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It’s Running of the Bull Day in Dewey Beach The annual event started 16 years ago in this Delaware town.
July 14, 2012
Dressed as a bull, Corey Mahoney, founder of the Alley-Oop Skimboarding Camp. does some skimboarding during the first Kids' Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
Kids skimboard, a popular pasttime in Dewey Beach, during the first Kids' Running of the Bull. The adult Running of the Bull began 16 years as a group house joke, then became a party at the Starboard bar and eventually became an annual town event.
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July 14, 2012
Kelly Ranieri, executive director of the Dewey Business Partnership, helps kick off the first Kids' Running of the Bull held earlier in the day before the grownups' 16th Annual Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
The children are off and running during the first Kids' Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
From left, Katie Conway, Julie Godbout and Jamie Harper take their kids for a stroll in Dewey Beach hours before the 16th Annual Running of the Bull. Katie's husband, Michael McDonnell, is one of the founders of the event.
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July 13, 2012
Steve "Monty" Montgomery, owner of the Starboard bar talks with Dewey Beach's own Elvis, Frank Rainey, outside of Monty's establishment. Elvis is getting ready to go on stage.
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July 13, 2012
Diane Hanson, the mayor of Dewey Beach, stands in front of the Starboard, where the Running of the Bull will begin the next day.
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July 14, 2012
Hundreds jam into the front of the Starboard wearing costumes, celebrating and drinking as they wait for the beginning of the 16th Annual Running of the Bull in Dewey Beach, Del.
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July 14, 2012
Ryan Jones helps his wife, Sarah, with a swig of champagne as they and hundreds of others wait outside the Starboard for the beginning of the 16th Annual Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
From left, Traci Ament, 37, Samantha Kelley, 22, and Christiana Harbaugh, 26, get ready for the big event. Very loosely modeled on the real running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, Dewey's version involves two guys in a furry bull costume, a mass jog across the highway and down the beach ... and copious amounts of alcohol, writes The Post's J. Freedom du Lac.
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July 14, 2012
Michelle Bell, left with back to camera, and Deanna Bremen party before the 16th Annual Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
After hours of drinking and partying inside and outside of the Starboard, the crowd is ready for the 16th Annual Running of the Bull in Dewey Beach.
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July 14, 2012
Hundreds run through the streets of Dewey Beach during the 16th Annual Running of the Bull.
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July 14, 2012
The beach is the most important destination for spectators during the 16th Annual Running of the Bull at Dewey Beach.
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July 14, 2012
Once they reach the beach, runners are encouraged by bystanders during the 16th Annual Running of the Bull in Dewey Beach, Del.
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July 14, 2012
The 16th Annual Running of the Bull creates excitement throughout Dewey Beach.
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July 14, 2012
Ella Godbout, 7, gets a final look at the Running of Bull as she sits on the shoulders of her dad, Greg Godbout. Her mother, Colleen Godbout, is on the left.
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July 14, 2012
The bull makes a quick stop so kids and their parents can touch it during the 16th Annual Running of the Bull.
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