2,000 EXPECTED TO MARCH IN FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.Byline: Amy Collins Daily News Staff Writer Carrying on a Newhall tradition since 1932, about 2,000 people are expected to trek the route of the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. Parade on Friday in 120 entries including floats, marching bands, horses, and antique cars and buses. ``There will be a lot of music, a lot of kids, a lot of horses, a lot of emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' vehicles and a lot of Cub Scouts. It'll be a big parade that will include people from all over our community,'' said Leon Worden, chairman of the parade committee. About 25,000 people last year packed the parade route, which stretches just over a mile from Hart Park to Newhall Park. One of the featured entertainers will be the all-Santa Clarita Valley Alumni Marching Band. Anyone who played in a high school band is invited to show up at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Once assembled, the alumni and current high school students will be given sheet music and just under two hours to get the show on the road. About 88 people marched in the impromptu band last year, said Worden, himself a high school alto saxophone veteran. The parade will begin at 9:45 a.m. on Walnut Street near William S. Hart Park, turning left at Lyons Avenue, right onto Orchard Village Road, right onto Dalbey Drive, wrapping up near Newhall Park. Following the parade, Newhall Park will play host to the Stars and Stripes Stars and Stripes nickname for the U.S. flag. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 8567] See : America Festival, also a 10th anniversary celebration for the city of Santa Clarita. City Council members; U.S. Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon, who was Santa Clarita's first mayor; and the valley's man and woman of the year will all take part in the parade festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. . The grand marshals of the parade will be members of the Veluzat family, owners of the Melody Ranch movie studio. The Fourth of July parade has been held annually since 1932, skipping a few war years. It was first held in 1926 before stepping up to the yearly schedule. Parade highlights Here are some of the highlights expected to roll, march and prance along city streets Friday morning during the Fourth of July Parade: The all-SCV High School Alumni Marching Band '54 Ford California Highway Patrol car All the Miss Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. winners you can possibly imagine Cub Scouts on decorated bikes and floats Equestrian units, including the son of Trigger Firetrucks, search and rescue trucks, paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic trucks The Uh-Oh! jazz band ``John Mann is going to do some screwball screw·ball n. 1. Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball. 2. Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person. adj. thing with his Friends of Hart Park entry,'' said parade Chairman Leon Worden. ``It's a big surprise.'' CAPTION(S): Box, Map Box: Parade highlights (see text) Map: Santa Clarita 4th of July Parade route |
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