FIREWORKS, FEASTS, PAGEANTS PLANNED FOR THE HOLIDAY.Byline: Daily News Antelope Valley's Independence Day celebration begins with a parade this morning in Acton, peaks with fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to displays tonight in Palmdale and Lancaster, and encores with racing and more fireworks Saturday in Rosamond. All the entertainment is free. Here's a list: ACTON- Acton hosts its annual old-fashioned Independence Day parade, followed by a July 4 festival with games and food at the Acton Community Center. Beginning at 9 a.m., the 70-unit parade rolls south down Crown Valley Road from Aliso Street to the community center, 3748 W. Nickels Ave., where the festival will start up as the parade ends. The Acton Gunslingers will stage Wild West gunbattles for spectators waiting for the parade to start, and an Air Force jet will make a flyover at 9 a.m. Shambala Preserve Shambala Preserve is wild animal preserve established in 1972 and located in Acton, California, a desert community. About Shambala is maintained by the Roar Foundation, founded by actress Tippi Hedren in 1983 as a 501(C)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt charitable organization . operator and actress Tippi Hedren Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930)[1] is an American actress with a career spanning six decades. She is best known for her role as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds will be the grand marshal, fitting the parade's them of ``Acton Goes Hollywood.'' The after-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. will include a tug of war tug of war n. pl. tugs of war 1. Games A contest of strength in which two teams tug on opposite ends of a rope, each trying to pull the other across a dividing line. 2. , hay stealing contest, hog calling competition, mock Wild West gunbattle by the Acton Gunslingers, a dunk tank, pony rides, games and food booths. Veterans of Foreign Wars members will raise the U.S. flag at noon. PALMDALE - A 90-minute performance by Disneyland house band The Bytes precedes the 9 p.m. fireworks tonight show at the Palmdale High School div style="float:right; margin: 0 0 1em 2em; width: 20em; text-align: right; font-size: 0.86em; font-family: lucida grande, sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> '''Palmdale High School football stadium, on 20th Street East south of Palmdale Boulevard. Stadium gates open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Both grandstand seating and lawn seating are available. Food and soft drinks will be available, or spectators can bring their own picnic meals. No alcoholic beverages are permitted. The 25-minute fireworks display will include both air and ground pieces. LANCASTER - Lancaster's fireworks display, performed to music broadcast on radio station KMIX KMIX Kde Sound Mixer 106.3, is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , 155 E. Ave. I. Musical entertainment will be provided by the country western group Motherlode from 7 to 8:45 p.m. in the main grandstand. On Park Center Stage, the children's group Sunshine Generation will perform from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m., followed by Mr. Dyer's Daughters from 7 to 8:45 p.m. Admission is free. Fairground gates open at 6 p.m. Seating is limited in the main arena and in the south bleachers. No alcoholic beverages will be permitted, and ice chests and containers are subject to search at the gate. Food and beverages may be brought into the fairgrounds. Limited food concessions are available. The fireworks can also be viewed from Eastside Park, on Avenue I at Fifth Street East. ROSAMOND - Willow Springs International Raceway will be the site of a fireworks show at 10:15 p.m. Saturday following the Vintage Auto Racing Association annual race. Admission is free. The raceway is on Rosamond Boulevard at 80th Street West. Racing starts at 8 p.m. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) Lancaster parks department employees erect a 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. stage in front of grandstands at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds on Thursday. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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