2011 Carrboro July 4th Celebration will be held at the Carrboro Town Hall on Monday, July 4th. Enjoy a small town tradition with big time FUN!

Special Guest Main Stage
THE RED CLAY RAMBLERS
North Carolina's Tony Award-winning String Band
“A great American band.” --Sam Shepard

Help us kick off the event at Weaver Street Market Lawn (Beginning at 9:30a.m.)!

A Parade from Weaver Street Market to Town Hall (11:00a.m.) will bring the Weaver Street participants together with those in attendance at the Carrboro Town Hall.

Of course the Kids Fun Zone and Fun Zone Stage will be back and better than ever! Enjoy Tim Poe and the Magic of African Rhythm Show, Face Painters, Local Food Trucks, and plenty of activities for everyone to enjoy!

KICK OFF EVENTS

Cosponsored with Weaver Street Market

9:30-11:00AM

9:30am Tim Stambaugh and Friends

10:00am Designing and Decorating Booths Open

10:30am-11:15am: The Village Band

11:30am-12:30pm: Arch Bishops of Blount Street
World Reggae / Ska / Reggae

The Independent Weekly says, “Archbishops of Blount Street pay tribute to two-tone trailblazing.” The Durham Herald–Sun calls Archbishops of Blount Street “people with a drive for the music and party.”
We are the Triangle's only performing Ska band. Skank it up, mon!

1:00pm-3:00pm: The Red Clay Ramblers
North Carolina's Tony Award-winning String Band

Now in their 39th year, the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers are a North Carolina string band whose repertoire reflects their roots in old-time mountain music, as well as bluegrass, country, rock, New Orleans jazz, gospel, and the American musical.

In 1993, the Irwin-Shiner-Ramblers hit Fool Moon on Broadway earned the Ramblers their second Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music in a Play, and Fool Moon in Los Angeles set box-office records; Fool Moon went on to run abroad in Vienna and Munich, returned to Broadway for a second success in late 1995, and had a third Broadway run (Brooks Atkinson Theater, Nov. ’98-Jan. ’99). Fool Moon enjoyed a 5-week run at the Kennedy Center, DC, Feb.-Mar. ’99, and received a Special Tony Award, Gershwin Theater, New York, NY, on June 6th, 1999.

Patriotic Costume Contest
10-10:30am Registration

Categories

• 1-5 year olds
• 6-10 year olds
• 11-15 year olds
• Family/Group
• Bike
• Trike/Wagon
• Scooter/Other

dressing up can be fun !

10:45am Costume Winners Announced

10:50am Parade Assembly

11:00am People's Parade to Carrboro Town Hall

decorated for the parade

The People Parade 2010

Great performers and a big shade tree makes for an enjoyable time at the July 4th Celebration in Carrboro

Nonprofit groups use the event to distribute information about themselves

Past Main Stage Performers
Top quality entertainment from local and state wide performers can be expected to be part of Celebration

SeaCruz 2009

Bill Kirchen: The Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods. 2008

Great Big Gone 2008

EVENT MAP

Click on Event Map for a pdf. file copy of the Carrboro Town Hall layout on July 4th

Toddler Square (1:00pm)
Area has sand boxes, water tables, yard size Tinker Toys, and much more!

1:00pm Baby Crawl Contest

gearing up for the big event !

Kids Fun Zone-11:30-3:00pm

The area comes alive with all kinds of games, entertainment, face painting, and inflatable. It will be an unforgettable 4th of July for you and your children!

The Scrap Exchange will once again be offering a truckload of clean, recycled scrap materials to engage your child's imagination. Participants will be encouraged to create everything from crazy critters, hokey hats, perky puppets, or just plain old abstract art!

Children's Stage-11:30-2:30

11:30am-12:30pm The Magic of African Rhythm

Our unforgettable performances display the vibrancy of Africa’s many rhythms. “Dundun! Sangban!, Kenkeni!” Audiences chant the names of newly learned drums making music on and off the stage. Meaningful stories are told in both authentic song andoriginal dance choreography. In the midst of the drama, skilled dancers appear to fly, leaving onlookers in an awe of swirling raffia skirts and headdresses. Drums, dance, costumes, song and story carry audiences across the colorful spectrum of the entire continent. Acclaimed for our unique ability to communicate and engage multitudes of ages, races, and abilities, audiences join us onstage in jubilant celebration

12:45pm-1:30pm Tim Poe

1:30pm-2:30pm Pie Eating Contest

The contest will be divided into 4 age groups. These will be divided as follows ages 6-8, ages 9-12, ages 13-18 and 18 and up. The first division will be ages 6-8 and will begin at 1:45. The second division will be ages 9-12 and will begin at 2:00pm. The third Division will be ages 13-18 and begin at 2:15pm. The fourth division will be ages 18 and up and will begin at 2:30. The Contest will be held on the children's stage located at Carrboro Town Hall under the shelter.

To participate please complete and submit the Entry Form by July 1st. All participants will receive a free T-shirt and winners will be given awards. Registration is limited to a small number of participants per age group.

To obtain an Entry Form click HERE

Games-
12:00pm Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
12:30pm-1:00pm Sack Races
2:40pm Water Balloon Toss

games

Senior Bingo-
Time-1:30pm Located at Town Hall Board Room


All Day Activities (10:30am - 2:00pm)
Sports Challenge, Screamer Slide, Big top Playland, Obstacle Course, Face Painting, Welcome Wall, Games, Scrap Exchange, Toddler Square, and Food Court.

Painting on the welcome wall