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Do you have some flags to wave or
display? Have you planned your red,
white and blue outfits? Are you ready
for some spectacular Fourth of July
fireworks and fun in Wake Forest next
Monday and Tuesday?
Monday night the
all-volunteer Fourth of July Committee
will throw open the gates at Trentini
Stadium at 6 p.m. for the entertainment
and fireworks show.
The committee has added some
attractions for the before-fireworks
show.
Those include a magician who
will perform from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
A member of the Wake Forest
Boys and Girls Club, Asa Rowland, will
lead the crowd in the Pledge of
Allegiance, and Dr. Daniel Akin,
president of Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, will give the
invocation.
That local favorite, the
Band of Oz, will provide music along
with the Friendship Chapel Baptist
Church Choir. Sandy Thomas will sing the
national anthem, and the Southern Skies
Parachute Team will drop in.
Admission is $5 per person
with children 6 and younger admitted
free. You can also purchase pre-event
tickets, five for $20, at The Wake
Weekly, the Wake Forest Chamber of
Commerce, The Corner Ice Cream Shop,
Premieres Video, Lighthouse Candles and
Gifts, the Wakefield location of Wake
Forest Florist & Gifts, Full Moon
Italian Café and All About Hair & Nails.
There will be plenty of hot
dogs, hamburgers, chips and drinks
available while the crowd waits for
night to fall and the fireworks to
begin.
People who will be driving
into town for the show need to be
mindful that Stadium Drive, one of the
usual major access roads, is closed to
through traffic because the bridge over
Richland Creek is being replaced.
Tuesday morning at least a
thousand youngsters, parents and pets
will crowd North Main Street for the
children’s parade followed by games and
art in Holding Park.
The parade begins Tuesday
morning at 10:30 with lineup at 10.
North Main will be closed to traffic
before the parade, and parking will be
on side streets.
Immediately after the parade
and until 1 p.m., volunteers will help
children in the following activities:
Paint the Town, Walk and Crawl the Town,
Fishing Booth, Golf and Putt-Putt,
Basketball Toss for those under 5,
Tug-of-War, Sack Race, Watermelon Seed
Spitting Contest and the Water Balloon
Toss.
“These games are geared more
for the younger age group (up to 11
years old),” Chairman Rhonda Alderman
said. “We will have a tug-of-war contest
for ages 11 to 13.”
Another new feature will be
a Child Identification service at the
Community House on West Owen Avenue
provided by the local Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the Wake Forest Police
Department.
You can still volunteer to
help, and assistance is especially
needed for the games and art. Call
Alderman at 556-4436 or to
fireworklady@aol.com.
Wake Forest’s celebration is
entirely staffed by volunteers. This
year’s ticket proceeds for the stadium
show and fireworks will fund next year’s
activities with some donations from
businesses and individuals and $3,000
each year from the town. |
