Images: A look at Friday's holiday festivities around the suburbs
On Friday, many suburban towns started their Fourth of July festivities, while others continued with their scheduled holiday events.
Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.comAlex Chang, 9, of Lincolnshire, rides a zip-line during the first day of Lincolnshire's Red, White & Boom celebration on Friday, July 3, at Spring Lake Park in Lincolnshire. The celebration featured a kid's concert, inflatable attractions and a classic car show.
Chase Jette, 8, of Lincolnshire, celebrates after striking the dunk tank target Friday in Lincolnshire.
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Don Bawden, of Poplar Grove, looks at an antique Oldsmobile with his grandson, Miles Bawden Gurewitz, 5, of Lincolnshire, during Friday's Red, White & Boom celebration at Spring Lake Park.
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Grant Zimmerman, 7, of Lincolnshire, fights to stay on a mechanical bull during Friday's Red, White & Boom celebration in Lincolnshire.
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Stella Bowkett, 3, of Lake Forest, celebrates after sliding on an inflatable slide during the first day of Lincolnshire's Red, White & Boom celebration on Friday.
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James Tan and Pete Church of Kaleidoscope Eyes perform during Friday's Mundelein Community Days.
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Pete Church and Hal Henderson of Kaleidoscope Eyes Perform during the second day of the Mundelein Community Days on Friday.
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Kaleidoscope Eyes performs during the second day of the Mundelein Community Days on Friday.
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Julie Callicott, 2, of Belvidere, plays a fishing game at Friday's Mundelein Community Days.
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Nathaniel Zepeda, 12, and Emilio Breceda, 12, both of Mundelein, enjoy a ride during Friday's Mundelein Community Days.
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Ileigh Martinez, 5, of Mundelein, works on a craft with her mother, Jessica Drecoll, during the second day of the Mundelein Community Days on Friday, July 3, in Mundelein. The event featured a live music, a carnival and a variety of festival food.
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Mike Krebs/mkrebs@dailyherald.comLily Major, 5, of Mundelein , works on a craft with assistance from her father, John, during the second day of the Mundelein Community Days on Friday, July 3, in Mundelein. The event featured a live music, a carnival and a variety of festival food.
Victoria Byrdr, 5, of Mount Prospect, rides the carousel Friday with her dad, Robert, during the Lions Fest at Melas Park in Mount Prospect.
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From left Jack Jerome, 8, Daniel Gunsteen, 7, and Noah Fleck, 7, all of Bartlett, enjoy the Tilt-A-Whirl ride at Bartlett's 22nd Annual Fourth of July festival on Friday.
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Stian de Villiers of North American Midway Entertainment waits for riders to come down the Fun Slide at Bartlett's 22nd Annual Fourth of July festival on Friday.
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Jenn Panfil, 22, of Glen Ellyn, performs at Bartlett's 22nd annual Fourth of July festival on Friday. Self taught in the guitar, Panfil has been playing since she was 16 and has recently put out her first album.
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Cassidy Selep of Arlington Heights digs the ball while competing in the teen volleyball tournament at Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Sydney Morrow of Antioch keeps the ball in play with a dig while competing in the teen volleyball tournament at Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Josh Dellorto of Arlington Heights, left, and Jack Bellows of Mount Prospect play the ball at the net as they compete in the teen volleyball tournament during Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Colin Meller, 2, of Palatine rides a pony during Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Erin Harper, 4, of Arlington Heights gets a kiss from her mom, Kate, upon completion of her pottery artwork during Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Kendall England, 5, left of Island Lake and her sister, Kaylee, 3, enjoy snow cones as they sit with their mom, Ann, during Frontier Days in Arlington Heights Friday.
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Kristie Constabileo of Safari Childcare in Mount Prospect, dances as she invites people to stop at the activity tent during the Lions Fest in Mount Prospect Friday.
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Luis Almaguer, 1, of Arlington Heights and his sister, Isabel, 3, play in the ball pit in the activity tent during Lions Fest Friday in Mount Prospect.
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Litzy Carbajal, 8, of Arlington Heights has her face painted during Friday's Lions Festin Mount Prospect.
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Paul Pratapas of Naperville holds a Sugar Bear, a marsupial pet, during Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival.
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JohnPaul Leone holds and talks about the advantages of owning a Sugar Bear, a marsupial pet, during Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival.
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Elvis Pineda sells hand-painted ceramic skulls during Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival Friday.
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One child remains standing at the childrens's games area of the Lisle's Eyes to the Skies festival Friday.
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Tori Jurgens of Kentucky enjoyed the ribs she was judging during Friday's Ribfest in Naperville.
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The rib competition heats up during Ribfest Friday at Knoch Park in Naperville.
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Former Naperville Mayor George Pradel smells a rib while helping judge the rib competition during Ribfest, Friday, at Knoch Park in Naperville.
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Tom Gillespie of One Main Racing is a first-year rib competition judge during Friday's Ribfest in Naperville.
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Brian Napleton, left, and Sean McKane, right, of Napleton Valley Hyundai, enjoy Friday's Ribfestin Naperville.
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