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Hoppy Hopkins warms up for a mid-afternoon set at the Folklife Festival at Franklin Park on Saturday, July 12, 2008. Hopkins, from Seattle, has been playing at the festival on and off for 8 years.

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Woodcarver Norman Brown shapes a piece of cherry wood into a spoon at hif booth at the Folklife Festival in Franklin Park on Saturday, July 12, 2008.

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Duane Heilman, one of the founding fathers of Folklife, sets a violin back on its rack . Heilman, who makes and repairs stringed instruments in Yakima has been coming to the festival since its inception. Photographed at Franklin Park on Saturday, July 12, 2008.

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