The state's cherry captial prides itself on the success of past festivals and welcomes the many visitors of the town.

The 2011 National Cherry Festival has been declared the best in years by organisers, local businesses and Young Shire Council's outdoor staff who, due to their very busy role in the festival, were able to gain a profound understanding of how successful it was.

With the clouds conveniently departing the skies for the three-day event, the sunshine brought out people in masses during the December 2 to 4 festival.

With an eagle eye on the entire festival program was Young Shire Council's marketing officer Claire Meyers who said the feedback she had received was that it was the biggest festival seen in a long time.

"From the moment it kicked off on Friday night the atmosphere was electric," Ms Meyers said.

She said people were visiting from as far away as Western Australia and she knew of others who had travelled from Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra

Ms Meyers said it was nice to see so many families out and about, not only during the day but at the evening events as well.

A large number of entries were welcomed by the festival in its show competitions and its categories.

While competitions such as the Children's Pet Show and AutoPro Car Show experienced many entries, the Woolworths Street Parade was at the top of the list with 63 entries being judged by the four judges.

Thefollowing participants wree chosen as winners: Most Humorous was won by Southern Cross Apartments for the second year in a row, the Children's Entry was taken out by South West Baton Twirlers, the Best School was awarded to Young North School, the honour of Best Business went to Karana Weddings and the Best Overall entry was given to the Cancer Council of NSW.