University of Idaho students and their parents crowded Main Street Friday for an evening of food and live entertainment as part of the Moscow Block Party.
In a blocked off section of Main Street, students and their dads sported UI shirts and sweaters to show their Vandal pride.
Darin Lindig, who drove up from Boise to see his freshman son after a month apart, was eager to see what the event had to offer.
Lindig”s son, Ryan, had high hopes for the event too.
“This seems like a great center for the various festivities going on, a good place for the community to get together,” said Ryan Lindig, a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.
The fraternity put on a barbecue for Dads” Weekend and the two attended before visiting the block party.
“Blocking off this area of Moscow is great, and this event really gets people in the spirit of things,” said Michael Little, who was in town visiting his daughter at UI.
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Moscow locals and students gather together during Dads’ Weekend Sept. 25
Little drove up from Caldwell, Idaho, and brought the family”s RV so they could all go camping together over the weekend.
After spending a great weekend with his daughter last year, Cayla Murin”s dad made the trip up from Kuna, Idaho, and has plans to come back next year as well.
“The concerts and bands are what really make this event awesome for us,” Cayla Murin said.
Surrounding the performance stage was a rotating array of dancing adults enjoying the musical fall evening.
Just outside of The Breakfast Club, there was a large group watching two people play a game of life-size chess. The street had been marked to resemble a game board and the chess pieces were about three feet high. With every strategic move made, the crowd cheered.
Along with the streets being blocked off, there were various booths set up along Main Street.
Gritman Medical Center and Moscow Family Medicine had booths, and food vendors were scattered throughout the block.
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