A hand-made steel and bronze moose is silhouetted against the back of local artist Buzz Leighton's tented booth at Art on The Lake on the Commons in Excelsior Saturday, June 11, 2011. The two-day art festival is held in Excelsior's 14-acre community park, Excelsior Commons, located on the south shores of Lake Minnetonka.

Julie Muscha, Minnetonka, eats fresh corn on the cob while walking with her six-year-old Labradoodle, Johnny Cash, at Art on The Lake on the Commons in Excelsior Saturday, June 11, 2011. The two-day art festival is held in Excelsior's 14-acre community park, Excelsior Commons, located on the south shores of Lake Minnetonka.

Chinese composer, conductor and woodwind soloist Ying Zhang played a tune with an egg-shaped, clay instrument called a Xun in his tent at Art on the Lake Saturday, June 11, on Excelsior Commons. Zhang was selling several different types of natural and handmade woodwind instruments.

Chinese composer, conductor and woodwind soloist Ying Zhang played a tune with a Hulusi, or gourd flute, in his tent at Art on the Lake Saturday, June 11, on Excelsior Commons. Zhang was selling several different types of natural and handmade woodwind instruments.

The comfortably crowded Art on the Lake in Excelsior is held annually on its crown jewel, a 14-acre community park called Excelsior Commons, located on the south shores of Lake Minnetonka. Thousands of lookers, buyers, artists and dogs walked through the rows of tents Saturday and Sunday, June 11th and 12th.

Marilyn Salo, Plymouth, sits a spell outside Seattle painter Oluf Nielson booth at Art on The Lake in Excelsior Saturday, June 11, 2011. The two-day art festival is held in Excelsior's 14-acre community park, Excelsior Commons, located on the south shores of Lake Minnetonka.

Nathan Keller, 12, shows off the .67-pound crappie he caught in Spring Park Bay Saturday, April 21. Keller, Golden Valley, was in the running for heaviest crappie in the 14-and-under class of the 2012 Lions Club Crappie Fishing Contest. The official weigh-in was held outside Maynard's restaurant on the shore of Excelsior Bay.

10 year old Mound resident Jack Dioszeghy kisses his .76-pound crappie in the weigh-in tent at Maynard's restaurant in Excelsior during the 2012 Lions Club Lake Minnetonka Crappie Fishing Contest Saturday, April 21, 2012. Dioszeghy's catch was the heaviest fish, at the time of his weigh-in, for the 14-and-under class competition. The kids winner was Brandon Ballinger with a .95-pound crappie.

Emcee and official Lions Club Crappie Fishing Contest weigh-in Grand Poobah Mark Schutz, left, of Full Throttle Fishing in Brooklyn Park, keeps the crowd outside Maynard's restaurant informed while volunteer Sam Bissen, 12, drop a fish onto the scale Saturday, April 21, in Excelsior.

Rob, right, and Trace Eddington stand in the rain near the weigh-in tent at Maynard's restaurant in Excelsior after catching 20 crappies during the Lions Club Crappie Fishing Contest held Saturday, April 2, on Lake Minnetonka.

Mark Adamson, Minneapolis, begins to sort through his stringer full of freshly caught crappies, on the ground outside Maynard's restaurant in Excelsior, Saturday, April 21. Adamson caught the gaggle of fish in the Narrows during the Lions Club Lake Minnetonka Crappie Fishing Contest.

As usual, dozens of great dogs lead their humans around Art on the Lake on Excelsior Commons Sunday, June 10, 2012. The popular South Lake Minnetonka art fair is in its 32nd year.

A panorama made from several photographs lends perspective to the size of the 32nd annual Art on the Lake, held on Excelsior Commons Sunday, June 10, 2012.

Eric Johnson, Minneapolis, digs into foreign fare in the 'Makeshift Accessories' tent. which is stocked with art his brother, Devin, creates, Sunday, June 10, 2012. They were part of Art of the Lake, a highly popular South Lake Minnetonka art fair in its 32nd year.

Art on The Lake patron David Anderson, Eden Prairie, moves on after buying a fresh ear of corn from St. Louis Park's 'Sweet Corn & More' on the Excelsior Commons Sunday, June 10, 2012. The popular South Lake Minnetonka art fair is in its 32nd year.

Sunlit banners from 'Magibob Flags' greet visitors to Art on the Lake on Excelsior Commons Sunday, June 10, 2012. The popular South Lake Minnetonka art fair is in its 32nd year.

The hot and humid mid-summer weather was quenched by these friends bopping a volleyball around in Excelsior Bay during the annual 4th of July celebration at The Commons last Tuesday evening.

Brett Schwagel, Mound, comes ashore from Excelsior Bay with eight-year-old mini pitt bull Zeus, Tuesday, July 4th, on Lake Minnetonka.

Pilot Michael Wiskus provided an astounding aerobatic demonstration in his bright orange Pitts S1-11B biplane over Gideon and Excelsior Bays on Lake Minnetonka for hundreds of 4th of July spectators in the water and at Commons Park Tuesday evening.

The evening Sun colors Gideon Bay and a lone swimmer before pilot Michael Wiskus began his aerobatic demonstration on Lake Minnetonka Tuesday, July 4, off of Excelsior Commons Park.

Excelsior Fire Station 11 Captain Rian Firkus, left, and air show announcer Wayne Flury await the arrival of aerobatic pilot Michael Wiskus on Excelsior Commons Point Tuesday, July 4, on Lake Minnetonka.

Pilot Michael Wiskus provided an astounding aerobatic demonstration in his bright orange Pitts S1-11B biplane over Gideon and Excelsior Bays on Lake Minnetonka for hundreds of 4th of July spectators in the water and at Commons Park Tuesday evening.