Bike Week isn’t complete without the DeLand Bike Rally, where bikers from all over flock to Downtown DeLand for live music, food and an opportunity to show off their motorcycles. Check out photos from this year’s rally.
All photos by Beacon photographer Marsha McLaughlin
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LIZARD LOVE — Karissa Lacava and Stephanie Grasso introduce their pet lizard to the sights and sounds of DeLand’s March 4 Bike Rally in Downtown DeLand. The popular event filled the central business district with motorcycles and all kinds of people-watching opportunities.

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IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF BIKES — Eric Jones pilots the Taco Wagon on East Indiana Avenue at DeLand’s Bike Rally event, with his canine pal at the helm. Dogs of all stripes and sizes were visible throughout Downtown DeLand as the annual Bike Rally filled the town with music and muffler roars March 4.

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MOTORCYCLES AND MATRIMONY — The opportunity to renew wedding vows — or even to exchange them for the first time — courtesy of Volusia County Clerk of the Court Laura Roth, is a highlight of DeLand’s annual Bike Rally event. Here, couples exchange kisses at the “biker wedding” ceremony. Among those taking part were Pat Simpson and Gregory McNeil and Allen Rickett and Michele Ladouceur, along with Patrick and Loretta Kelly, who celebrated 30 years of marriage, and Brien and Teresa MacNicol, who marked their 45th wedding anniversary.

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IT’S THEIR ROAD TODAY — Woodland Boulevard is the exclusive domain of motorcycles and their fans March 4, for Downtown DeLand’s annual Bike Rally event.

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THE ART OF MOTORCYCLING — In addition to the machines themselves, motorcycle
art made for quite the scenic tour through Downtown DeLand, as hundreds of bikers
gathered for the annual Bike Rally

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN
WALL-TO-WALL WHEELS — Dozens of volunteers for the MainStreet DeLand Association
worked to coordinate and manage the town’s annual Bike Rally event March 4.

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FOR THE CHILDREN — Among the organizations with a presence at DeLand’s March 4 Bike Rally event is BACA, Bikers Against Child Abuse.