How do you want to celebrate? Take your pick.Byline: The Register-Guard With patriotism very much in the air since Sept. 11, 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. should take on added importance this year. Here are some of the entertainment- focused celebrations planned in Eugene, Springfield and the surrounding area: The Eugene Active 20-30 Club returns Thursday to the banks of the Willamette for the 56th annual Freedom Festival. Once held at the Lane County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. , the event was moved to Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge. last year to accommodate bigger crowds and bring more segments of the community into the celebration. "We wanted to tap into the idea that the central heart of our community is the river area," festival Chairman Mike Clark said. "We really want to make this a community celebration." Preceding the Art and the Vineyard festival, which runs July 5-7 at Alton Baker Park, the Freedom Festival is billed as the largest 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 display in Lane County. Three-, 4- and 5-inch cones will be blasted into the sky from the park's "great meadow Great Meadow is a 250-acre field events center and steeplechase course located in The Plains, Virginia. It is operated under the stewardship of the Great Meadow Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of open space for community use. " starting at about 10 p.m. The best place to watch is from the lawn in the west end of the park, Clark said. The Freedom Festival gates will open at 4 p.m. Musical entertainment will begin at 6 p.m. The Jive Masters and the Deb Cleveland Band will be the featured bands. Activities include sack races, volleyball and bouncy rooms for kids. There will be more than a dozen food vendors, and valet bike parking will be available. Entry stickers will be sold in the Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. parking lots and at several walk-up, locations including the intersection of the Autzen bike path and Day Island Road, the Cuthbert Amphitheater foot bridge and the pond near the DeFazio Bridge. Tickets are $3 for adults. $2 for children 6 to 12, free for kids 5 and younger. Parking in the Autzen Stadium lots is $2 or $1 with a Bi-Mart card. Proceeds from the event will go to charities supported by the Eugene Active 20-30 Club. "Nobody is making any money on this," Clark said. "Every dime that is raised will go to help kids in our community." Nokie Edwards Nokie Edwards (born Nole Edwards 9 May, 1935, in Lahoma, Oklahoma), became a guitarist at a very early age. By his teens, he was playing in Country-Western bands, including the Buck Owens band, and relocated to the Pacific Northwest, where he met Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, founders , legendary surf-rock guitarist from the Ventures, will host his third Nokie's Music Festival at Richardson Park Campground on Fern Ridge Lake. The gathering will begin Thursday and continue on July 5, running from 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. both days. Along with Edwards, the festival will feature the Northwest rock innovators the Fabulous Wailers, Nashville singer- songwriter Lisa Carver, fingerstyle guitar Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick) or strumming champion Buster B. Jones, Tom Bresh (son of Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Travis), and many more rock and country acts. The festival will include a fireworks display, a classic car and motorcycle show, crafts and merchandise for sale, a music memorabilia booth, raffles and art contests for kids and adults. Vendors will be serving food, and wine and beer will be available. Picnic blankets and chairs are encouraged. No pets. No outside food or drink. Tickets are $15 for adults. Children 12 and younger get in for free. Tickets will be sold on site. For more information, call 953-1944 or go to www.nokie-edwards.com. The Eugene Pro Rodeo will celebrate the Fourth with a two-day Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) is an organization whose members compete in rodeos around the United States. The PRCA sanctions rodeo venues and events through the PRCA Circuit System. competition at the new Oregon Horse Center, 90751 Prairie Road. Events will kick off Thursday and continue July 5-6, starting at 7:30 p.m. each night. Along with the PRCA PRCA Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association PRCA Pure Red-Cell Aplasia PRCA Public Relations Consultants Association PrCa Prostate Cancer PRCA Proportional Rate-Control Algorithm PRCA Personal Report of Communication Apprehension rodeo, on Thursday and on July 5, there will also be live music, dancing, motorcycle jumping and lots of monster truck A monster truck is an automobile, typically a pickup truck, which has been modified or purposely built with extremely large wheels and suspension. They are used for popular entertainment and in some cases they are featured alongside Motocross races, mud bogging, tractor pulls and noise. Fireworks displays are planned for Thursday and again on July 5. Steve Benavides and Roughstock will play country music on Thursday. DJ Jon Michael will be featured July 5, and July 6 will be reserved for the third annual Firecracker Bullride. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for ages 6 through 12 at Bi-Mart and Knechts stores. For more information call 689-3860. The Eugene Symphonic Band will play a pair of free Fourth of July concerts. At 1 p.m. Thursday, the concert band will perform at the Creswell Fourth of July Celebration at Holt Park. At 6:30 p.m., the 60-piece ensemble will play at Washburne Park, 20th and Agate streets. The repertoire will include patriotic selections, light classical music and marches. Dexter Library and Oregon State Parks are teaming up once again for a fund- raiser and fireworks show at Dexter Lake Park on Highway 58. The event, which will start at noon Thursday and end when the fireworks are done, will include live music, pony rides, craft booths, frisbee golf and other family entertainment. Homemade pies and a barbecue dinner will be served. The music lineup includes the Black Berry Pickers, Dan Gilliam, Seventh Avenue, Prosthetic pros·thet·ic adj. 1. Serving as or relating to a prosthesis. 2. Of or relating to prosthetics. prosthetic serving as a substitute; pertaining to prostheses or to prosthetics. Soul, the Obscure Brothers, TemperMental and Ampt. Admission is $10 per car. Proceeds will benefit Dexter Library. |
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