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Crowd wowed by tunes, food, fireworks
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LARRY ALEXANDER
The streets of Lancaster were jumpin' Friday as Celebrate
Lancaster 2007 commemorated Independence Day with food, fun, music
and colorful fireworks.
An estimated 8,000 people flocked to the city, where the highlight
was a concert by the Blues Brotherhood in Binns Park, followed by the
annual fireworks display.
"It's going great," said Mayor Rick Gray." The weather's great.
The crowd's about what we expected."
The B...
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