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The Apple Valley Freedom Days Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank the American Legion Post 1776 for their many years of continued support. The Legion is involved in supporting all of our festival events, our schools, and our community. These men and women truly represent our country and have served as defenders of our freedoms.

Thank you Post 1776 for forty-four years of celebrating with us!

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The Apple Valley Legion, Post 1776, is a major sponsor of the Freedom Days

Celebration, including the flyover during the parade.

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Fourth of July Events

$10 per person. Children 12 & under: FREEFood will be available for purchase.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 25 Dancin’ & Cruisin Bogart’s Place $10 Per Person Car Show Is Free

6:00 p.m. - Midnight & Classic Car Show 14917 Garrett Avenue Featuring live music by Hairball and the opening act, Ladies of the 80s. Classic cars, “DJ Sounds” and a wide variety of food offerings. All gate proceeds directly support Apple Valley Freedom Days events.

3:00 p.m. cars can meet at Apple Valley Ford, 7200 County Road 42, to cruise. Car Cruise sponsored by Apple Valley Ford. To register call Pat @ 952-431-8245.

5:00 - 10:00 p.m. Business Vendor Fair Bogart’s Place Register at AVFreedomDays.com 14917 Garrett Avenue South Free

7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Adapted Dance for Kids Apple Valley Teen Center $5 Pre-Dance In Grades 6-12 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road $8 at the Door A great mix of music in a festive atmosphere.

SUNDAY, JUNE 27 Music in the Park Hayes Park Free

7:00 - 8:30 p.m. MN Over 60 Band 14603 Hayes Road For over 35 years the Minnesota Over 60 Band has performed in communities throughout the state. You will hear music from the 40s and 50s, as well as polkas and waltzes. Bring a lawn chair or blanket.

MONDAY, JUNE 28 Youth Tennis Apple Valley Sports Arena 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Call 952-953-2366 for info 14450 Hayes Road $5.00

TUESDAY, JUNE 29 Youth Tennis Apple Valley Sports Arena 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Call 952-953-2366 for info 14450 Hayes Road $5.00

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30 Kids’ Fishing Derby Lac Lavon Park Free 6:00 p.m. - Dusk 15607 Highview Drive Kids age 5-11 are invited to showcase their fi shing skills and catch the “big one.” Prizes will be awarded in various categories. Bring your fi shing pole. Bait will be provided. Sponsored by the Minnesota Valley In-Fisherman.

9:00 a.m. - noon Youth Tennis Apple Valley Sports Arena Call 952-953-2366 for info 14450 Hayes Road $5.00

THURSDAY, JULY 1 Youth Tennis Apple Valley Sports Arena 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Call 952-953-2366 for info 14450 Hayes Road $5.00

FRIDAY, JULY 2 Freedom Days Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East 5:00 - 11:00 p.m. Children’s Carnival 5800 140th Street West Reasonable prices. Rides & games provided by J&K Carnival.

FRIDAY, JULY 2 Music at Kelly Park 6855 Fortino Street Free 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Michael Monroe. Presented by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation.

SATURDAY, JULY 3 Cub Foods Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Family Fun Night 5800 140th Street West Free Admission

Good old-fashioned family fun! Activities include a petting zoo, pony rides, kids’ dress-up parade, “Kids’ Dance” - DJ, appearances by Apple Valley police, fi re, A.L.F. ambulance and festival food. (Fees will be charged for food, drink and some amusements.)

5:00 - 9:00 p.m. Freedom Days Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East Children’s Carnival 5800 140th Street West

Reasonable prices. Rides & games provided by J&K Carnival. 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Battle of the Bands Apple Valley Teen Center In Grades 9-12 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road Teen Bands (Grades 9-12) battle it out to win prizes to move on to the Dakota County & Minnesota State Fairs. 952-953-2300.

SUNDAY, JULY 4 McDonald’s Fun Run Hayes Park PRE-REGISTRATION $7 Race Only

6:30 - 7:45 a.m. Registration 14603 Hayes Road $15 Race & Shirt

8:00 a.m. 2 & 5 Mile Fun Run Starts DAY OF EVENT $14 Race Only

9:30 a.m. Free Half-Pint Half-Mile $22 Race & Shirt

The two and fi ve mile fun run will begin in Hayes Park. Preregistration ends Wednesday, June 30th at 10:00 p.m. at the Apple Valley Community Center. 1:00 p.m. Parade Free One of the state’s largest and most respected parades begins promptly at 1 p.m. The parade begins at Pennock Avenue & Fireside Drive and travels north, turns left (west) onto 145th Street, turns right (north) onto Hayes Road and concludes at Apple Valley High School. Spectators are reminded that they are not allowed to place their belongings on sidewalks, streets, adjacent properties and boulevards until 24 hours before the start of the parade. This is a city ordinance that will be enforced. 6:00 p.m. Apple Valley Ford Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East Pre-Fireworks Party 5800 140th Street West Free Admission “DJ Sounds” and food vendors will be on the agenda at Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East. Food vendors will include: B & B Concessions (mini-donuts), Taco Cielo (tacos al pastor-marinated pork tacos), jalepeno poppers, quesidillas, refried beans, chips & salsa), Treat Truck (Dippin’ Dots), Roberts BBQ (BBQ pork, BBQ beef, gyros, pan-fried walleye wraps, smoked beef brisket, Jamaican jerk chicken, brats/burgers, Black Angus hot dogs). 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Freedom Days Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East Children’s Carnival 5800 140th Street West Reasonable prices. Rides & games provided by J&K Carnival. 10:00 p.m. Fireworks Johnny Cake Ridge Park-East Free (Rain Date July 5 - Fireworks Only) 5800 140th Street West

APPLE VALLEY FREEDOM DAYSSTEERING COMMITTEE

Pat Schesso, Patsy Sikich, Karin Hansen, Debbie & Ross Johnson, Mackenzie Rayman, Stacy Leong,

Rhonda Wagner, Russ Vanderwerff, Matt Genske

APPLE VALLEY FREEDOM DAYSPARADE STAGING CREW

Pat Schesso, Dan & Connie Hvding, Troy Schesso, Cathy & Mike Busho, Joe Walsh, Ron Ochs

APPLE VALLEY PARKS & RECREATION LIAISONBill Bird

SANITATIONApple Valley High School Boys Hockey

PARADE SECURITYApple Valley Police Department, Apple Valley Police

Explorers, Apple Valley Fire Department, Dakota County Mounted Patrol

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How much summer fun can you cram into 10 days? Apple Valley’s annual Freedom Days celebration answers that question June 25-July 4 with a week and a half jam-packed with entertainment, food and family-ori-ented activities. The festival kicks off Friday, June 25, with the Dancin’ & Cruisin’ classic car show and rock concert at Bogart’s Place nightclub and concludes with a spectacu-lar fireworks display at dusk on July 4 in Johnny Cake Ridge Park. In between these two marquee events there will be plenty to do for people of all ages and interests, including the Cub Foods Family Fun Night, Kids Fishing Derby and Freedom Days Fun Run. Dancin’ & Cruisin’, now in its 11th year, will feature a classic car show, food conces-sions and a business vendor fair from 5 p.m. to midnight in the parking lot outside Bog-art’s Place. Music will be provided through-out the evening by DJ Sounds, along with a concert by ’80s rock tribute band Hairball and opening act Ladies of the 80s. If you go, expect a crowd. Last year’s

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The immensely popular Freedom Days pa-rade on the Fourth of July starts at 1 p.m. at Pennock Avenue and Fireside Drive and works its way to Apple Valley High School.

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Music, sports & more Freedom Days takes an idyllic turn at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 27, with Music in the Park in Hayes Park. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and a picnic dinner to the free, family-geared concert by the Minnesota Over 60 Band, which spe-cializes in popular music from the ’40s and ’50s. A host of athletic contests are lined up during Freedom Days: a disc golf tourna-ment for middle and high school students (Alimagnet Park, June 28); a juniors tennis tournament (Apple Valley Sports Arena, June 28-29); and 2- and 5-mile “fun runs” (Hayes Park, July 4). Registration informa-tion for all of these events is on the Freedom Days website, www.avfreedomdays.com. The Apple Valley Teen Center is getting in on the festival action with an adapted teen dance (a social mixer for teens with

disabilities) June 25; a skateboard demo/contest July 1; and a Battle of the Bands on July 3 for teen bands in grades 9-12 in which adolescent rockers will battle it out to win prizes and qualify for the Dakota County Fair and Minnesota State Fair. Bands can register by calling (952) 953-2300.

For the kids Children ages 5-11 are invited to cast a line into Lac Lavon during the Kids Fish-ing Derby from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 30. Prizes will be awarded in various categories; bait will be provided, and par-ticipants can bring their own poles or use one provided by the Minnesota Valley In-Fisherman Club. You don’t have to register for the fishing derby, but organizers would like to get a sense of what the turnout will be and are taking RSVPs at (952) 953-2300. A carnival featuring Midway rides, games of chance and food concessions will be held three days, July 2-4, in Johnny Cake Ridge Park. The second day of the carni-val also includes Family Fun Night – a pe-rennial Freedom Days favorite featuring a petting zoo, pony rides, Kids Parade and Apple Valley police car and fire truck tours – from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 3. There’s no admission fee to the carnival, but there is a small charge for the rides, food and some of the other activities.

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biking system.” In addition to the parade, American Le-gion Post 1776 is hosting a chicken barbe-cue, beer wagon and raffles throughout the day at the post at 14521 Granada Drive. “It’s good spot to stop and have a bit to eat before the parade, or stop over after the parade,” Schesso said. Johnny Cake Ridge Park will be awash in festivities on the Fourth, with a family carnival from noon to 10 p.m., pre-fire-works party featuring a DJ and food ven-dors from 6 to 10 p.m., and fireworks dis-play at dusk. The Freedom Days schedule of events is at www.ThisweekLive.com and www.av-freedomdays.com.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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