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MSU to host annual Fourth of July bash

Moorhead State University will kick off its 23rd annual old fashioned Fourth of July celebration at 1 p.m. on the campus mall.

The celebration, which is free and open to the public, features continuous stage entertainment throughout the afternoon, children's games, planetarium shows, bingo, music and food booths and refreshments.

A cow-milking contest is being added to this year's entertainment. Cass-Clay Creamery is co-sponsoring the celebration for the first time this year.

Other events scheduled are a children's decorated bicycle parade and contest at 1:30 p.m.; stage entertainment, including Johnny Flag's Fourth of July Band and vocal, instrumental, kids' and ethnic music; Walt Disney cartoons showing in the Weld Hall auditorium; stagecoach and pony rides throughout the campus; a community picnic supper from 5 to 6 p.m.; and a fireworks display at dusk over Nemzek Field.

Tickets for the picnic are $6 for adults and $4 for children under age 12. Tickets will be on sale at the central information booth on the day of the celebration.