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4th of July Jubilee

08:02 AM CDT on Friday, July 3, 2009

7:30 a.m. — 11th annual Liberty 5K Run and 1-Mile Walk, at North Lakes Recreation Center, 2001 W. Windsor Drive. Registration is $20. Family rates are available.

9 to 9:30 a.m. — Denton’s Yankee Doodle Parade will line up at the Wells Fargo parking lot at Hickory Street and Austin Street. The parade, starting at 9:30 a.m., will travel around the Square and finish at Quakertown Park. Late parade entries can register at 8 a.m. For more information, call 940-349-8575.

9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Fourth of July Jubilee festivities at the Denton Civic Center and Quakertown Park, including a flag ceremony, horseshoe tournament, children’s arts and crafts show, children’s carnival, children’s gutter boat racing and a whipped cream eating contest. Admission to the Denton Civic Center pool is $1.

5:30 p.m. — Gates open for the Denton Kiwanis Club’s 37th annual Fireworks Extravaganza at UNT’s Fouts Field, 2178 N. Stemmons Freeway, on the west side of the stadium. There will be live music, games and bounce houses leading up to the fireworks display. The cost is free, but the Kiwanis Club will have a bucket brigade to collect donations for the Kiwanis Children’s Clinic.

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Music by Thad Bonduris and the Fun-Addix

7:45 to 8:15 p.m. — Music by Janny McClure

8:20 p.m. — Presentation of the colors by Boy Scout Troop 140 and national anthem sung by Janny McClure

8:25 to 8:35 p.m. — Kiwanis announcements and sponsor recognition

8:45 to 9:30 p.m. — Music by Thad Bonduris and the Fun-Addix

9:35 p.m. — Fireworks and patriotic music by Premier Pyrotechnics

 

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