Blooming Prairie 4th of July Committeeold Fashioned 4th of July Fine Arts Craft Fair

A float drives in a previous Blooming Prairie Fourth of July parade. — Photo provided

Blooming Prairie'south Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration is about to add together a little flavor.

The 40th almanac Old Fashioned Fourth celebration will take place July 3 and four. This year, the Boy's and Girl's Club Rib Fest, which is commonly on a separate solar day, has moved to the Fourth of July.

Blooming Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Managing director Becky Noble said cookers kickoff showing upward at well-nigh 5 a.thou., and sampling starts after the parade at about 1 or two p.m.

"It'southward a lot of fun, some of those people actually know how to cook," Becky said. "We're looking forrad to that."

But Becky's favorite part of the Erstwhile Fashioned Fourth is more traditional.

"My favorite is the parade, because then you lot can simply sit and relax and watch some entertainment," Becky said.

Around 20,000 to 25,000 people nourish the 4th of July events each year. Numbers tend to go down when the fourth falls on a weekend every bit families leave town for vacation. Yet many people come dorsum to Blooming Prairie's Fourth of July commemoration, whether to be with family or because they remember celebrating when they lived in the surface area.

For Margaret Noble, the Fourth of July is one of the biggest family go-togethers of the year.

"We've always lived here, I was built-in and raised here so I've been going to it forever," Margaret said.

Since Margaret and her husband yet live in Blooming Prairie, the relatives gather at their house for an open-house style potluck. Their son, Pat and his married woman, Julie, also live in town, and family unit and friends head to their home to heed to live music and catch up. Margaret said they get anywhere from 50 to 100 people come dorsum to town for the Quaternary of July commemoration, information technology just depends on the yr.

"We still gloat every twelvemonth, we just go to the park and there'south lots of activities going on there," Margaret said.

While some family members only come for the day, some stay at either Margaret'south home or her son's home, and others bring along their campers and tents and park in the yard. Family comes from all over, including Brookfield, Wis., the Twin Cities, Northfield, Rochester and more. Concluding year, they even had a nephew come up from N Carolina. Some years, Margaret'southward sister-in-law, who also lives in Blooming Prairie, comes over too, with up to 50 friends and family with her.

"Information technology kind of varies from yr to year," Margaret said.

As for this twelvemonth, she doesn't know how many people will testify upwards, but she thinks at that place will be quite a few.

"[Nosotros] don't always know until right at the last minute," Margaret said.

Margaret'southward favorite role of the commemoration is going down to the park, watching the parade, and by and large talking with family and friends.

This year's celebration brings many attractions for both Blooming Prairie residents likewise equally out-of-towners.

An antique tractor show kicks off the summer festival at Blooming Prairie Loftier School from 9 a.m. to iv p.m. Th, July 3. There are fifty-fifty more than events starting at four p.m. that Thursday, including a "Letter Gild" Moonwalk and a Pedal Tractor Pull.

A magic show volition take place at the Blooming Prairie Urban center Park at seven p.m. July iii and dances begin at 8 p.thousand. The teen dance featuring a live DJ volition take place at the Servicemen's Social club and the J&H Street Dance with music by "The Bluish Ringers" will be held downtown.

The fun continues on Fri, with the Crawly Blossom Run/Walk get-go early in the morn. Sign-ups for the run/walk brainstorm at 7 a.k.

Fri events likewise include a car bear witness, Hole-in-One Miniature Golf, Frog Bog, a Fine Arts Craft Fair and a beer garden. Stix of Fury perform at the metropolis park at i:30 p.yard. as well.

The Rolling Car Show will take identify at 1:30 p.m. along the parade road, with the parade itself at ii:30 p.m. A bean bag toss tournament will accept place from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The celebration will wrap up with Blooming Prairie's famous fireworks display, which takes place at 10 p.thousand. July four at Victory Field.

—Trey Mewes contributed to this report.

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Source: https://www.austindailyherald.com/2014/07/old-fashioned-fourth-celebration-returns-to-blooming-prairie/