Festival Favorites

No summer is complete without a fun-filled stop at one of the many festivals and carnivals our area offers. Here are all of the pictures our readers submitted for our "Festival Favorites" Snapz theme. Thanks to all who shared their memories with us.

Sarah McKim, left, and Alyssa Metzler, both of New Middletown, having fun on the rides at the Greater Youngstown Italian Fest.

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Brooklyn Ciminero, 2 1/2, of Liberty Township was a litte daredevil at the Southern Park Mall Memorial Day weekend festival.

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Maddie Moran and her friend, Madison Keich, are at the Canfield Fair.

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Summer Swiskoski, daughter of Jimmy and Shannon Swiskoski of Cornersburg, at the St. Christine's Festival.

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Olivia and Matthew Rossi of Austintown are having fun at the YSU Festival of the Arts.

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Olivia Coppola of Union, Ky., and Kevin Johnson Jr. of Pickerington were at the Mount Carmel Festival in Lowellville with their 'papa' Bob Coppola of Lowellville, president of the Mount Carmel Club.

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Madalyn Rose Smith of Boardman was at the festival at the Southern Park Mall this summer.

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Andrei Pagnotta shows off a prize he won himself at the Mount Carmel Festival in Lowellville.

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Greater Youngstown Italian Fest Chairman Ray Greco and his wife, Ruth, of Boardman are enjoying the festivities at the fest.

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Alex LaPlante, 2, and big brother Nicholas, 5, both of Poland, enjoyed a ride together at the Canfield Fair two years ago.

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Elise Bennett of Westerville is the granddaughter of Larry and Kathy Bennett of Greenford.

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Maddie and Andrew Moran are with their mom, Jill, and their favorite cow at the Canfield Fair.

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Anna Perticarini of North Canton, granddaughter of Antoinette Dobos of Youngstown, was having fun at St. Christine Festival this summer.

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The Sweder family, enjoying corn on the cob at St. Nick's Festival in Struthers, includes Jeff and Christie of Poland with their three sons, Ryan, Jason and Evan of Poland, and Michael and his daughter, Riley, of Columbus.

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Samantha McKim of New Middletown couldn't resist the merry-go-round at the Greater Youngstown Italian Fest.

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Nicholas LaPlante of Poland was 5 when this picture was taken at the Canfield Fair in 2007 by his dad, John LaPlante.

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Here’s a photo of 2-year-old Alex LaPlante of Poland at the Canfield Fair in 2007. The photo was taken by his dad, John LaPlante.

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From left, Summer Swiskoski and Avery Rosko, both of Cornersburg, are having a ball at the St. Christine's Festival. Summer is the daughter of Jimmy and Shannon Swiskoski. and Avery is the daughter of Eric and Lisa Rosko.

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Nicholas McGoogan of Poland enjoys a pony ride at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival in Youngstown. With him is his grandmother, Anita Regula of Campbell.

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Sophia Perticarini of North Canton was at the St. Christine Festival this summer with her grandma, Antoinette Dobos of Youngstown.

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Anthony Coppola of Union, Ky., and his mom, Colleen, ride on the carousel at the Mount Carmel Festival in Lowellville.

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This is Willy Rankin at the Canfield Fair taking a bite of his dad's gyro sandwich.

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Elise Bennett of Westerville attended the Canfield Fair last year with her grandparents, Larry and Kathy Bennett of Greenford.

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Enjoying a past Canfield Fair are, from left, Brian Tibolla of Raleigh, N.C., formerly of Boardman; Jeffrey Johnson of Poland; and Jeffrey's daughters, Jamie Corvino and Necole Tibolla, both of Raleigh and formerly of Poland.

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Justin Bish Jr., 2, tries his luck at the Hubbard Founder's Day Festival.

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A crowd scene at the Pig Iron Fest.

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Frank Marr at the Pig Iron Fest.

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This is a picture of the Civil War reenactment between the 61st OVI Company D and 4th Alabama (taken by David Windsor).

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Belly dancers performed at the Pig Iron Fest.

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The cooks pictured at St. Joseph the Provider Church Summer Festival in Campbell in June are, from left, Cheryl Jablonski, school principal; John Walczak, athletic director; the Rev. Mike Swierz, pastor; and Julie Cox, cafeteria supervisor.

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Tina Marie Williams with a clown at the Pig Iron Fest.

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The Leonard Cohen Ensemble I with Jeff Bremer (sitting in) and Dean Anschutz at the Pig Iron Fest.

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There is nothing like the bumping cars at the Canfield Fair, according to Ramon Aponte and his sister, Alicia Cortez.

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Hadyn and Kaelyn Bower, both 2, and big sister Brelyn, 4, enjoy a boat ride with the family dog, Trinity. They are the children of Brandon and Jackie Bower of Austintown.

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Tyler Surrena of Youngstown is enjoying a festival ride.

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Leanna Hartsough, 16, of Canfield High School performs in the American Idol contest during the Fourth of July festivities in Canfield.

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The women of the 61st OVI Company D are getting ready for a fashion show to exhibit dresses of the 1800's (taken by Kayla Windsor).

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Sean McKim of New Middletown with his grandpa, Greater Youngstown Italian Fest Chairman Ray Greco share the fun at the Italian Fest in downtown Youngstown.

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A belly dancer performs at the Pig Iron Fest.

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This picture of Youngstown's fireworks on July 4 was taken by David Windsor II of Poland.

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Bill Speece of Canfield and his daughter, Jessica Speece, participated in the 32nd annual Firecracker 4-Mile Run on the Fourth of July in Canfield. Bill has participated for 31 years.

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Ian Windsor, 3, is drawing a picture on the sidewalk at the Chalk it Up for Poland! chalk art contest (taken by Kayla Windsor).

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Fireworks at Celebrate Poland Independence Day Celebration in June, taken by David Windsor.

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Performing at the East Liverpool Pottery Fesitval on June 19 were high school students, from left, Tony Wade, Garrett Lyle, Zack Taylor, Wayne Wells and Kyle Wade.

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Jeff Bremer sitting in on bass for the Leonard Cohen Ensemble I at the Pig Iron Fest.

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From left are cousins Aaron Gault of Youngstown, Chloe Parker of Charlotte, N.C., Karlynn Riccitelli of Boardman and Quinn Parker of Charlotte as they enjoy riding the Til-a-Whirle together at the McDonald Festival.

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Julianna and Madison Hornikel enjoy this ride at St. Luke's Festival.

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Leonard Cohen Ensemble I performing at the Pig Iron Fest.

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Jim Villani, proprietor of Pig Iron Press, attended the Pig Iron Fest.

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Jim Villani and Dr Ray Beiersdorfer (red coat) are pictured at the Pig Iron Fest.

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Kate Coppola poses with the baby doll at the Lowellville Mount Carmel Festival on July 15.

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Gisella Anita Angiuli poses for a picture taken by her mother, Melanie Angiuli, on July 26 at the Mount Carmel Italian Festival. Her shirt says 'Principessa Italiana,' meaning Italian Princess in Italian.

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Fireworks at Celebrate Poland Independence Day Celebration in June, taken by David Windsor.

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Great-grandma Virginia Gentile stands at the immigrant statue with Mia and Giana Spera of Boardman when they attended the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Festival.

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This picture of Youngstown's fireworks on July 4 was taken by David Windsor II of Poland.

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Mikayla Upright, 3, of Boardman is pictured at a festival in Westfield, Mass.

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A young child in the crowd at the Pig Iron Fest.

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This picture of the Civil War encampment with members of the 61st OVI Company D was taken by Kayla Windsor at the Celebrate Poland Independence Day Celebration in June.

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Comments

babs68 on August 4, 2009 at 11:56 a.m. [56 comments]

I had the best time ever...A great way to spend some quality time w/ your family.


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