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Conventions of Oz fans are still held all over the world. Just click your heels three times and you might end up at a convention uniting former Munchkins with the fans who love them. Jonathan Mitchell searched for the real meaning of Oz at Oz Fest, in Chittenango, New York – the birthplace of L. Frank Baum.

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