Let’s wake up on Friday, July 4, don our red, white, and blue apparel, and hit downtown Highlands for a day-long small-town Independence Day celebration.
The young and young at heart will appreciate timeless old-fashioned activities mingled with newer traditions and dazzling fireworks.
Community organizers have been hard at work planning a weekend of fun and excitement, resplendent with games, music, and fireworks.
Start Friday, July 4, with the traditional games and hotdog lunch at the Town of Highlands Ballfield. The Boy Scout rocket launch will be from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M., immediately followed traditional field games which are fun for the entire family.
All that activity will surely work up an appetite so the Rotary Club of Highlands will be serving free hot dogs from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.
The MAMA (Mountain Area Medical Airlift) Helicopter will be landing at Noon so see this life-saving medical marvel of the skies and thank their devoted team. Cool off by frolicking in the Highlands Fire Department’s annual Ladder truck spray down.
The afternoon is the perfect time to stroll Main Street and enjoy all the storefront patriotic displays before heading to Mill Creek at 2:00 P.M. for the Rotary Club of Highlands’ annual Duck Derby. Purchase a rubber duck and cheer it on to victory. Tickets are available from any Rotarian.
Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visit Highlands, NC sponsors the celebration’s evening entertainment.
Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park is the place to be at 6:00 P.M. to hear the lively sounds of Diverse Groove, a high-energy group playing, you guessed it, diverse favorites from a wide range of genres, including Top 40, beach music, Motown, R & B, rock, and reggae. Let’s all get on our feet and dance this July 4. Bring a picnic or purchase a bite from an area restaurant to enjoy while watching the show.
Following the concert, settle in with your most comfortable lawn chair and find a spot to watch the annual fireworks display, which starts just after dusk. There is nothing small about the magnitude of this display as the skies fill with explosive color.
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