1.   And the usual magnets for weekend crowds, like Central Park, were virtually empty.

2.   Avoiding the weekend crowds, Joan and William Brady of Farmingdale came Wednesday.

3.   Avoid holiday weekend crowds.

4.   Adding to crowds last weekend at the fairgrounds were festivities celebrating the life of Annie Oakley, another dead ringer with Darke County roots.

5.   Dances draw large crowds every weekend.

6.   Even with the weekend crowds, few businesses expect to make money for now.

7.   Greg Norman,who left in something of a huff last year because of the distractions caused by huge weekend crowds, has decided to return.

8.   Here, retailers are awaiting the crowds this weekend as a barometer of how things will shake out.

9.   KGB is the kind of place that requires a bouncer for its tough early-hours weekend crowd.

10.   Some onlookers complained that riot gear-clad police incited the weekend crowds.