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Record numbers expected for Independence Day celebration and fireworks display
USS ALABAMA Battleship Park officials are expecting a crowd of 50,000 or more for tomorrow night's finale fireworks display. Mobile Bay's annual Independence Day celebration and fireworks presentation will be held at the park on the evening of Tuesday, July 4th.
Each year the Press-Register and the City of Mobile celebrate the birth of our nation with a grand fireworks display. The 2006 event will be a celebration of community featuring new events, entertainment and a thrilling 30-minute fireworks presentation.
Festivities are scheduled to begin at 6pm with a presentation by Operation Home Front, a program of Volunteers of America. Murphy High School Band will play a concert beginning at 7:00pm with a salute to music. The band will also accompany the fireworks presentations, which will kick off at 9pm.
Event Details
Where: Battleship Memorial Park
When: Tuesday, July 4th 2006. The show starts at 6pm, fireworks at 9pm.
How much: Admission and parking are free after 5:30pm
Dauphin Island Property Owners Association Organizational Meeting set
There will be a workshop meeting to discuss integrating the Property Owners Association, the Dauphin Island Park and Beach Board and Dauphin Island Water and Sewer under the auspices of the Town of Dauphin Island.
The meeting will be held at 6:30 pm on Monday, July 10 at the Dauphin Island Chamber of Commerce Building.
July Dauphin Island Property Owners Association Board Meeting
The monthly meeting of the Dauphin Island Property Owners Association Board will take place Saturday, July 8 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at the Isle Dauphine.
Expect heavy beach traffic this July 4th weekend
Phones have been ringing off the hook. Callers are looking for any open accommodations this Fourth of July weekend. With the holiday falling on a Tuesday and what looks to be very cooperative weather Dauphin Island's condos, vacation rental houses and hotels report only limited availability.
The whole of Alabama's Gulf Coast is in similar situation, as record numbers of vacationers descend to the the Gulf Coast for a long weekend of sand, surf and July 4th festivities.
Beaches ready for booming July Fourth holiday
Thousands of vacationers begin checking in today to beachfront hotels and condominiums along the Alabama coast,
Dates set for 3rd annual Alabama Coastal BirdFest
Like the migrating birds themselves the Alabama Coastal BirdFest will return this year. Last year's event was questionable due to the weather conditions along the Gulf Coast, but it went on as planned and to great success.
This year's event is sure to be as successful as last year's, and hopefully both weather and birds will cooperate to the fullest.
Dates set for Alabama Coastal BirdFest
FAIRHOPE (AP) — The Alabama Coastal BirdFest, set for Oct. 19-22, includes some new activities in the Mobile Bay area.
The third annual BirdFest includes nearly 20 tours to prime birding spots on the 240-mile long coastal birding trail.
"This year we're adding a brand new trip and repeating some old favorites," said John Borom, president of Mobile Bay Audubon Society, which helps sponsor the event.
Borom said three new tours to Dauphin Island have been added, including a Mobile Bay excursion on the Dauphin Island Sea Lab research vessel, the A.E. Verrill, a 65-foot ocean-going craft. Advance registration is required for the tours and evening events.
More information about the Alabama Coastal BirdFest