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The Orange International Street Fair: Orange’s homecoming weekend

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  • Clayton Fry, 3, right, of Orange listens while Jurgen Schwarze of Express Band plays the sax along German Street at the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • Volunteer Sandra Ambuehl of Yorba Linda fills a sausage order at the Izaak Walton League of America during the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

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  • Marcus Gallagher, an instructor of Pakua martial arts and acrobatics, does push-ups with two people on his back at the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • E.B. Jensen, center, takes a solo on the guitar as he plays with Express Band at German Street during the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • Dancers with the Aroha Tahi Polynesian Dance Group of Buena Park perform at the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • Emma Tittsworth, 2, of Orange gets ready to take a big bite of some corn-on-the-cob at the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • Volunteer Larry Arreguin of Fullerton puts on more sausages to cook at the Izaak Walton League of America booth during the Orange International Street Fair in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

  • Jaxon Smith, 3, gets a better view of the Orange International Street Fair sitting on his father Kenny’s shoulders in Orange on Saturday, September 1, 2018. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer)

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Tens of thousands attended the annual Orange International Street Fair, eating their way across the globe as they cross from one end of Old Towne Orange to the other.

The three-day festival over the Labor Day weekend is a homecoming for many; longtime friends make it a tradition to gather in yards throughout Old Towne.

For many local schools, nonprofits and churches, the street fair is their major fundraiser. They provided the manpower to the blocks worth of food and alcohol booths that fill the plaza area.