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Source: Standard-Examiner, Ogden, UtahAug.文件倉 10--OGDEN -- With music blasting, people dancing and plenty of food, downtown Ogden was transformed into a lively celebration for people of all ages to enjoy.Friday evening, the Standard-Examiner held its Second Annual Block Party to announce the Tops of the Top of Utah Readers' Choice Awards.The celebration was held at The Junction free of charge."It was created to get the community together and make the awards a bigger deal," event organizer Jennifer Thorpe said.Liz Gregoire, of Ogden, said she and her husband, Dan, go to nearly every community event there is."This is great. We saw it in the paper, and here we are," she said.Partygoers were of all ages, including families, couples on date night and business owners interested in the awards.The event was headlined by The Greg Simpson Band, a local rock group based out of Hooper.The band played the event a year ago as well. The crowd was fantastic, frontman Greg Simpson said.Paul and Rebecca Michel said they had heard a lot of good things about the Greg Simpson Band and decided to stop by for a listen.Standard-Examiner reporter Mark Saal emceed the party, keeping the audience laughing and enticing people to get off their seats and dance.Ther存倉 were plenty of family-friendly activities available. Kids could be seen getting their faces painted by the LDS Institute and carrying balloon animals. New this year was the opportunity to draw with Standard-Examiner cartoonist Cal Grondahl, prompting kids to draw one of his favorite things -- dinosaurs.Food was available from local eateries such as Brixton's, Rickenbackers and Timbermine.There were about 500 people present at any given time during the night, Thorpe said.Many people who came had read about the Block Party in the Standard-Examiner and some were already at The Junction dining or leaving the movie theater when they decided to see what the celebration was about.The Awards, which included categories such as best coffee shop, best Greek food and many others, were announced by Saal."These kind of events are great for the community," said Matt Inkley, founder of the Imaging Depot, which won the Best Camera Store Award.Charles Horton, publisher of the Standard-Examiner, said he wants the event to be even larger next year."Downtown needs more things like this."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) Visit the Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) at .standard.net Distributed by MCT Information Services自存倉