Lebanon will hold its annual Star Spangled Celebration from 2 to 11 p.m. Friday, July 4, at Cheadle Lake Park.
The event will include a wide variety of entertainment, including games for children, various entertainment performances, a karaoke contest for children and adults and much more.
Warren Beeson of Gravagraphics, one of the organizers, said that the event this year will include some new features that will promote the Independence Day theme.
Ray Brown, history teacher in Eugene area who dresses in Revolutionary War costume, will staff a booth that will include a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence and other historical documents and artifacts.
“He is really cool, because a lot of people hear about it in school but they don’t really relate to it,” Beeson said. “He really makes an impression.”
Brown will recite the Declaration of Independence from memory on stage during the event.
Also, Nelson and Barbara Shew of Albany will operate a booth at which they will use air rifles to teach shooting skills and firearms safety.
Nelson Shew is retired after a long career in the Oregon National Guard, where he was an expert marksman.
“He and his wife are loaded to the gills with experience and knowledge in shooting,” Beeson said.
Games will include a bungee drop, a mechanical bull, a giant air slide, a climbing wall and various bounce games. More than a dozen food booths will serve up culinary delights of various kinds.
The event also includes a car show, face painting, a juggler, a magician and a variety of music that includes karaoke contests for children and adults, a patriotic pops concert performed by the Willamette Valley Concert Band from 8 to 9:30 p.m., and the Fire in the Sky fireworks show following the band’s performance.
For more details, visit http://www.starspangledcelebration.org.