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Holiday weekend filled with patriotic and fun events

Published 9:45 pm Friday, July 2, 2010

Here are events planned for Saturday and Sunday for the Fourth of July weekend:

Saturday

@List subhead:Fireworks

Everett: Follows 7:05 p.m. Everett AquaSox baseball game, Everett Memorial Stadium, 3900 Broadway.

@List subhead:Navy fun

Everett: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Naval Station Everett, 2000 W. Marine View Drive. Ship tours, fly-bys, entertainment, car show, displays, food court. Shuttle only on Everett Transit, no parking. 425-304-5665.

@List subhead:Parade

Stanwood: Independence Day Parade and Ice Cream Social by Stanwood Area Historical Society, 11 a.m., Josephine Sunset Home, 9901 272nd Place NW, to Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, 27108 102nd Ave. NW. Ice cream social and games follow.

Sunday

@List subhead:Breakfasts

Arlington: Frontier Days Fourth of July Pancake Breakfast, 7 to 11 a.m., Haller Park, 1100 West Ave.

Bothell: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. pancakes, downtown firehouse, 10726 Beardslee Blvd.

Everett: Flying Pig annual Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2929 Colby Ave.

Silvana: 7 a.m. to noon, Willow and Jim’s Country Cafe, 1421 Pioneer Highway. Breakfast and lunch served by Fire District 19 personnel to benefit the Firefighter’s Association. Raffle, too.

@List subhead:Ceremonies

Camano Island: 3 p.m. Freedom Park, 578 SW Camano Drive. Tribute to pioneers, with speakers, entertainment, Pearl Harbor Survivors, Boy Scout Troop 413.

@List subhead:Festivals

Arlington: Frontier Days Fourth of July, Haller Park, 1100 West Ave.

Darrington: Family fun, after 1 p.m. parade, at Old School Park, 1026 Alvord St.

Everett: 2 to 11 p.m. Colors of Freedom Festival, Legion Park, 145 Alverson Blvd. Shuttle on Everett Transit from Everett Community College parking lot on Broadway.

Stanwood: 5 p.m. Heritage Park behind Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St. NW. Boys &Girls Club of Arlington offers games for kids; Stanwood Senior and Community Center sells strawberry shortcake and Josephine Sunset Home sells popcorn.

@List subhead:Fireworks

Arlington: 9 p.m., seating at Boys &Girls Club, 18513 59th Ave. NE.

Darrington: Dusk, Darrington High School, 1085 Fir St.

Edmonds: Dusk, Civic Playfield, 300 Sixth Ave N.

Everett: 10:20 p.m., Thunder on the Bay Fireworks, Port Gardner Bay.

Monroe: After a 7 p.m. demolition derby at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, 14405 179th Ave. SE.

Stanwood: Fireworks, 10:30 p.m., Heritage Park behind Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St. NW.

@List subhead:Fun runs

Everett: Yankee Doodle Dash, begins 9 a.m., Everett Family YMCA, 2720 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Fun run, 5 and 10k races, one-mile race.

Edmonds: 11 a.m. 425-776-6711, www.edmondswa.com.

@List subhead:Music

Arlington: Frontier Days Fourth of July, 3 p.m. concert, Legion Park gazebo, 114 N. Olympic Ave.

Gold Bar: Monroe Community Concert Band, 3 p.m., Gold Bar Elementary School, 419 Lewis Ave.

Stanwood: 6 p.m. Heritage Park behind Stanwood Middle School, 9405 271st St. NW. Callie Cash, Cookie and the Cutters, and Gerry Andal.

@List subhead:Open houses

Everett: Passport to the Police, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3002 Wetmore Ave. Meet police officers, SWAT members, kids passport contest.

@List subhead:Parades

Arlington: Frontier Days Fourth of July, kids parade, 4:30 p.m., grand parade, 5 p.m., Olympic Avenue.

Bothell: Children’s parade, 12:15 p.m., line up at 104th Avenue and Main Street; grand parade, 1 p.m.; free to participate; routes proceed west on Main Street and then north on Bothell-Everett Highway to NE 188th Street.

Darrington: 1 p.m. along Darrington Street.

Edmonds: children’s parade, 12:30 p.m., Fifth Avenue and Howell; grand parade 1 p.m., Sixth and Main streets.

Everett: 1 p.m., Colors of Freedom, Colby and Wetmore avenues, between Wall and 26th streets.

@List subhead:Street fairs

Everett: Fun in the Sun, 2 to 4 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1616 Pacific Ave.