SARANAC LAKE — A soapbox derby, face painting and scrumptious hats adorned with daffodils and butterflies were all part of Saturday and Sunday's event.
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Saranac Lake's Daffest, kicked off over the weekend with music, food, a hat contest and an old-fashioned soap box derby. Events resume Friday and continue next weekend as the festival takes on an artistic tone. Pleinnair artists will be working in and around the village. Here, at the end of the soap box derby in Saranac Lake Saturday, several of the miniature gravity-powered cars, lost control, winding up bumper to bumper, causing a slight delay in the race. A fast-working Saranac Lake policeman untangled the cars, allowing the race to continue. No injuries were reported, but some pride was bruised. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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Tufield Latour (left) and Cole Barrah race in the soap box derby. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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Winnie Pelletieri (left) of Florida and her sister, Aggie Pelletieri of Saranac Lake, stroll through the Daffest Saturday wearing hats they designed especially for the event. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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Cheyanne Reyell, 4, of Saranac Lake, shows delight in her newly painted face she acquired at the Saranac Lake Daffest over the weekend. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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Sarah Curtis of Saranac Lake (left), dressed in her daffodil-yellow dress, talks with Lela Pell, 5, during the village's Daffest. Thousands attended the event. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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Margaret Robertson of Montreal adds color strips to her large garden basket during a basket weaving workshop as part of the second-annual Daffest. (P-R Photo/Jack LaDuke)
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