4th of July festivities in MB...

2006 July Fourth celebrations

The Sun News file photoThere%26#39;s one thing you can count on this July Fourth: There%26#39;ll be plenty of options for celebrating along the Grand Strand. In fact, the fun begins Saturday in Conway.

BEFORE THE FOURTH

-- %26#39;Round the Fourth Festival, Conway | The city of Conway celebrates the Fourth this Saturday with an all-day festival from noon to 11 p.m. on the river. %26#39;Round the Fourth includes entertainment, train rides, vendors, games and more. Entertainment will be held at the riverfront park, underneath the bridge and at the courthouse. Fireworks are scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Musical headliners are Charlie Brown %26amp; the Coasters as well as Earl Thomas Conley. For more information, call 248-2273 or visit www.roundthefourth.com

-- Independence Day Celebration, Surfside Beach | Surfside Beach celebrates from 6 to 9 p.m. July 3. The festival includes games for children, concessions and prizes (no fireworks). Sea-Cruz will provide entertainment. The event will be held at Martin Field on Sixth Avenue South, two blocks off Ocean Blvd.

THE FOURTH - AND MORE

-- N.C. 4th of July Festival, Southport | The July 1-4 event takes place in the portside Brunswick County, N.C., town of Southport. Opening ceremonies are 7:45 a.m. July 1 at Waterfront Park, followed by the N.C. Freedom Run/Walk at 8. Numerous events then follow through the Fourth, culminating with a 9 p.m. fireworks show on Independence Day. For a full list of events, visit www.nc4thofjuly.com/calendar.htm Call 910-457-6964, 1-800-457-6964.

ON THE FOURTH

-- Fireworks, Myrtle Beach | A fireworks display will be at Second Avenue Pier, 110 N. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, is set for 10 p.m. Call 626-8480.

-- Fireworks, Barefoot Landing | Barefoot Landing, 4898 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach, will have boardwalk entertainers from 6 p.m. on for its Fourth of July festivities. Fireworks are set for 10:15 p.m. over the lake. Call 272-8349 for information.

-- Fireworks, Broadway at the Beach | Broadway at the Beach, 1325 Celebrity Circle, will light up the night sky over Lake Broadway with fireworks beginning at 10 p.m. Call 444-3200.

-- July 4th Boat Parade and Fireworks, Murrells Inlet | The 23rd annual event kicks off at 3 p.m. at Garden City Point. This year%26#39;s theme is ';Celebrate Freedom Inlet Style.'; The celebrate ends with a fireworks show over the marsh at 10 p.m. Suggested viewing areas for both are anywhere along the Murrells Inlet marshfront. Call 357-2007 for more information.

-- Fireworks, North Myrtle Beach | The annual fireworks display at the Cherry Grove Pier, 3500 N. Ocean Blvd., begins at 9:30 p.m.

-- Entertainment, La Belle Amie Vineyard | La Belle Amie will hold its July 4th Music Blast at the vineyard, at the corner of S.C. 90 and St. Joseph Road, near North Myrtle Beach Middle School. For more information, call 399-9463.

-- Fireworks, Georgetown | The city of Georgetown will mark Independence Day beginning at 7:30 p.m. July 4 on the front lawn of the Kaminski House Museum with the Indigo Choral Society. The celebration caps off at East Bay Park with a 9:30 p.m. fireworks show over the Sampit River and Winyah Bay. Bring a chair. Call 545-4000 for more information.

-- Parade, Pawleys Island | The town of Pawleys Island will hold its July Fourth Parade at 10 a.m. July 4. Prizes are awarded to floats for best overall, most original, most humorous and more. The town even honors the best spectators. (Parade lineup starts at the South Causeway, heads south on Myrtle Avenue to Doyle Street, left on Pritchard Street, left on Springs Avenue, left on Hazard Street, right back on Myrtle Avenue, continues north on Myrtle, right on First Street, left on Atlantic Avenue, left on Third Street, then left on Myrtle Avenue to the Town Hall, where awards will be handed out.) For more information, call 237-1698.

-- Golf cart parade, Garden City | The annual Calhoun Drive 4th of July Golf Cart Parade is at 3 p.m. July Fourth in Garden City Beach. The parade lineup starts at 1-2:45 p.m. behind Willard%26#39;s Fireworks on Calhoun Drive. The route follows Calhoun Drive to Waccamaw Drive to Woodland Drive, ending at the BP gas station. For information, call 651-4046.

HAVE A HAPPY 4TH!!!!

4th of July festivities in MB...

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4th of July festivities in MB...

Thanks for the info.

Interesting that there will be a 3pm boat parade at Murrels Inlet starting at Garden City point, and at the same time 3pm there will be the Golf cart parade at Garden City.

Don%26#39;t they try to coordinate the events so people don%26#39;t have to choose? Or are there just that many people to both events even at the same time? The boat parade sounds more fun though.

You would think that, wouldnt you? But really, there are sooooo many people at both, and really different events....different strokes, you know...but the boat parade is really fun! We usually hit that every year...then stay for the fireworks there!

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Oh, you stay there for the fireworks? But the boat parade starts at 3pm, and I understand finishes around 5pm. The fireworks is at 10pm.

So you stay there for 5 hrs, which means you%26#39;ll need to eat there.

How long does the fireworks go till? I have scuba diving next morning at 7am. Would we see the firework almost as well from where we stay (Seawatch Landing Inn, at 215 Atlantic Av., Garden City)? I%26#39;m also concerned the traffic getting back, and my kids not to get to bed too late.

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