Happy Fourth

of July. Today, you should have the day off.

Perhaps you

are wondering how to spend your time and celebrate this holiday. There

are many events going on locally today, including picnics, parades and

fireworks.

Peachtree City

starts the day with the Fourth of July Parade, which begins at 9 a.m.

at Booth Middle School. At 3 p.m., the Fire Department will present its

annual demonstration at Drake Field. Firefighters will demonstrate how

the jaws of life are used and show off their ladder rescue trucks before

concluding the event with a water battle at 4 p.m.

The celebration

continues when the Peachtree Wind Ensemble community band performs at

City Hall Plaza at 7:30 p.m. and the fireworks begin at 9 p.m.

There will

be no public parking at the Wyndham Conference Center, City Hall or Picnic

Park and no parking will be permitted along Ga. Highway 54. Parking will

also be limited to one side of Battery Way during the fireworks.

There's a new

Fourth of July celebration and picnic this year, sponsored by the Kiwanis

Club of Fayette County. The fun lasts from noon to 7 p.m at the Kiwanis

Fairgrounds on Goza Road. There will be food, games such as wheelbarrow

races, three legged races, sack races and an egg toss, an antique car

show, a flea market and performances from The Servers, Amber Tucker and

Daddy's Money, and The Robert Barnes Band.

The Servers

is a bluegrass gospel band that has been together for eight years. The

group has played at many churches and bluegrass festivals and is currently

working on its first CD. Amber Tucker is an up and coming singer who has

been performing at Shadows in Peachtree City with her father, Darwin Conort.

They will play an assortment of country covers and will be joined at the

picnic by Larry Ivy on drums and Chris England on bass. The Robert Barnes

Band is a Christian rock group that recently released a CD called "Elevator

Music."

If you would

like to head into Atlanta for festivities, go to the Salute 2 America

Parade, 1-2:30 p.m. beginning at Centennial Olympic Park. Games, activities

and concerts follow. The Chapel Choir and Orchestra from Dallas, Texas

will perform and two Thunder Roadsters and the pace car from Atlanta Motor

Speedway will be in attendance. There will be street performers and a

"Paint A Mural" activity for kis of all ages.

The Atlanta

Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m., playing a wide-ranging selection

of classical music, including the "William Tell Overture," "The

Star Wars Suite," the "1812 Overture" and Aaron Copland's

"Lincoln Portrait." The fireworks will follow the concert and

begin at 9 p.m.

If you really

want to travel on the Fourth, Unicoi State Park will celebrate Independence

Day mountain style. There will be field day activities and relays in front

of the beach house from 1-4:30 p.m. There will be an old fashioned mountain

hoe down at 8 p.m. at the Trading Post. Phone 706-878-3983.

However you

decide to celebrate Independence Day, have a happy and safe holiday.

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