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July 4 Frontier Days: a memorable experience

Elysabeth Bean — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:32:00 GMT

My first July 4 Frontier Days Celebration was a success. It was hot out there and I don’t think I’ve ever drank that much water, but it was still fun.

The parade was great. There were many interesting floats and a lot of people out there to support the parade. Bama Brown from KASE 101 was funny and did a fantasitic job at entertaining the crowd. The kids had a lot of fun out there with all the candy and small toys being thrown to them from the floats.

The Parks and Recreation Department has something to brag about; the Allen R. Baca Center won the Best Civic and Best Overall parade float entries with “Life is Sweet at the Allen R. Baca Center.”

The celebration continued out at Old Settlers Park. I caught the first Sam Bass Shoot Out. They had some sound problems at first, but they more than made up for it with the gun fire. Then I headed over to watch part of the Lion’s Club One Hole Washer Tourney had a lot people out there to support the Play for All Abilities Park. I tried my hand at washers, but I’m thinking I need to pick another pass time; I didn’t do so hot.

The Boat Regatta was personally my favorite event of the whole day. It was entertaining watching the cardboard boats try to navigate their way around the course. The EcoBox was entertaining to watch go down. He started to go down in the second heat at the very start, but kept going. He finished the race by swimming a piece of his boat to the finish line. Watch the EcoBox go down at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF4WZ3fNaTM. It was great.

The Orca also made a dramatic sinking. The boat was modeled after the boat on Jaws. It even had a blow up shark following behind the boat. The crew of the boat jumped from the boat and took on the shark and eventually brought the boat down. Parks and Recreation can add another thing to brag about to their list because the Top Gun boat won the People’s Choice Award for having the best boat design; it was created and rowed by a few parks and recreation employees.

The pepper eating contest was also entertaining. The most peppers eaten were 57 by a man named Steve. He didn’t even flinch. Afterward he enjoyed a nice cup of milk. The runner up was Alexander Sherry with 40 peppers. He won last year by eating 69 peppers, but I guess this year he couldn’t take the heat. He still ate more peppers that I would ever dare try.

The night ended with fireworks. This firework show was not your typical fireworks show. The Frontier Days Celebration and the Dell Diamond coordinated their fireworks shows to start at the same time and it was awesome. No matter where you looked in the sky you saw fireworks. It was great.

To see the pictures from the July 4 Frontier Celebration including the parade visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofroundrock/sets/72157620912329881/. Pictures for the Boat Regatta are at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofroundrock/sets/72157620912918141/.

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.

The Boat Regatta is still alfoat for July 4

Elysabeth Bean — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:05:00 GMT

The Round Rock the Boat Regatta is still on! It is on July 4 from 2-4 p.m. as part of the festivities for July 4 Frontier Days Celebration. Pits for the Boat Regatta will open at 1 p.m. There will be one round of time trails and the top three times will go in a head to head race to see who wins the title of “Fast and Furious.”

We are also inviting all those participating in the Boat Regatta to enter their boat in the Frontier Days parade to show off their fantastic boats. If you would like to enter your boat in the parade visit www.roundrockfrontierdays.com for more information or to get the parade float application.

Also, if you know anyone still interested in being in the Boat Regatta it’s not too late! The deadline registration for new boat entries is June 29. For details about the Boat Regatta visit www.roundrocktexas.gov/rocktheboat.