2009 New Boston
Fourth of July Celebration
Schedule of Activities
NEW BOSTON'S 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION IS SATURDAY
Full-day of affordable, family-friendly entertainment and activities scheduled for town’s 78th Annual Celebration
New Boston, NH, June 30, 2009 —The New Boston 4th of July Association announces that its 78th Annual 4th of July Celebration is set to get underway on Saturday morning, July 4, 2009. The festivities kick-off with New Boston’s award-winning parade, featuring marching bands, dignitaries, clowns, antique cars and fire equipment, and New Boston’s famed “street floats.”
The New Boston 4th of July parade was recently selected as “Best Patriotic Small Town Event” by the editors of New Hampshire Magazine for the 2009 Best of New Hampshire Awards.
The festivities continue on the grounds of the Hillsborough County 4-H Youth Center on Route 13, and feature the annual firing of the town’s historic Molly Stark Cannon, the Revolutionary War-era brass cannon under the care of the New Boston Artillery Company, and a full-schedule (below) of exciting, family-friendly events, entertainment and activities throughout the day.
The event culminates with a bonfire and magnificent fireworks display at dark. In addition to New Boston’s famous chicken barbecue, food vendors are onsite for the entire event offering great 4th of July fare such as burgers, dogs, sausage, fried dough, cotton candy, fresh lemonade and homemade ice cream.
Tickets: $5.00 per person; under 12 admitted free – available at the gate. Ticket price includes onsite parking and parking lot shuttle service, and admittance to most of the day’s events and activities. Accessible parking and portable restrooms available.
Complete schedule is below.
NEW BOSTON 2009 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION
Schedule of Events & Activities:
Downtown New Boston
10:00 Award Winning* Parade begins
Hillsborough County 4H Youth Center, Route 13, New Boston
11:30 Chicken BBQ, until sold out
Presentation of Colors & National Anthem
Firing of the Molly Stark Cannon
Parade Float Awards
Face painting, dunking booth and bouncy house until 5 pm
11:45 The Little Red Wagon- “Midsummer Night’s Dream” (tent)
12:00 NBFD Hand tub Demo & Kids’ Muster (near show ring)
12:30 Cowboy Mounted Shootout Demo (show ring)
12:45 Watermelon Eating Contest (behind chicken BBQ)
1:00 Mud Volleyball Tournament Begins
1:00-3:00 Horse Pulling Contest (pulling ring)
1:00 TWO: High Intensity Juggling (stage)
2:00 Goffstown High School Equestrian Team Demo (show ring)
2:00-5:00 Fiddler’s Contest (barn)
2:00-6:00 Wildlife Encounters Zoo (field behind chicken BBQ)
2:30 Dog Agility Show (pulling track)
5:00 Village Cloggers - Dance Performance (stage)
5:00 Biggest Bubble Blowing Contest – (field behind chicken BBQ)
5:30 New Boston “Extreme Games – (near food vendors)
6:00 Raffle Drawing (tent)
6:00-9:00 Climbing Wall from Vertical Dreams (near food vendors)
7:00-9:00 New Boston Idol Karaoke- hosted by DJ Etc. (stage)
8:00 Bonfire (show ring) – (weather and conditions permitting)
9:15 Grand Fireworks Display! (weather permitting, no rain date)
All Activities Subject to Change Without Notice
Free Parking/No Grills or Tailgating
*New Boston 4th of July Parade was recently picked by the editors of New Hampshire Magazine as the 2009 Best of NH - Best Patriotic Small Town Event!
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