Schedule set for July 4 celebration events
July 2, 2008 · Updated 2:53 PM
Schedule of local July 4 festivities
10 a.m.: The Kirkland Arts Center and Celebrate Kirkland! are hosting the city’s annual “Decorate to Celebrate” event at the Marina Park pavilion; tattoos, flags, pinwheels, streamers and spaceships. According to the Celebrate Kirkland Web site: “tons of fun for everyone!”
11:30 a.m.: Children’s walking parade begins at Market and Central at the park entrance. Of note: Staging for the kid’s parade is in Marina Park. The parade begins at Market & Central, proceeds East on Central to 3rd Street and turns south on 3rd Street to Kirkland Avenue just in time to join the crowd for the “grand” parade.
Noon: The grand downtown parade begins.
1 to 5 p.m.: The Kirkland Rotary hosts an olde fashioned community picnic at Juanita Beach; includes an egg toss, three-legged race, pie-eating contest, face painting, a dunk tank and lots of music, games, food, booths and fun for people of all ages.
4 p.m.: The 11th annual Kirkland Rotary Duck Dash. Prizes include: a brand new 2009 Chevrolet Aveo, a weekend at a hotel, a television set, a bicycle and 22 other possibilities.
10 p.m.: The fireworks display at Marina Park.
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