This Weekend: Celebrate Our Independence with all of Sierra Madre
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Published: Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Local festivities in Sierra Madre for the Fourth of July begin on Friday, July 3 and continue on Saturday, July 4. Beginning on Friday at Memorial Park, 222 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, the Beer Garden will be open at 5 pm, with service provided by members of the Fourth of July Committee, Sierra Madre Friends of Little League, and Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce.
There will also be a concert at Memorial Park on Friday, with The Sheds and the Aluminum Marshmallow. The concert will begin at 6 pm with The Sheds, and Aluminum Marshmallow is expected to take the stage around 6:30 pm. The 5th annual Bubble Wrap Firework Show will take place at approximately 8 pm on the stage at Memorial Park.
On the Fourth of July, the Sierra Madre Woman’s Club will hold an open house and complimentary breakfast. It begins at 8 am and will take place at the Essick House, their headquarters at 550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd, located on the corner of Sierra Madre Blvd and Sunnyside. The annual Fourth of July Parade will begin at this location as well.
The Fourth of July Parade will begin at 10 am, with a vintage aircraft soaring over the parade route signaling its start. The Parade Marshal is Midge Morash, who is known as “Mother Nature” in environmental groups. She is on the board of the Sierra Madre Environmental Action Council, which she helped form in 1972. Midge was chosen as the Sierra Madre Older American of the Year in 2000.
In addition to Midge Morash, the parade will include members of the Sierra Madre City Council, Arcadia City Councilman Bob Harbicht, State Senator Robert Huff, State Assemblyman Anthony Adams, County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, Sierra Madre Rose Princesses Laurel Cipolla and Gail Gutierrez, and Sierra Madre Older American of the Year Ken Anhalt and his wife, Shirley.
A “water zone” at the end of the parade, beginning at Canon Avenue, will be the location of the traditional water fight with the Sierra Madre Fire Department and local citizens. The parade officially ends at Sierra Vista Park.
Memorial Park festivities will begin around 11:30 am, featuring nonprofit food booths and the Beer Garden, which will be open until 4 pm. Additionally, there will be games for children that begin around 12 noon on the southeast corner of Memorial Park. On the east side of the park, the Night Blooming Jazzmen will begin their traditional four-hour jazz concert at noon.
The Fourth of July Committee is composed of volunteers. Matt Bosse is the chairman and Colleen McEvoy is co-chair. Other members include Hank Landsberg, past chair; Karma Bell, Susan Clifton, Chuck Dorsett, Yvonne Eberhard, Sue Levoe, Arlene and Jack Wolf and Jan Reed.
Here’s the Schedule for the weekend’s festivities:
Friday, July 3rd
Food booths open at 5pm.
Concert featuring “The Sheds” at 6pm, and “Aluminum Marshmallow” 6:30pm to 10pm
5th Annual “Bubble Wrap Fireworks” approx. 8pm
Beer Garden open from 5 – 10pm
Saturday, July 4th
Sierra Madre Woman’s Club Pre-Parade Open House, 550 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., 8am
4th of July Parade, 10am
Outdoor Games at Memorial Park, Noon
Dixieland Jazz by Nightblooming Jazzmen at Memorial Park, Noon to 4pm
Food and Beer Garden at Memorial Park, Noon to 4pm
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