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1999 Festival
Saturday Photos

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Saturday at the office and Souvenir booth
Pansy Gray getting ready at the Souvenir booth just inside the Expo Center front entrance Ginger Impson serving spumoni (Italian ice cream) at the Spumoni booth inside the Expo Center - 60 gallons sold at the 1999 Festival!
Italian cookies called pizzelles ready to delight the taste buds at the Souvenir booth Pat Herman and Gerald Calaway in the Italian Festival office, just behind the Souvenir booth
the Souvenir booth    
Saturday at the Stage
Waunelle Finamore and State Senator Gene Stipe (dean of the Oklahoma State Senate) opening the 1999 Festival some former Italian Festival royalty gathered around the 1999 Re and Regina (king and queen)
Nick Finamore demonstrates his beautiful Italian as he crowns the 1999 Re and Regina - Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lenardo Bob and Kari Lenardo
the Italian dancers troupe from Dallas, a perennial favourite at the Festival these dancers were GREAT!
both of their performances delighted the crowd spinning and twirling to the lively Italian music
the troupe performed a dozen different dances from the traditions of all the major areas of Italy representing The Italian Club of Dallas with unbelievable energy!!!
Nick Ballarini during his on-stage performance - he also wandered the entire Festival playing that great Italian music one of the three bands which performed on Saturday
       
Saturday in the Expo Building
Hawk Boats displayed one of the hot bass boats which are built in McAlester kids always love clowns
Nick Ballarini strolling and playing the best crafts show in Oklahoma!
unbelievable variety friendly crafters
superb quality and workmanship face-painting
40,000 square feet of indoor exhibitor space young love captured forever in a drawing
commercial merchandise of many types was also available in the Expo Building    

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