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NEW CONCORD, Ohio \u2013 The Fourth of July came and went, but America 250 celebrations can still be found across in the country in places like New Concord.<\/p>\n
The village at the Eastern edge of Muskingum County is hosting a day-long celebration with a free swim day at the pool, free tours at the local museums in town, a community picnic, live music, and or course, fireworks. Mary Beth Caudill is the communications and community relations coordinator for the village and she says the event was made possible by a village-wide collaboration.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have loved every bit of this. It\u2019s so neat to see all these different organizations come together,\u201d Caudill said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got churches, a bunch of individuals, we got CNC (Celebrate New Concord), we\u2019ve got the board of trade, we\u2019ve got NCAARD (New Concord Area Arts and Recreation District). It\u2019s just been wonderful to see everyone work together and we\u2019ve got a lot of very generous people in this community as well that have helped fund the fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Muskingum Valley Symphonic Winds will take the stage in the village park to perform patriotic songs that will play in concert with the fireworks show. Music Director David Turrill shares the music line-up for the fireworks finale.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe finale of the concert will include the \u20181812 Overture\u2019 by Tchaikovsky, which has become an iconic patriotic tradition, and we\u2019re coordinating that with our fireworks display. So we\u2019re very excited about that, and that will go into \u2018Stars and Stripes.\u2019 We\u2019ll be playing while the fireworks are going on,\u201d Turrill said.<\/p>\n
The fireworks show was made possible through a community fundraiser that collected more than $15,000. You can see the latest edition of \u201cWhere\u2019s Brenda\u201d<\/a> for more information about the event.\t<\/p>\n \t<\/div>\n