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Eduardo Russo (left) and Jorge Jorejon, both from Cuba, but who now live in Bartow, play at Friday Fest which was sponsored this month by Havana Delight restaurant.

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Odelma Matos prepares a cigar leaf to roll a cigar Friday night outside Havana Delight restaurant on Main Street. Matos and her husband Lorenzo Gonzalez came to Bartow from Ybor City for the demonstration and Havana Delight was the sponsor of this month's Friday Fest.

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Richard XXXX, watches Odelma Matos finish rolling a cigar Friday night outside Havana Delight restaurant during Friday Fest. The restaurant, which hosted this month's event, invited Matos and her husband Lorenzo Gonzalez, the owners of La Faraona Cigars of Ybor City, to Friday Fest for this demonstration.

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Tori Strickland tries to make it in the hole at Friday Fest while her younger sister, Lexi (on the left) and Jennifer Starling (right) watch. The children's games are always present at the monthly Friday Fest on the corner of Wilson Avenue and Main Street by Crossroads Baptist Church.

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Tony Montgomery (in blue shirt) and Bubba Robinson speak Friday night on Main Street during Friday Fest while Janie Robinson (white sweater) speaks with Roberta Massey, who cannot be seen) during the monthly Friday Fest.

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Cameron Kesler, 4, was welcoming in Friday Fest by climbing on the sign post with the Friday Fest banner on it. He was with his parents who were in the Union Academy booth letting people know of its efforts to becoming an International Bacalaureaute School. For more on the Friday Fest hosted by Havana Delight restaurant, see Page XX.