[StBernard] St. Bernard Salutes America 27th Annual Celebration to be Sunday, July 3rd

[Westley Annis]

St. Bernard Salutes America 27th Annual Celebration to be Sunday, July 3rd

Music by 5 Finger Discount, 1st Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, 

Dunking Booth, food and fireworks at Torres Park 

 

The St. Bernard Salutes America 27th Annual Celebration at Torres Park and
the Community Playground on Sunday, July 3 will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at 8201
W. Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette behind the St. Bernard Parish Government
Complex. 

There will be music provided by 5 Finger Discount, and the first, annual Hot
Dog Eating Contest open to the first 10 registrants and sponsored by
Stonewall's BBQ. The event also will include a dunking booth, balloons,
snowballs, popcorn, and an array of food. Children's activities will include
an 18-foot dry slide with two lanes and space walk donated by Insane
Inflatables. Also the children will have two rock walls for climbing, a
trackless train for riding and much more. Additionally, the St. Bernard
Parish Fire Department will man its Smoke House, a fire safety teaching
activity. The event will end with the traditional finale of fireworks.
Admission is free. Those interested in participating in the Hot Dog Eating
Contest must pre- register by calling Treasure Schwab at 504-224-0798 to
receive registration forms.

Additionally, Mel Malone's State Farm office will be doing face painting,
and they will hold a fund raiser for the St. Bernard Animal Services
Department, which will have animals on site for adoption. 

The event will begin with the annual Patriotic Program sponsored by the St.
Bernard Business & Professional Women's Club, prior to the St. Bernard
Salutes America event. Citizens may bring a bell and join in ringing the
replica of the Liberty Bell that was presented as a USA Bicentennial gift to
the citizens of St. Bernard Parish, by the members of the Business &
Professional Women's Club.  

The event needs sponsors and community support. Sponsor and vendor forms are
available on the St. Bernard Parish website at www.sbpg.net
<http://www.sbpg.net>  as well as at the Government Complex. Contact
Treasure Schwab at 504-224-0798 or Samanthia Miller at 504-278-4349 for more
information. 

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