Get ready from some red, white and boom!
Halifax is set to continue a 30-year tradition while Weldon is adding a new twist to its Fourth of July celebration.
Weldon gets things started Saturday with a Fourth of July parade that starts at 10:30 a.m. from Weldon Elementary School and ends at Weldon Town Hall on Washington Avenue.
There are approximately 30 entries for the parade, that range from cheerleaders and tractors to church groups and veterans, the real reason for the march, said Traci Storey, town zoning administrator. “We wanted to expand on our Independence Day celebration and pay tribute to our veterans and have a good, old-fashioned parade.”
David Lyles, Noah Joyner and J.E. Evans, all veterans, will serve as grand marshals.
Scene from a previous Weldon event.
Meanwhile, at 5 p.m., the town opens River Falls Park for the continuation of the its early Fourth of July celebration.
The Weldon Fire Department will be selling chicken plates and there will be a number of food vendors.
Amusements for children are planned and the Pizazz Band will play a wide range of music up until the fireworks show, set to begin around 9:15 p.m.
Scene from a previous Halifax event.
Halifax
Meanwhile, on July 4, the town of Halifax continues its 30-year tradition of celebrating the nation’s independence.
Held on the grounds of the courthouse complex off Highway 301, the event starts at 5:30 p.m. with Rising Star Karaoke providing music up until 7 p.m. when the Roanoke Valley Community Concert Band performs.
Like in Weldon, there will be amusements for children, a train ride, and food and drink vendors.
“We’ve got a lot of good stuff,” Town Clerk Sharon Vick Estep said.
Boy Scout Troop 587 will present the colors and the delegation scene from First for Freedom will be performed around 8:15 p.m.
Don Carrington, editor of the Carolina Journal and a skydiving photographer, will do a jump and will have a many as 10 skydivers also jumping.
Around 9:15 p.m. the Halifax Fire Department will put on its annual fireworks show. “This will be the 30th year,” Estep said. “It’s all done by donations. The fire department has done a lot of training. They really do go through a lot of effort.”
