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MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. (AP) --

Plans are set to celebrate "American Idol" finalist Lee Dewyze in his Illinois hometown.

Dewyze is one of three contestants left on the Fox television singing competition.

He has a full Friday scheduled, including a chance to throw the first pitch at the Chicago Cubs game.

Later Friday, Dewyze is to ride in a motorcade in his hometown of Mount Prospect and give a performance at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights.

The 24-year-old Dewyze was a paint sales clerk before he left to compete on "American Idol."

Neighbors in Mount Prospect have been wearing neon yellow and pink "Vote 4 Lee" T-shirts and gathering weekly at a restaurant in the Chicago suburb to watch Dewyze on the show and vote for him.

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