Lots Of Fireworks
Parades And Music
Happening Within
Just A Short
Drive
BY EMILY
BOOKER
AND LAUREN HENRY
STAFF
INTERNS
Greeneville will once again celebrate America's independence
with some all-American baseball and spectacular fireworks at Pioneer Park on Saturday, July
4.
Greeneville's annual fireworks display will follow the baseball game
between the Greeneville Astros and the Elizabethton Twins.
The Astros'
Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration, sponsored by Landair and Marsh Petroleum, is the only
professional display in Greene County. The fireworks will be coordinated with patriotic
music.
The game begins at 7 p.m. To purchase tickets to the Astros
baseball game, call 638-0411.
Many places just a short drive from
Greeneville will also be celebrating the Fourth of July.
WARRENSBURG
The Warrensburg community in western Greene County
will celebrate with a parade, followed by several activities at the Community
Center.
The parade will start at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the Ma-Tom-Ba
Farm, about one mile before the Community Center, and it will end at the
center.
State Sen. Steve Southerland, R-1st of Morristown, will serve as
grand marshal.
Following the parade there will be singing, cake walks, a
hamburger and hot dog meal and a youth basketball contest.
An auction
will be held at 5 p.m. Proceeds from the event will help with guttering and underpinning of the
recently remodeled gymnasium.
JOHNSON
CITY
Johnson City will have its annual Pepsi Independence Day Celebration
at the Freedom Hall Civic Center.
Beginning at 3 p.m. the event will
include entertainment from Johnson City's Dance Company, Greenbriar Bluegrass Band with Jimbo
Whaley, Brinley Addinton and Miss Johnson City, Jessica Nixon.
There will
also be a tribute to all Armed Forces as well as drawings for Bristol Race tickets and Food City
gift certificates.
The evening will conclude with a fireworks show at
9:55 p.m.
Free shuttles will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. at ETSU and
Winged Deer Park to take patrons to the event at Freedom Hall.
For a
complete schedule, go to www.johnsoncitytn.org.
BRISTOL
In Bristol, Pepsi will sponsor Star Spangled Fireworks
on Friday, July 3, following the Bristol White Sox game at DeVault Stadium. The game starts at 7
p.m.
On Saturday, Bristol will have its annual Star Spangled Independence
Parade on State Street beginning at 10 a.m.
There will be a citywide
picnic at 11:30 p.m. at Cumberland State Park.
For a full list of Fourth
of July events in Bristol, go to www.visitbristoltnva.org.
JONESBOROUGH
Jonesborough will host its annual "Jonesborough
Days" Friday through Sunday. This year's theme will be "Red Rockets, White Lies and
Bluegrass."
The "Jonesborough Days" festival celebrates the community,
heritage, and history of Tennessee's oldest town.
The festival draws
crowds of more than 30,000, according to the Town of Jonesborough, and will open with a parade on
Friday at 10 a.m. A fireworks show will begin Friday at 10 p.m.
The
three-day festival will include bands, storytellers, dancing, multiple showings of "1940's USO
Show," and a crafter's village.
For more information go to
www.jonesboroughtn.org.
ROGERSVILLE
Country music star Joe Diffie will be the featured
performer at this year's Rogersville Independence Day Celebration.
The
20th Anniversary Rogersville Fourth of July Celebration, sponsored this year by Porter's Tire Stores
and Dynamic Effects & Fireworks Company, will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday with music performances
leading up to the featured performance of Diffie at 8:30 p.m.
The
evening will conclude with fireworks at 10 p.m.
For more information, go
to www.RogersvilleJuly4th.com.
KINGSPORT
Kingsport will celebrate July 4 with a fireworks
display from Cement Hill at 10 p.m.
The show, presented by the Downtown
Kingsport Association, will be visible from the downtown area of Main Street from Commerce to Shelby
St., said the city of Kingsport.
For more information go to
www.kingsporttn.gov.
MORRISTOWN
Morristown's Cherokee Park July Fourth Fireworks
Celebration will be held in the Cherokee Park Ampitheatre that afternoon at 2 p.m. with live music
from local bands and concluding with fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
The Hubcaps,
Bonfire Way, Vertigo, and Ronnie Millsap will perform. Call (423) 581-5630 for more
information.
GATLINBURG
Gatlinburg will
welcome July 4 with its 34th annual Midnight Independence Day
Parade.
This year in honor of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's
75th anniversary, the parade will recreate the presidential motorcade of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt traveled through Gatlinburg on Sept. 2, 1940 to officially dedicate the national
park.
At noon Saturday, the River Raft Regatta will travel from Christus
Gardens bridge on River Road to Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies bridge downtown. The regatta is
hosted by the U.S. Navy.
The grand finale begins at 10 p.m. with a
20-minute fireworks display and music.
For more information, go to
www.gatlinburg.com.
KNOXVILLE
Knoxville
will be celebrating with its Festival on the Fourth at the World's Fair Park. Events begin at 2
p.m.
WDVX will host shows throughout the
afternoon.
The Knoxville Museum of Art will host an Art Tent for kids to
make crafts. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will perform on the South Lawn Stage at 8 p.m.
Fireworks will begin at 9:35 p.m.
For more information, call the
Knoxville Office of Special Events at (865) 215-4248 or go to
www.ci.knoxville.us.
ASHEVILLE
Festivities begin at 4 p.m. at Martin Luther King
Park.
There will be live music, games, food from area vendors, and other
family-friendly activities. Admission is free.
The grand finale fireworks
display will begin at 9:30 p.m.
For more information, go to
www.romanticasheville.com.
HOT SPRINGS,
N.C.
Hot Springs will celebrate with activities such as a street dance
with live music from Kemistry starting at 7:30 p.m. and free games for children.
Fireworks will begin at dark at the Hot Springs Spa and
Campground.
The event is paid for by donations from local businesses to
the Hot Springs Fire Department.
"This will be a bigger event with more
activities for the kids than any Fourth of July celebration we've had in years," said Clara Ramsey,
chair of the Hot Springs Entertainment Committee.