Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration in Brunswick
Location: Mary Ross Waterfront Park
Downtown Brunswick
Phone: 912-265-4032
Wednesday July 4, 2007
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
GIAHA and the City of Brunswick invite everyone to come out for the annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration. This fun family event features old fashioned games and free watermelon slices; and culminates at dark with the fabulous fireworks display over the East River.
The Brunswick Downtown Development Authority begins the festivities with a walking parade from Hanover Square (line-up 6:15 pm) to Mary Ross Waterfront Park. For more parade info, call 912-265-4032.
Then at 7:00 pm, the celebration kicks off in the park with some great games and contests – sack race, water balloon toss, tug of war, hula hoop contest and more. Participants are divided up into age groups so everyone gets a chance to play! Winners receive a coupon for a special prize; but everyone’s a winner as there are free slices of watermelon given away all night long. When the sky gets dark, patriotic music begins playing while the “rockets’ red glare” lights up the night sky.
Make this Fourth of July a time for the whole family – bring a chair or blanket, hop in a sack and race to the finish line, eat summer watermelon and enjoy big fireworks. This event is free and open to the public.
In 2006, GIAHA was thrilled to initiate a relationship with the new owners of Casa Genotta that we expect to lead to a number of opportunities relating to its official status (since 2004) as a literary landmark. We’re excited to announce the first of these, the special 75th anniversary “Homecoming” production of Ah, Wilderness!, which will be presented in partnership with Casa Genotta. In addition to our original production (made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts), special events will include tours of the historic O’Neill residence.
The play was produced on Broadway in 1933, starring the legendary George M. Cohan, and was made into a film two years later and into the musical Summer Holiday (1948) with Mickey Rooney as the boy who learns to be a man on an eventful July 4, 1906.