Best Of Lemonade Days marks 23rd year

Music, food and games highlight Dunwoody gala

By ALEXANDER POPP alex@appenmedia.com

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Lemonade Days returned to Dunwoody for the 23rd year, offering food, rides, entertainment, and yes, ice-cold lemonade to thousands of participants from throughout the area.

Held from April 19 to 23 at Brook Run Park and hosted by the Dunwoody Preservation Trust, this year’s festival was one of the best yet, officials said, with perfect weather, staggering attendance levels, and plenty of fun for the entire community.

“I just love the families, the strollers, the diversity, the old and the young, everything,” Post 4 Dunwoody Councilwoman Stacey Harris said from a booth on the festival midway April 22. “You put it on the calendar. It's a tradition.”

Launched in the wake of a tornado that ripped through Dunwoody in 1998, the five-day Lemonade Days festival now funds all the work

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DUNWOODY, Ga. — The City of Dunwoody will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a series of free cultural arts and dance performances on the Lawn at Ashford Lane.

The showcase celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage runs from 1. to 4 p.m., April 30, at 1230 Ashford Crossing in Dunwoody. The festival will feature dance, music and arts groups from throughout the Atlanta area. The event will be hosted by Dunwoody’s Economic Development Department.

the 23rd year at Brook Run Park from April 19 to 23, offering music, food, rides and fun to thousands of visitors each day. Officials said this year's festival was one of the best on record, with flawless weather and packed attendance.

Lemonade Days Festival

“We’re adding something new this year by including interactive performances that will involve audience members and provide some explanation and instruction,” Rosemary Watts, Dunwoody Business and

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