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Harrison Mayo, age 6, (no this is not a typo, he’s really six), from Windsor Mill, won a medal for his trike during a pre-Fourth-of-July-parade festival Catonsville High School.

I just did Easter …now I’m doing the 4th of July. UPDATE EXTRAVAGANZA!

Three-year-old Sydney McGee, from Catonsville, can not get a handle on the balloon tossed by her mother, Bridget during the balloon toss game. The Catonsville Celebrations Committee hosted traditional Fourth of July-type games at Catonsville High School.

Participants compete in the balloon toss. The Catonsville Celebrations Committee hosted traditional Fourth of July-type games at Catonsville High School.

In search for the biggest “Weiner,” Duesenberg’s American Cafe and Grill sponsored their 1st Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, before the Catonsville Fourth of July Parade.

Adults bolt for their shoes during their turn racing in The Shoe Scramble. The Catonsville Celebrations Committee hosted traditional Fourth of July-type games at Catonsville High School.

Fourth of July reflection.

Ten-year-old Jacob Smith, from Arbutus, keeps a steady lead on Dragon Hornatko, 8, also from Arbutus during a race in the annual fourth of July Arbutus Soapbox Derby. Smith’s 32-year-old car was raced by his father. The race almost didn’t happen, according to Allan Arca, 51, son of the race’s long-time coordinator Paul Arca who has been in and out of the hospital with failing kidneys recently. The senior Arca’s attention to his health has taken his time away from prepping for the derby. The Arca family is asking that someone step-up to take over the derby for 2010. Only five cars showed up to race at the intersection of Elm and Oakland.