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Party time

Live entertainment in tent is festival tradition

When the crowds increase every event really determine the crowd size. end, most visitors welcome the fee and
year, the hosts at the Party Tent during Atomic Radio will entertain in the often contribute generously at the door.
the Fall Festival know they are doing tent from 8 p.m. until midnight on Their generosity is prompted by the
something right. Friday, Sept. 8. The group was popular real life heroes who man the door,
For nearly a decade, E.G. Nicks on with the crowd last year and has a fol- check identifications and collect the
Forest Street has invited the public to lowing, so Agostini said they wanted to fee. Each of them is a Vietnam veteran
the Party Tent in the back parking lot bring them back. and a member of the Plymouth-Canton
at the restaurant and every year, dis- Power Play Detroit, another very Vietnam Veterans organization in the
counting bad weather, the crowds have popular band will entertain crowds in community. The $5 fee goes directly to
increased. Frank Agostini and Tony the tent from 8 until midnight on the group, Agostini said, and when
Belli, owners at the restaurant, are Saturday, Sept. 9. people become aware of the situation,
now renting the largest tent possible to “They are a big draw. People really they are usually more than happy to
accommodate the crowds who fill the enjoy them and they blow the roof off,” donate.
space Friday and Saturday evenings Agostini said. “The crowd loved them Bob Dew, the first vice-president of
during the Fall Festival. last year. It's really going to be a great the Vietnam veterans group said the
Agostini said, as he does every year, weekend,” he added. members are very grateful for all
that they continue to host the two-night There is a $5 cover charge at the Agostini and Belli have done for them
party because “it's a lot of fun.” tent each year and while normally, a during the years.
Agostini said the popularity of the cover charge might be considered a
bands booked to entertain during the negative, during the Party Tent week- See Tent, page 24

Power Play Detroit will perform in the E.G. Nick's Party Tent from 8 p.m. until midnight Saturday, Sept. 9 during the Fall
Festival. Band members include Mike Smith, Gary Kosten, Angelique Morency, Bob Olds and Jimmy Morency. The cover
band was voted the best in metro Detroit in a magazine poll that included more than one million voters