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| Iris Summers (left) and Freddie Johnson show off their July 4 ensembles while waiting for the fireworks display last year. ‘(Freddie) wears what she wants to, that’s just what she is ... a wild one,’ Summers said. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter |
Entertainment and food vendors will precede July 4 finale.
By MICHAEL MITSEFF
mmitseff@lakecityreporter.com
Friday’s 2008 Fourth of July Celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. with a lineup of musical performers including the Grace Harbor Praise Band and Columbia County’s Denise Hingson, country music vocalist and emcee for the evening’s entertainment.
The music stage will be set up just behind the Courthouse Annex building.
“I really encourage everyone to come out to the shores of Lake DeSoto on Friday to enjoy the pre-fireworks entertainment and kids activities at the First Baptist Church parking lot, in the area between the church and the courthouse complex,” said Lake City Reporter Publisher Michael Leonard.
Leonard said that this year’s fireworks display is North Central Florida’s best and brightest yet.
“This is the Reporter’s fifth year being the presenting sponsor of these fireworks and we are so happy that we can be a part of this and help bring this terrific event to the residents of our area.”
Organizers of the event are adding extra fireworks this year in an effort to top last year’s grand finale of booms, bangs and blasts enhancing the kaleidoscope display of colors reflected on the still waters of Lake DeSoto.
Georgia-based Pyrotecnico will provide the 9:20 p.m. fireworks display for the Friday night celebration commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 ,1776, declaring U.S. independence from Great Britain.
In addition to the entertainment, the lakeside seating and fun family activities, food vendors will offer crowd- and kid-pleasing comfort foods including barbecue and ice cream.
The celebration is sponsored by the Lake City Reporter and presented by the Downtown Action Corporation, City of Lake City and Columbia County.
“We expect somewhere between 20,000 to 25,000 people to show up for the fourth and that’s a perfect time for the candidates to mingle with the people.”
Including the Reporter, there will be a total of 22 sponsors for this year’s event.
The Reporter will have balloons for the children and hand-powered church fans to help keep those in attendance cool during the warm evening’s festivities.
If inclement weather prevails, the event could be rescheduled for July 5, according to Harvey Campbell, executive director of the Columbia County Tourist Development Agency.
The music stage will be set up just behind the Courthouse Annex building.
“I really encourage everyone to come out to the shores of Lake DeSoto on Friday to enjoy the pre-fireworks entertainment and kids activities at the First Baptist Church parking lot, in the area between the church and the courthouse complex,” said Lake City Reporter Publisher Michael Leonard.
Leonard said that this year’s fireworks display is North Central Florida’s best and brightest yet.
“This is the Reporter’s fifth year being the presenting sponsor of these fireworks and we are so happy that we can be a part of this and help bring this terrific event to the residents of our area.”
Organizers of the event are adding extra fireworks this year in an effort to top last year’s grand finale of booms, bangs and blasts enhancing the kaleidoscope display of colors reflected on the still waters of Lake DeSoto.
Georgia-based Pyrotecnico will provide the 9:20 p.m. fireworks display for the Friday night celebration commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 ,1776, declaring U.S. independence from Great Britain.
In addition to the entertainment, the lakeside seating and fun family activities, food vendors will offer crowd- and kid-pleasing comfort foods including barbecue and ice cream.
The celebration is sponsored by the Lake City Reporter and presented by the Downtown Action Corporation, City of Lake City and Columbia County.
“We expect somewhere between 20,000 to 25,000 people to show up for the fourth and that’s a perfect time for the candidates to mingle with the people.”
Including the Reporter, there will be a total of 22 sponsors for this year’s event.
The Reporter will have balloons for the children and hand-powered church fans to help keep those in attendance cool during the warm evening’s festivities.
If inclement weather prevails, the event could be rescheduled for July 5, according to Harvey Campbell, executive director of the Columbia County Tourist Development Agency.
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