Wheaton Sparkles Festivities Planned for July 4

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Contact: Karen Thon, 240-777-8122
For Immediate Release: June 16, 2000

Wheaton Sparkles Festivities
Planned for July 4

Wheaton will sparkle again on the Fourth of July with an Independence Day celebration featuring food, live entertainment, children's activities, food and fireworks in the downtown area and at Westfield Shopping Town (formerly Wheaton Plaza).

Festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Urban District with performances by Orchestra Melao. Entertainment at Westfield Shopping Town begins at 7:30 p.m. with Kathy Martin and the Hotrods, followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m. (bring lawn chairs and blankets). The musical accompaniment to the fireworks will be simulcast in the downtown area.

Picnics and grills are welcome at Westfield Shopping Town on the grassy plot across from the Giant Food Store.

Free parking will be available in Garage #45 at Amherst and Reedie Drive. Overflow parking will be available at Northwood High School, University Boulevard at Arcola Avenue. Free shuttle service will be provided to downtown Wheaton, beginning at 6 p.m. Handicapped parking will be located in the Urban District off Ennalls Avenue and at Westfield Shopping Town.

To help ensure safe pedestrian access to events in the urban district, Grandview Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic at 3 p.m. and Reedie Drive will be closed at 5 p.m.

The rain date, for fireworks only, is July 6.

For more information, call the Wheaton Fireworks Hotline at 240-777-8115.

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