When my children were growing up, there was always a block party in the summer. Last weekend, some of the neighbors revived the old tradition. What fun! One neighbor has a rock band which played for several hours. Another neighbor and his children have a professional Hawaiian entertainment group. They played guitars, ukeleles, drums, shaker things and sang and danced two kinds of hulas. The hula with the swaying hips and hands is the Hawaiian hula. The hula with the shaking hips is the Tahitian hula. The girls did both and gave lessons. There was also a bouncy house for the kids. The police department sent a car and an officer who visited with the children. The fire department sent an ambulance for every one to go in. They also brought a huge firetruck with a ladder that they raised to the sky. Our tax dollars at work and great to see these things up close and personal. Our local Culver's restaurant came with their mobile kitchen to sell food and drinks and their wonderful frozen custard. Most of the village trustees dropped by. (The rock band drummer is a trustee.) The whole day was great-almost 75 people showed up, including former neighbors and some other people who heard the music and came to check it out. Everyone was welcome. This event was a far cry from our original parties which involved balloon toss, egg toss, and shoe kick games. Back then our subdivision was new, our suburban village had 11,000 people, and was growing by leaps and bounds. Now, 30 years later, there are 43,000 residents in the village, the farms around us are gone, the original children are grown, and my 9 year old grandson and I had a great day. Do you have any neighborhood traditions or remember any from the olden days?