From left, Mia Foley,10, Ava Dressler, 8, Aydin Shipley, 14, Alex Dressler,10, Landon Shipley, 13, and Liam Shipley, 10, all of Cranberry Township, are dressed in patriotic colors as they wave during the Fourth of July parade on Main Street Zelienople on Tuesday. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle

ZELIENOPLE — As they waited to join the Fourth of July procession on Main Street on Tuesday, the Star-Styled Dance Team practiced its routines a half-block away on the open road. By noon, they still were on North High Street, following the winding queue of other children’s dance and sports teams, antique cars and entertainers that had been there for hours in a muggy afternoon that reached a humidity point of nearly 90%.

Meghan Fatta, mother of Aubriella and Julianna on the Star-Styled Dance Team, said the girls practiced nine hours for the event. They were most excited to get together with their friends from the dance studio, she said.

“It’s something fun to do on the Fourth of July morning,” Meghan Fatta said.