A weekend of fireworks,
Star-Bulletin
all of it freeEleven score and three years ago, our fathers brought forth upon the North American continent what was then a new nation, conceived in Philadelphia meeting rooms, and dedicated to the proposition that we're stuck with taxes, and then we die, so let's cook some wienies.
In the meantime, the Fourth of July is one of the few holidays that we invented all on our own in America, without renaming some obscure Druid fertility festival, so enjoy it, shall we?
Here's a listing of fireworks for the Fourth of July weekend.
Ala Moana Center: Fireworks will be launched from Magic Island at Ala Moana Beach Park at approximately 8:30 p.m., synchronized to a musical score broadcast on KSSK AM/FM.
Preceding the aerial display will be a free concert starting at 5 p.m. on Ewa parking deck near Sears. Entertainers Imua, Pure Heart and Augie T. will perform.
The concert, to be televised beginning at 7 p.m. on KGMB/CBS, will include Brother Noland, Malani Bilyeu, Danny Kaleikini, Rocky Brown, Melveen Leed, Loyal Garner and more, squaring off in a male vs. female format.
Call 955-9517.
Free parking at Pier 2, with free trolley rides available. Fireworks show starts at 8:40 p.m. Call 566-2333.
The community also celebrates with a 10 a.m. Monday parade, which will begin near Omao Street, head down Kainalu Drive and end at Kailua Intermediate School.
Earlier in the day, Pearl Harbor Boulevard will be closed from Merry Point to 11th Street to make room for free entertainment, carnival games, arts and crafts booths, petting zoo and Bounce House, food vendors, more.
Entertainment includes Chinese Lion Dance, Swingwood Revue, Roland Sanchez, Warren Johnson and the Gator Creek Band and Kamalamalama. And for those who can't sit still: an obstacle course, trampoline, maze, Climber's Paradise Rock Wall, giant slide.
Free parking at Merry Point, Bloch Arena, The Banyans and Club Pearl. Call 473-0819.
Performances by the Krush, S.O.S. and DisGuyz beginning at 3 p.m. Other activities include a craft fair, new-product bazaar, game and food booths, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Call 438-1980.
By Ken Ige, Star-Bulletin
Tenny Watson and his wife Helen, concessionaires
on the USS Missouri, will cook up burgers and
hot dogs on the deck of the Mighty Mo.
The battleship Missouri will host an All-American Barbecue Picnic Saturday through Monday. Mo fun for the Fourth
The event will be similar to the "steel beach" picnics staged by sailors on deployment. An open grill will be set up on the ship's fan tail from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day for cooking hamburgers and hot dogs, served with all the trimmings, including corn on the cob, cole slaw and baked beans.
Along with the food, there'll be entertainment on deck. Admission is $10; $6 for children. Tours of the ship cost an additional $4. Bring a Pepsi can and receive a $2 discount off admission.
Also on the Mighty Mo: a Fourth of July Dance Sunday. The ship will be open for self-guided tours from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sgt. Willie Barton and the Company B Boogie Woogie Band take the stage with swing music at 7:30 p.m. The band will break for the 8:30 p.m. Pearl Harbor fireworks, then perform until 10:30 p.m.
Tickets for the dance are $25, available at Tower Records and Video stores, Bloch Arena, Blaisdell box office, Sizzler restaurants and the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park. Order by phone through Tickets Plus, 526-4400. Information: 536-7177.
More Fourth of July Events
Celebrate in Grand Patriotic Style
Ala Moana Hotel, 955-4811
Groove Monkeys perform, 6-9 p.m. pool deck, Ginger Terrace. View of Magic Island fireworks at 8:30 p.m. A variety of barbecue and picnic-style menu items available poolside.
Children's Parade at Iolani School
Iolani campus, 563 Kamoku St., 943-2252
Golf carts decorated as floats, the school's "All American Band," teachers dressed as historical American heroes and children with homemade parade favors will all pay tribute to Old Glory tomorrow, 9:50-10:20 a.m. A presentation by students on American flag information will follow.
Independence Day Concert
Marine Corps Base, 257-8840
Marine Forces Pacific Band will perform patriotic and popular music in a free concert in Dewey Square, 6:30 p.m. The band will feature classics such as "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture," which will be accompanied by ceremonial cannon fire.
Rubber Duckie Race & 4th of July Extravaganza
Kings Shops, Waikoloa Beach Resort, 1-(808)-886-1000
Annual Big Island fund-raiser for Cerebral Palsy Association. Entertainment, cultural demonstrations, face painting, clowns and jugglers, capped with fireworks display.
"Swinging" at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel
1-(808)-882-5801
Barbeque and Dixieland sounds at 6:30 p.m.; Big Island fireworks display, 9 p.m.; $70 for adults and $36 per child.
U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii
Fort DeRussy
"Edged Weapons of the U.S. Military, 1880-1980" on view 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Normal museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Information: 955-9552.
Ilikai events
Ilikai Hotel, 949-3811
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