Coastal Companion

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Celebrate America’s 231st Birthday with Music and Fireworks! Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

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4th of July Celebration – Happy Birthday America!

Tune into Lite 96.1 FM and enjoy the fireworks with music This year’s 4th of July fireworks display has an added treat for viewers throughout the beachfront and most of the Beaches Area. The music played at the Sea Walk Pavilion during the fireworks display, usually heard only by those within the Sea Walk Pavilion event area, can be enjoyed by tuning your radio into Lite 96.1 FM WEJZ at 9:30 PM.

This is the first time the music will be simulcast at the event and over the radio for the fireworks music during the display. The fireworks show and soundtrack were created by Pyro Shows from La Follette, TN. The display will be shot off from the Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier at precisely 9:30 PM.

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Fernandina’s July 4th & Families Festival, Florida

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Join your family, neighbors and friends at Central Park to celebrate Independence Day. Activities planned are Public Safety Vehicles display (police cars, fire trucks and more), Best Baked Apple Pie Contest, Parent-Child Look Alike Contest, Fun for the Kids crafts area, music, and an arts and crafts show. Join in the evening parade at 7:30 p.m. through downtown Fernandina Beach, followed by a concert, starting at 8:30 p.m. and fireworks at dark, courtesy of the City of Fernandina Beach. For more information, contact (904) 261-3248.

4th of July Celebration. Folly Beach, South Carolina.

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Fireworks display at Folly Beach from the Ocean at dark. Enjoy playing on the beach before the fireworks, or fish off the Edwin S. Taylor Fishing Pier at Folly Beach. Restaurants, Restrooms available.

Directions: I-26 to downtown Charleston. Take Hwy. 17 South to Folly Road (Hwy. 161). Go to the end of Folly Road (about 15 minute drive) to get to the beach. Find a place to park (this is the true challenge) and enjoy.

St Marys Kingfish Classic, Georgia.

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All serious fishermen boats will converge in historic downtown St Marys to participate in St Marys Kingfish Classic Saturday June 29th – Sunday June 30th.
This tournament is part of the 2007 Kingfish Classic with more upcoming tournaments along the coastline in Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and New Smyrna Florida.

Call 1-800-KINGMAC

or visit www.bluewaterpromo.com

Nassau Sport Fishing Kingfish Tournament of Champions. Fernandina Beach, Florida.

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The Nassau Sport Fishing Association’s (NSFA) Tournament of Champions is one of the largest events on the Southern Kingfish Association tournament trail, annually attracting the world’s best kingfish anglers to Amelia Island in the northeastern tip of Florida

The tournament will celebrate its 26th year in 2008, with anglers competing for cash prizes totaling more than $75,000. The three-day event includes a Saturday fish fry, award ceremony featuring a free performance by The Finesse Band, and other festivities. Participants can enter the Tournament for just $350 through May 31 or for $400 from June 1 through June 19.

Fernandina Harbor Marina
Amelia Island, Florida

To register, or for Tournament information: (904) 607-4224
www.fishnsfa.com