Whatev': I know it's only February, but I've been thinking about Festival in the Park. The Roanoke tradition is four months away (May 26-29), but now's the time to think about it if you want to help shake it up. EventZone, the group that organizes Festival, has already cut it in half for 2006 — it's just one weekend instead of two.

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