Residents are invited to celebrate America’s birthday in Kent with the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West Concert Band.
The Fourth of July Splash runs from noon to about 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 4 at Lake Meridian Park, 14800 S.E. 272nd St. The Band of the Golden West will perform from 8 to 9:30 p.m.
The Band of the Golden West is a select group of professional Airmen-musicians who support the global Air Force mission by providing outstanding musical products and services for official military, recruiting, and community relations events and by fostering America’s rich national heritage. Touring the western states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada, the Concert Band performs a wide variety of music from standard concert band literature and military marches to jazz and pop arrangements, Broadway standards and patriotic music. The Band of the Golden West, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., has performed for thousands of listeners in live concert appearances and for millions worldwide via its numerous recordings and television and radio broadcasts.
In addition to the headline concert by the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, this year’s Splash includes live entertainment from local talent, as well as America’s Got Talent contestants The BGP.
Activities from noon to 5 p.m. include wooden toy boat building, bounce houses, Seattle Thunderbirds puck and shoot, the new Lake Meridian Park playground, Allied Waste recycling project, food booths, the popular pie-eating contests and more.
The fireworks display starts at about 10 p.m. Sponsors of the fireworks include Reber Ranch, the Lake Meridian Community Association and Kent Parks, Recreation and Community Services.
The city will offer free shuttle buses that run approximately every 20 minutes from parking areas to the park. The parking lots are Kent Fire Station No. 75, 15635 S.E. 272nd St.; Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave. S.E.; and Meridian Elementary School, 25621 140th Ave. S.E. Off-site parking and free shuttle bus service begins at 11:30 a.m.
For more information on the Splash and other cultural events, visit www.kentarts.com or call (253) 856-5050.
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