No, not the awesome Ian Gomm album from 1979… I’m talking about the summer season’s official start with the kickoff of the Elk Grove Village Rotary Fest.

The evening started with American English, who did a shorter version of the act they did when I saw them in 2003. Then we obtained wristbands and the corresponding refreshments that they entitled us to, and then we were off to the midway to win a few things.

We got the monster bag of cotton candy, but never made it to the funnel cake booth. That’s something that’ll have to wait for the next fest.
The fireworks began in the football field while we were at the carnival, so we crashed in the tennis court and watched as the explosions went off overhead.

Summer has officially kicked off.