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Get
ready for a star-studded Fourth of July!
by
Meg Olson
This year
Fourth of July organizers are going back to an old favorite
the silver screen. “The theme this year is favorite movies,” said
Pam Oakley. “We did it in 1994 and everyone really likes it so
we’re doing it again.”
So far Oakley
said there are already 30 floats signed up. “Seems like all the
local businesses are doing it,” she said. “We don’t have a lot
of neighborhoods yet.” Entries so far include a Wonkamobile, Austin
Powers, Snow White and Betty Boop. There are also participants
from across the line, such as Delta Tourism and traditional parade
openers, the Vancouver Police drill team.
The parade
starts at 11 a.m. from the Breakers parking lot at the foot of
Gulf Road and runs along Gulf and down Tyee Drive to the marina
parking lot.
Following
the parade festivities continue at Lighthouse Marine Park with
the Dollars for Scholars kids carnival, an afternoon of games
and prizes to raise young spirits and funds for their future education.
“It’s a huge effort but it’s not so much about the effort as it
is meeting the needs of the community,” said organizer Margaret
Moras. “This is a big day in Point Roberts and after the parade
what do the kids do?”
The carnival
will have dozens of old fashioned activities such as a dime toss,
face painting, guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar and
a fish pond. “The kids seem to love these games,” Moras said.
“Everybody wins prizes. Just little ones but something to take
home.” Local young people sign up to run the games and Moras said
they are still looking for volunteers.
A favorite
is the cakewalk, a version of musical chairs played on squares
drawn on the ground in which the one landing on the lucky square
when the music stops wins a cake. “They get some really nice cakes,”
Moras said. All cakes are donated by local bakers.
Moras said
often the best part of a community carnival is events and games
that just crop up, like last year’s spontaneous silent auction
for last minute donations. “You never know what comes up,” she
said.
To donate
cakes, volunteer to run a booth or donate nearly new toys and
stuffed animals as prizes, call Margaret Moras at 945-2940 or
Ginger Porter at 945-1308. For a parade entry contact Oakley at
945-1816.
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