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“I knew there was an army of people in Decatur and Central Illinois who love this festival. I’m glad to see I wasn’t disappointed.”
“I knew there was an army of people in Decatur and Central Illinois who love this festival. I’m glad to see I wasn’t disappointed.”
The Illinois Festival Queen, Junior Miss, Pre-Teen and Princess Pageant was hosted at the Civic Center during Decatur Celebration on Sunday.
Crowd numbers for the full three-day festival won't be available for some time, but the streets of downtown Decatur looked jammed.
One of the best things about Decatur Celebration is the people. We met some great ones this weekend.
DECATUR – Christine Cobren was one of the first to arrive for Saturday night's performance by Bret Michaels at Decatur Celebration.
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A recent local high school graduate used Celebration as a fundraising event to support his college fund. Michael Fawley, a graduate of Maroa-Forsyth High School, will attend the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall.
A group of superheros traveled around the Decatur Celebration to entertain children and provide a few smiles.
Randall Rhoades is an in-house ops volunteer at Celebration. His job is to run errands for the board and vendors. He is often found driving a golf cart through crowds, but his look is different than other volunteers.
The Air Force display near in the ADM Center parking lot often has a crowd hanging around.
The Decatur Celebration Heinkel’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has a new champion. The reigning winner, Teddy De la Cruz from Wood Dale, Illinois, got fourth place Saturday. And Brandon Clark from Cahokia, Illinois, set a Celebration and personal record for eating 27 hot dogs.
The Decatur Celebration Heinkel’s Hot Dog Eating Contest has a new champion. The reigning winner, Teddy De la Cruz from Wood Dale, Illinois, got fourth place Saturday. And Brandon Clark from Cahokia, Illinois, set a Celebration and personal record for eating 27 hot dogs.
Eli Plank, 6, rolled in around in a 6-foot plastic ball, much like a pet hamster. The boy was one of the participants in the Monster Water Ball game located in the ADM Center parking lot. Admission is $8 for a five-minute roll.
The Decatur Celebration was off to the races Saturday morning with the Razzle Dazzle Goodtimes parade. The best of show award went to the Scream Haunted House.
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