The Palmerton Community Festival is continuing from 4 to 9 p.m. today to make up for Saturday's washout.

The festival opened to a large crowd Friday night, but as Saturday's rain wore on, the entertainment had to be canceled. Food vendors did a few takeouts for evening meals, but they too closed early.Some festivalgoers still had a good time Saturday."I guess you can only get so wet. Once you're wet, you're wet," said Emmy Glick, owner of Knockerball. "You can get warm in these balls."Knockerballs are large, plastic balls that a person slips over his or her chest and then bounces into things - other people, the ground.Glick, of Quarryville, said despite the steady rain, she still had at least a couple dozen people pay to play Knockerball. Friday night was another story."Last night, all you could see (on the playing field) was balls going up and down," she said.Some people found that a smaller crowd turned out pretty nice for them.One little boy from Palmerton won a prize at every game he tried and rode several rides, too."I won three prizes. These were the only games we played, so I got lucky," the 7-year-old said.People still braved the rain to go to the festival Saturday. Teens competed to see how much rain they could collect in their poncho, and children still feasted on cotton candy."It's just water," Amanda Ahner said.The big white tent covering the crafters presented a relief from umbrellas, but the pooling water caused patrons to tiptoe around the water edges and the edges of the display tables.By 5 p.m. Saturday the festival was closing down.People returned Sunday for more food and festivities.The Lions/Lioness Clubs dominated the food circle with three different carts for hamburgers and hotdogs, ice-cream waffle sandwiches and thick milkshakes. Mandy Uyvari and Megan Linaberry worked the Lehighton Lioness Club milkshake stand on Sunday."Chocolate is definitely the most popular," Uyvari said.St. John Neumann Regional School sold beef, pork, chicken, veggie and fruit kebabs at the fair, selling out of three of their choices before 6 p.m."We've been at the festival for about 10 years, but only started selling kebabs two years ago. It's been very successful," kebab worker Ann Marie Ross.Ah Shucks Corn sold their famous cobs to a line that never ended.Palmerton Boy Scout Troop 20 sold wings and favored traditional dish pork and sauerkraut. Takoda Terruta and Zacry Reif both agreed the Pennsylvania Dutch dinner "definitely sold the most."Every bench in the park was occupied with families delighting in sausage sandwiches or other treats.TONIGHT: A ride special will be held from 5-8 p.m., with a $15 wrist band allowing people to go on all the rides.The Mahoney Brothers will perform on the main stage from 6-9 p.m.Several stands have either been taken down or closed due to prior commitments.Anyone with questions may call 484-788-5170.Kristine Porter, Terry Ahner and Kelley Andrade contributed to this report.