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MSU again runs July 4 celebration

Moorhead State University will kick off its 26th annual old-fashioned Fourth of July celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday.

The celebration, free and open to the public, will begin with two new features: a 10K run and children's races at 11 a.m. at Nemzek Field on the MSU campus. Entrants should gather at the north side of the field house.

Activities on the campus mall begin after the 1 p.m. opening ceremony with children's games, music, bingo, train rides, stagecoach and covered wagon rides. The children's decorated bicycle parade and contest starts at 1:30 p.m.; entrants for that should assemble at the mall flagpole right after the opening ceremony.

Stage entertainment will follow the bike parade. Performing will be the Lake Agassiz Concert Band, Kids Collectibles, Soledad Yberra, the MSU Heritage Dancers and the Habbestad Family Orchestra from Norway. Disney cartoons will be shown in Weld Hall auditorium and the planetarium show, "Destination Mars," will be in Bridges Hall.

Clowndominium will perform throughout the afternoon on the mall. The sixth annual "In a Woman's Voice" art exhibit, sponsored by the Women's Network of the Red River Valley, will open in the MSU art gallery.

The day will climax at 8:30 p.m. at Nemzek Field with a flyover by the Happy Hooligans, followed by performances from the Lake Agassiz Concert Band and the Sweet Adelines. At dusk, MSU will present its largest fireworks display ever.