Weekend roundup: Ice Cream Festival, Repticon Atlanta

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Weekend roundup: Ice Cream Festival, Repticon Atlanta

Atlantans cooled off with ice cream and games at Piedmont Park. Kids and adults got the experience of seeing and touching reptiles at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016.

A large crowd walks among the vendors at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Atlanta Police Officer Jeanet Franklin dances with some kids at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. The festival included a variety of health and fitness activities, along with an assortment of ice cream vendors. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Large bumper balls were one of the health and fitness activities, along with an assortment of ice cream vendors available at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Priosh Taylor tries to get the last of her ice cream out of the cup during the ice cream eating contest at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Gemma and Jack Faber deal with the heat in their own way at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A crowd gathers around the stage for the ice cream eating contest at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Alana Cook (L) Ava Cook and Kennedy Koy play with bubbles at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Jason Williams (R) takes part in an aerobic dance activity at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. The festival included a variety of health and fitness activities, along with an assortment of ice cream vendors. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Palmer Kate Hodges (L) eyes an ice cream cone offered to her by her mother Kathy Hodges at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Jahsiir Fantauzzi jumps on an exercise trampoline at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. The festival included a variety of health and fitness activities, along with an assortment of ice cream vendors. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Cassidy Poole reacts after seeing the design that was painted on her face at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Haleigh Banks maneuvers her giant bumper ball around the field at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. The festival includes a variety of health and fitness activities, along with an assortment of ice cream vendors. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Seon Baily's young Pinstripe Ball Python is draped around his neck as he walks around the Repticon Atlanta show at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Nelson Quinones, from the North Georgia Zoo, holds an alligator during Repticon Atlanta at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Marina Nichols Garcia holds a bearded dragon lizard during Repticon Atlanta at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Several snakes are on display during the Repticon Atlanta show at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Kim MacConnell looks over a Blue Lguana during Repticon Atlanta at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A young male albino Python looks out his enclosure during the Repticon Atlanta show at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Violet Johnson holds bearded dragon lizards during Repticon Atlanta at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville, Ga. Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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A large crowd walks among the vendors at the Ice Cream Festival in Piedmont Park Saturday, July 23 2016. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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