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Article: PRAIRIEFEST | BANDS DRAW PEOPLE TO OSWEGO'S SUMMER FESTIVAL | PRAIRIEFEST SCHEDULE
- Article from:
- The Beacon News - Aurora (IL)
- Article date:
- June 16, 1999
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The Festival of Brass is the main drawing card at Oswego's Prairiefest but visitors also come for the dizzying array of activities the summer festival offers.
From the drum corps competition to local teen bands vying for top honors to swing and street dances, Prairiefest delivers a cornucopia of musical offerings.
But the festival, on June 17 through 20, is so much more. There's carnival rides, parades, fishing contests, ice cream socials and arts and crafts booths.
Theatrical types will enjoy the melodrama Lipstick, Music & More, and sports enthusiasts, the mud volleyball and softball contests.
Thursday
9 a.m.-9 p.m. -- Kids Art Show, Oswego Public Library
5-8 p.m. -- Church of the ...