September’s FIRSTfriday of Falls Church event showcased a performance by Mercury Rising and the Beyer Auto Group ArtALot’s Cruise-In, with first place given to Lou Wade. Pictured above, from left to right, are first-place winner Lou Wade; event judge Tom Scott; second-place winner Joe Parman; band member Guy Pietrovito; Sheriff S. Stephen Bittle, event judge; band sponsor Tori McKinney; band members Scott Radler and Ed Darden; third-place winner Steve Jonos, event judge Dale Toler; and band members Greg Niehoff, Dan Rappaport, and Sean Niehoff.