Fourth of July 2009: Schedule of Events
Northfield is celebrating another great hometown 4th of July holiday! Enjoy a safe and happy Independence Day with your friends and neighbors, and send your photos to pictures@northfield.org to include them in the community photo gallery. Click the image at right to see 91 photos from last year's celebration, or check out this collection of pictures from the past five years!
9:00 a.m. Flea Market in Ames Park
10:00 Food vendors open, Bridge Square
Noon Yankee Doodle Kiddie Parade, Econo Foods parking lot
Noon Yankee Doodle Kiddie Carnival, across from Post Office
1:00 Vintage Baseball, Old Main Field at W. 2nd and Lincoln Street
Bridge Square Entertainment
1:30 NAG Folkloric Dancers
2:00 Northfield Dance Academy
3:00 Marty Anderson and the Goods
4:00 Bohemian Duo
5:00 Ericksons
7:00 Patriotic readings, presentation of colors, Pledge of Allegiance
7:30 Rice County Allstars
8:00 Selections from the NAG's Bye-Bye-Birdie
9:00 Rice County Allstars
10 p.m. Fireworks (north of the Middle School)
Why is the bike race a state secret every year?
We live on Washington Street, and Every Single Year on the 4th of July we are woken up by a bike race (and their dratted honking lead car) that lasts from wretchedly early morning well into late afternoon, and shuts down all of downtown while they're at it. And yet, there's never a mention of it in the paper, never an article, no advertisements, nor is it listed here - what's the deal? Where do these people come from? Is the secret service involved? How else would they so masterfully keep it a secret Every Single Year?
My word, that sounded cranky...
I shouldn't write posts under the influence of way too many mosquito bites. I don't mind the bike race, really I don't, and it's kind of fun and celebratory to watch them zoom by. But it just seems so mysterious, every year. Anybody know what the deal is?
Bike Race
See: http://milltowncycles.blogspot.com/
Ben Witt, owner of Milltown Cycle in Faribault, is an organizer of the race and a real nice guy.
To attone for the crankyness of your initial post, you can volunteer to help at next year's race.
Mandatory volunteering
I guess I'll have to! I promise to volunteer if I see or hear any form of publicity and/or news about it before the race actually begins next year. :-)
Ha! Thought I'd forget,
Ha! Thought I'd forget, didn't you.
http://milltowncycles.blogspot.com/2010/05/milltown-cycles-july-of-4th-criterium.html