Elburn Days ( August 21-23 )
Members of the Kane County Car Club head south on Route 47 through downtown Elburn for the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Rain at the start of the Elburn Days parade couldn't keep the candy collecting kids away on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The Elburn Days parade makes its way through downtown Elburn on Route 47 on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Farmer Ven Abrahamson of Wasco takes his 1952 tractor, which was his father's, through downtown Elburn for the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The Elburn Days parade makes its way through downtown Elburn on Route 47 on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Candy collectors run into the street while the Elburn Days parade makes its way through downtown Elburn on Route 47 on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The Iwanski and Stombres families of Elburn and the Booth family of Rockford take their regular spots along the parade route on Route 47 for the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Krystal Thomas of Elburn, left, and Sunshine Hernandez, both 6, point out the next part of the parade coming around the corner to their parents during the Elburn Days parade as it makes its way through downtown Elburn on Route 47 on Friday, August 21. Sunshine's parents own the Country Kettle Restaurant, which was on the parade route.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Members of the Kaneland High School Marching Band rehearse under a tree in the rain before the start of the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The Kaneland High School Marching Band crosses the tracks on Route 47 and near an Elburn Co-Op station during the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Ronn (cq) Pittman of Batavia and a member of the Kane County Car Club waives a flag out of the window of his 1956 Chevy Impala in the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21. He and his wife, Pat, have owned the car for 12 years and even drove it back from California where they purchased it.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
The second day of Elburn Days, the 80th annual festival at Lions Park Saturday: August 22, 2009.
Brian Hill | Staff Photographer
Members of the Kaneland High School Marching Band practice under a tree in the rain before the start of the Elburn Days parade on Friday, August 21.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
Hannah King, 9, of Elburn has a cozy and dry spot while she waits for the Elburn Days parade to start on Friday evening, August 21. Her family comes every year.
Laura Stoecker | Staff Photographer
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