No Fireworks, But San Ramon Still Celebrating the 4th of July

From the City of San Ramon

The public is invited to Celebrate America, Celebrate San Ramon on July 4 for a concert in the San Ramon Central Park Amphitheater.

The concert will begin with patriotic music honoring our nation’s birthday performed by the San Ramon Symphonic Band, under the direction of Larry Colon at 4 p.m. The band is composed of sixty talented musicians from the Bay Area that volunteer their time and talent to provide quality music to the citizens of San Ramon.

This will be followed by a tribute to our veterans and active duty military personnel that will include a flag ceremony, the playing of the National Anthem and the playing of the Armed Forces theme songs. San Ramon Mayor Bill Clarkson will recognize all past and present members of the Armed Forces that are in the audience. Local military organizations are invited to participate.

The high energy band, Pride & Joy will perform from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  During its 25 years of phenomenal success, Pride & Joy has remained the most popular band on the Bay Area music scene. They have achieved this by presenting timeless pop/soul music in an electrifying high-style show that pulls the audience directly into the heart of their performance.

Attendees will have the opportunity to write a postcard to the troops in Afghanistan. The postcards will be given to the Blue Star Moms to be included in the care packages that they regularly mail overseas. 

Donations for care packages for the troops will also be accepted at the event. Bring packages of individually wrapped non-perishable snacks, travel-sized personal items and entertainment items like silly putty, Nerf or tennis balls, yo-yos, crossword puzzles, word search, Sudoku, playing cards, current paperback books, and magazines. A complete list of items to donate can be found at www.bluestarmoms.org.

Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy all the great music and festivities. Admission is FREE! 

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