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Date: 2005-08 RIVERFEST EXPRESS AND FOX RIVER TROLLEY MUSEUM TROLLEYFEST -- TWO GREAT CELEBRATIONS, AND ONE GREAT TIME! Mark August 18-21 in your book now and get ready to head for the Fox River in South Elgin! For the ninth consecutive year, the Village of South Elgin is hosting Riverfest Express, Aug. 18-21, while on Aug. 20 and 21, the Fox River Trolley Museum presents its annual Trolleyfest. Riverfest Express will feature fun and games, live entertainment, a car show, a craft show, carnival rides and attractions, fireworks and more. At Trolleyfest, everything that can run will run. It’s a combination designed to delight the young and old. Each year, the Fox Valley’s most special children get a night of their own to preview Riverfest Express. This year’s “Special Night for Special Children,” dedicated to physically and mentally challenged children and their families, is Wednesday, Aug. 17. Children who register and their families will enjoy free carnival rides, food and entertainment, provided by local businesses and volunteers. The Special Night, which was awarded the 2002 Governor’s Home Town Award, draws more children each year. To be part of this special night, you must register your child in advance. A registration form is available on the Riverfest Express Web site, at http://riverfestexpress.com/special_night.html. Riverfest Express opens its doors to the public at 5 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 18, when “Village Idol” Jasmine Golliday will sing the Star Spangled Banner from the entertainment stage in Panton Mill Park, at State and Water Streets. Windy City Carnivals is back. It will provide periodic all-you-can ride specials during Riverfest. Visit the food and beverage tents between 5 and 10 p.m., enjoy the country rock of Centerline 6:30-9:30 p.m. and stay around for the fireworks, beginning at 9:30 p.m. and sponsored by ATM Enterprises. Killer Stevens, playing 6-8 p.m. and Red Woody from 9 p.m. till midnight, are the Friday headliners. The food and beverage tents will be open Friday between 5 and 11 p.m. As well as the carnival rides. Trolleyfest begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Trolley Museum, 361 S. LaFox St., a short distance south of Riverfest Express. Ride trolley cars that span a century of Chicago-area mass transportation, including the 1902 Chicago Aurora & Elgin R.R. #20, the oldest operating interurban car in the United States (weather permitting). Rides on the museum’s trolleys will be given from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Carnival tickets are not good on the museum’s trolley cars, nor will museum tickets be accepted by Windy City Carnivals. Fares are $3.50 for adults, $2 for seniors and children 3 11, and all-day passes will be sold exclusively for use on the trolley cars. Children under 3 ride the museum’s trolley cars free. Riverfest’s food and beverage tents will open at noon and remain open till 11 p.m. Saturday. Carnival rides will remain in operation until 11 p.m. A craft show will take place in SEBA Park, just south of State Street, 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., pony rides will be offered at the petting zoo 2-6 p.m., and a full slate of entertainment is scheduled. The Ambition Dancers perform noon 1 p.m., Village Idol Liza Tyndall 1-3 p.m., Bob and Terry 3-4:30 p.m., Smokin’ Gunz with Jim Banke 5-7 p.m. and the Styx tribute band Light Up, 8-11 p.m., with a half hour break at 9:30 p.m. for fireworks. Riverfest Express and Trolleyfest are both back for a final day on Sunday. The museum again will offer trolley rides 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., the Craft Show will continue in SEBA Park 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and the food and beverage tents will open at noon and serve up food and drink until 10 p.m. See classic cars of all types in County Park between noon and 4 p.m. In County Park, immediately to the north of the Trolley Museum, sponsored by the Kane County Gearheads car club. Entertainment on Sunday begins with DJ Bob Kearns from noon until 2 p.m. A patriotic sing-a-long will take place 2-3 p.m., the Blind Roosevelts will perform 3-5 p.m., Od Tapo Imi 6-9:30 p.m., and fireworks will mark the conclusion of Riverfest Express at 9:30 p.m. For more information on Riverfest Express, call (847) 774-1151. For more information on Trolleyfest, call the museum’s information line, (847) 697-4676. 
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