Round Rocker: Parks and Recreation 411 : Round Rock, Frontier Days Celebrate

Parade your float this July 4

Elysabeth Bean — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:47:00 GMT

With July 4Frontier Days about a month away it is time for you to start thinking about the parade. If you just want to come out and watch, great. You can find out the parade route on the city’s website and decide where you want to set up your lawn chair.

If you are interested in being in the parade, awesome! There is no cost to participate in the parade, so grab a trailer and your friends, decorate your float or your bike and be a part of the fun. No entry is too large or too small. After the parade is over you can watch the parade and see your float on Channel 10 after the event. This is can be a great chance to show the community what your company, organization, club or family is all about.

Entries in the parade have the chance to win the title and bragging rights of being the best in these categories: best marching unit, best commercial unit, best riding unit, most beautiful, best related to theme, best civic and most spirited unit and best overall.

So get to work on your parade float! To enter in the parade you must fill out an application. Applications can be found online along with details about the parade and Frontier Days at www.roundrockfrontierdays.com.

July 4 Pictures

Kristi Morgan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:06:00 GMT

July 4 Frontier Days pictures have been posted to the City's Flickr page. We have captured it all! The parade, the pepper eating contest, Ballet Folklorico, skydivers, the Austin Symphonic Band, games and more.

Check them out and see if you or your family were captured during any of the festivities.

Hooray for Independence Day

Kristi Morgan — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:13:00 GMT

Round Rock has great weekend events planned for the community this July 4. Kicking off the big July 4 Frontier Days Celebration is the "Foosteps for Freedom" walk in the morning followed by the parade. There are a lot of entries for this years' parade so it should be a good one! If you are interested in being in the parade it's not too late to sign up. The parade is presented by Bama, from KASE 101, and will run on the Channel 10 television station. If this sounds like something you or your organization want to be apart of contact Bill Buckler at 512-255-9507.

I do not know about you, but after all the morning fun I am going to need to cool off. Feel free to join me at the Lake Creek Pool with KISS FM. You can take the kids, even out your new tan lines, and cool off while enjoying good music and radio station giveaways!

After cooling off I will head to Old Settlers Park at the Lakeview Pavilion where MORE festivities are taking place. I am debating the pepper-eating contest, but I do not know if I have the stomach for it. I have been practicing with the Papa John's pizza peppers (ya know, the ones that come in your pizza box). When I chicken out, I will be hanging out all over the park enjoying the Ballet Folklorico dancers and the Sam Bass Shootout. There will be games for the kids, a watermelon cutting, vendors and activities all over the park. I would not want to miss this! Talk about your talk of the town... So I hope to see you out there, I'll be running around dabbling into a bit of everything (maybe even the peppers)!

If you want more information on this years' July 4 Celebration feel free to comment if you want feedback, or visit www.roundrockfrontierdays.com for viewing your pleasure.

Have a Happy Independence Day!

Are You Excited?

Kristi Morgan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:30:00 GMT

With the July 4th Frontier Days Celebration just around the corner, I cannot help but get excited. I have never been to a Round Rock July 4th Celebration, but lately there is so much talk about all the stuff that goes on throughout the day. A parade, a fun walk, watermelon cutting, skydivers, and of course and big fireworks blowout at the end of the day.

My favorite part of July 4th are the fireworks. No matter where I am or what I am doing I have always been able to go see a fireworks show. When I was younger, my dad would take my brother and I to the top of this hill in San Antonio where we could watch the fireworks show at SixFlags. It was awesome! So I am excited to see the fireworks show at Old Settlers Park where the show can actually be up close and personal!

I am interested to know from everyone what the rest of the day is like? What is your favorite part of the Fontier Days Celebration and what else should I get excited for?

New Way to Get Involved & Celebrate July 4

Kristi Morgan — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:44:00 GMT

During this years’ July 4 Frontier Days Celebration the City of Round Rock will be honoring the soldiers from Fort Hood who were recently deployed to Iraq. If you did not know already, The City of Round Rock and the Chamber of Commerce has teamed together to “adopt” a unit from Fort Hood to support them and their families while they are gone.

During the parade we will have a Hum V from Fort Hood and a city vehicle traveling behind it with volunteers collecting donations to put toward care packages for the soldiers. If you miss the parade, there is another opportunity to make a donation during the watermelon cutting, 7 p.m. at the Lakeview Pavilion in Old Settlers Park.

This is a great way to show neighboring soldiers that we care for them. These men and women are far away from their families and homes, and fighting on our behalf. Being able to get food, toys, letters, or newspapers from home can help make their time away that much better.

You can find a list of donation items on the City’s website at www.roundrocktexas.gov/forthood, and as always, your comments are welcome! Let me know if you have any questions or concerns...