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Anna Muehmel wears a fox and seal skin hat from Alaska while sampling an IPA at the 4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music FestivaL
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music Festival.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Delilah DeWylde and the Lost Boys perform Saturday at the 4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music Festival.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
From left, Mary Paul, Anna Paul, 8, and Cary Paul (cq) taste their chili samples during Saturday's 18th Annual Downtown Chili Cook-Off in the Park Place Dome. Nearly 1,600 people attended this year's event, with proceeds going to support downtown Traverse City activities.
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Hillary Elderkin, right, and Greg Caskie of Traverse City fill out their ballots during Saturday's 18th Annual Downtown Chili Cook-Off in the Park Place Dome. Winners this year were: 1-alarm - Red Mesa Grill; 2-alarm - Deerings Market; 3-alarm - Apache Trout Grill; seafood - Scalawags Whitefish and Chips; vegetarian - Oryana: Lake Street Cafe; white - Mt. Holiday; no-bean - Little Bohemia; ethnic - Red Mesa Grill; people's choice - Apache Trout Grill's white chili.
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Traverse City's downtown Cherry T-Ball Drop.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
From left, Ramsi Ginzel, 12, Andy Wilson, 13, and Lizzie Wood, 12, all of Kingsley, sing along to music while waiting for Saturday's Cherry T Ball Drop at Front and Cass Streets during Traverse City's New Year's celebration.
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Crowds fill Front and Cass Streets for Traverse City's downtown Cherry T-Ball Drop Saturday.
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Crowds count down the New Year at  Front and Cass Streets for Traverse City's Cherry T-Ball Drop.
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Anna Muehmel wears a fox and seal skin hat from Alaska while sampling an IPA at the 4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music FestivaL
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Anna Muehmel wears a fox and seal skin hat from Alaska while sampling an IPA at the 4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music FestivaL
Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Anna Muehmel wears a fox and seal skin hat from Alaska while sampling an IPA at the 4th Annual Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music FestivaL
See photo in original gallery.