Lake Villa's annual Celebration of Summer held Saturday
Lake Villa's 16th annual Celebration of Summer featured music, fireworks and more Saturday at Lehmann Park.
A car show, with a variety of years, makes and models, and a craft fair opened the event in the morning.
The Lake Villa Township Ribfest kicked off at noon and included a rib-eating contest. Awards were given to the teams with for the best sauce ribs, dry-rub ribs, booth theme and people's choice. Ribfest is a fundraiser for the township's food pantry.
The festival also included a Ravinia-style concert in the evening that featured Crow's Feet Unplugged, followed by a fireworks show at dusk to close out the event.
Adam Hoeflich of Antioch grills chicken at Lake Villa's Celebration of Summer in Lehmann Park. Hoeflich and his buddy, Ben Venturi, with their "Jurassic Pork" theme, are smoking ribs for the Lake Villa Township Ribfest competition where each booth submits a sauce rib or dry-rub rib to raise money for the Lake Villa Food Pantry.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
Ray Tromotola of Lake Villa dusts off his 1962 Corvette at Lake Villa's Celebration of Summer in Lehmann Park. Originally from Ohio, it has been on display at the National Corvette Museum and he's owned it for four years. This is the first time he's displayed it at this show.
Bob Chwedyk/bchwedyk@dailyherald.com
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