Members of the Charmed Expressions Dance Company dance past spectators Monday during Schaumburg's Septemberfest parade. The parade's theme this year celebrated the village's 60th anniversary.
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High school bands, vibrantly decorated floats, colorfully dressed dancers and more marched past thousands of spectators lined up along Summit Drive in Schaumburg on Monday as the community marked the end of summer with its annual Septemberfest parade.
Billed as one of the suburbs' largest parades, featuring a two-mile route that ended at the Septemberfest festival grounds, this year's event was built around the theme of Schaumburg's 60th anniversary. The village was incorporated March 7, 1956, and many of the parade participants crafted their entries to show off their history in the community.
As usual, spectators walked away impressed and satisfied. And the younger ones walked away with loads of treats.
"I've been coming for years," Debbie Anaya of Roselle. "It's one of the best parades around."
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Yup Patel, right, 8 and his brother Veer Patel, 11 of Bartlett position themselves to catch candy Monday during the Schaumburg Septemberfest parade.
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Christie Comm and her son Lucas, 2, of Roselle wave to parade participants Monday during the Schaumburg Septemberfest parade.
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Schaumburg's Miss Septemberfest Queen Danielle Trybus and members of her court wave to spectators Monday during the Septemberfest parade.
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Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.comMembers of the Schaumburg High School marching band stayed hydrated with the help of volunteers Monday as they performed along Summit Drive in the Schaumburg Septemberfest parade
Brothers Ethan, left, and Colin Podgorski shag fly balls with their dad, Eric Podgorski of Des Plaines, while waiting for the Septemberfest parade to begin Monday morning in Schaumburg. "My wife Jennifer is a teacher in Schaumburg and we come to the parade every year," Podgorsiki said.
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Dancers with the Schaumburg Park District float dance their way up Summit Drive during the Schaumburg Septemberfest parade on Monday.
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