial Council of Confectionaries and Candy Makers -- in Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1853.

Standing in the back row, left to right:  Julius Jubes, the creator of JuJubes; Gustavo Brach, candy maker and lover of Emmett Lee Dickinson's candy corn; Moritz Werther, maker of caramel-flavored hard candies; min-maker Klaus Altoid; and world-famous candy-maker Phineas Gobbschtopper, inventor of the jaw breaker.

Sitting in the front row, left to right: Walter Heisenberg, and upstart candy maker who produced a very addictive blue version of Dickinson's candy corn; brothers Mike and Ike Zimmermann, pioneers in the field of gummy candies and licorice.

Standing at the far right in the front row:  Jürgen Gutbarr, a chocolate maker whom Hershey's named their "Mr. Goodbar" candy bar.

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Memorial Day

10/1/2018

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From our food editor, Verla Burrell-Bordelon:

October 30th is National Candy Corn Day, and normally it is a festive day filled with joy and whimsy – and of course, plenty of candy corn (invented in the 1800s by Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed – at her request).

However, this year, National Candy Corn Day will be a somber affair as we remember the life of Candace “Candy” Koren, the former Chief Global Implementation Identity Consultant and Regional Paradigm Analyst for the World Candy Corn Congress in Baden-Baden, Germany, who died last year on National Candy Corn Day.

Here is a summary of the events from last year that led to Ms. Koren’s passing:

* On September 23, 2017, one “Elon James White” (if that is his real name) used the Twitter account @elonjames to tweet that Donald Trump was “the candy corn of people.”

* We immediately condemned this remark on behalf of candy corn lovers -- and the North American Candy Corn Council.

* When news crossed the Atlantic, Ms. Koren called TWIB.FM in Oakland, California, to demand a retraction and an apology from Mr. White. She was placed on hold, and she remained on hold for more than four weeks. She was determined to hold until Mr. White picked up the phone, but Mr. White refused to take her call.

* Ms. Koren was undeterred. She held the line and missed her child’s Back-to-School Night. She held the line and did not go home to feed her cats. She held the line and missed four weeks of her bowling league which significantly handicapped her team, the Incredi-Bowls.

* Last year, on October 30 – National Candy Corn Day – we reported the heartbreaking and tragic news that Ms. Koren had died. Her last words were, “Yes, I’ll continue to hold for Mr. White.”

* This year, in honor of Candance “Candy” Koren, the Dickinson Organization of Poetry Enthusiasts and the Emmett Lee Dickinson Museum will join with the World Candy Corn Congress in Baden-Baden, Germany, to host a memorial concert dedicated to the life and work of Ms. Koren.

This concert promises to be one of the highest-attended concerts of all time. Who has already signed letters of possible intent to perform? Only some of the biggest celebrities and musicians in the world today! A list of potential entertainers is below:

Nicki Minaj and Cardi B (rumor has it that they will sing National Candy Corn Day holiday songs by Irving Berlin)

Arax Krikorina, John Goodman’s stunt double

Two members of the John Mayer Trio and Four members of Maroon 5

Mike Lindell, inventor of “My Pillow”

Thomas Barbusca, Peter Pan in GEICO’s 2015 commercial, will reprise this, his greatest role

Lewis Black, political comedian and confessed “candy corn addict" (will sing Ma Nah Ma Nah!)

Lindsay Lohan and the Syrian Refugee National Radio Children’s Choir

Ye -- appearing with the founder of Bikers for Trump Chis Cox’s “Wall of Meat” Dancers

Pictured below: One of the last pictures of Candace "Candy" Koren as she patiently waited on hold for Elon James White (if that is his real name).

More on the Memorial Concert for Candace "Candy" Koren on National Candy Corn Day will be posted soon!

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Because She Could Not Stop For Death

10/30/2017

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Today is National Candy Corn Day!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Am I right?

Well, normally I would be right, but today’s merriment and mirth has been mired with malice and misfortune.

Blatant harassment of the candy corn culture is nothing new. However, this year, the maltreatment reached a new low when, in late September, podcast host Elon James White tweeted that Donald Trump is the “candy corn of people.”

Candy corn lovers rose in solidarity and demanded an immediate retraction and apology. Mr. White, though, tweeted, “I will not be moved.”

Shortly after White’s callous comment, Candace “Candy” Koren, the Chief Global Implementation Identity Consultant and Regional Paradigm Analyst for the World Candy Corn Congress, in Baden-Baden, Germany, called the TWIB.FM headquarters and demanded to speak to him. She was placed on hold, and she remained on hold for four weeks. Evidently, Mr. White adamantly refused to take her call.

Ms. Koren was undeterred. She held the line and missed her child’s Back-to-School Night. She held the line and did not go home to feed her cats. She held the line and missed four weeks of her bowling league which significantly handicapped her team, the Incredi-Bowls.

Over time, though, Ms. Koren’s health diminished, and reports came to light this weekend that she was feeling shaky and weak. Late Friday, news broke that Ms. Koren had lost consciousness and that she had slipped into a coma.

Now, we have tragic and heartbreaking news to report. Today, October 30, National Candy Corn Day, Candace “Candy” Koren has died. Her last words were, “Yes, I’ll continue to hold for Mr. White.”

Ms. Koren is survived by her five cats, Fronnie, Dunbar, Mozelle, Chairman Meow, and Mr. Meowgi, and by her good friends on her bowling team, Maizie Stump, Bambi LaBrock, Clystine Nitt, Paisley Clapper, and Midge Todenhöffer.

Pictured below: Candace "Candy" Koren and her beloved bowling team, the Incredi-Bowls. From left to right: Maizie Stump, Bambi LaBrock, Clystine Nitt, Paisley Clapper, Midge Todenhöffer, and Candy Koren.

Below: The National Center for the Study of Candy Corn (NCSCC) in historic Washerst, PA, the birthplace of Emmett Lee Dickinson (the inventor of candy corn).

Below: A spontaneous and heartfelt memorial of three candy corn candles in memory of Candace "Candy" Koren at the entrance of the NCSCC.

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