Groans of disappointment filled air Thursday morning as it was announced Woodstock Willie had spotted his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter.
Groans of disappointment from the gathered crowd filled air Thursday morning as it was announced that Woodstock Willie had spotted his shadow, signaling six more weeks of winter lies ahead.
The forecast comes as Woodstock celebrates the 30th anniversary of the hit Bill Murray movie's release. The film was shot in and around Woodstock in 1992, and the city has celebrated the movie's success with an annual festival since 1996. Woodstock resident Elesha Werhane said the frosty prognostication didn't damper the enthusiasm of the event.McHenry resident John Sode said that though he lived in Woodstock during the filming of the movie, it was only last year that he made his first trip out to celebrate the movie's filming. Danny Rubin, the screenwriter of the"Groundhog Day" movie, announces Woodstock Willie's findings during the annual Groundhog Day Prognostication on the Woodstock Square.
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