Summer Elizabeth Concert with Fireworks July 4, 2009
Gallipolis, Ohio 45631
The fireworks on the Gallipolis river front won't all be in the sky this Fourth of July. For the first time in its 20-year history, the Ohio Valley Symphony will offer an evening of musical fireworks at a free concert at 8 p.m. in Gallipolis City Park. The concert -- the orchestra's first outdoors -- is a double birthday present to the people of Gallipolis, marking both the nation's 203rd year and the orchestra's 20th. The performance is also the culmination of the city's annual River Recreation Festival.
Expect a parade of great American music, including a salute to America's armed forces, Sousa marches, and classics of America's own music, jazz. Joining the OVS and music director Ray Fowler will be trumpeter Byron Stripling, who will honor the country's greatest trumpeter, Louis Armstrong. Stripling portrayed Armstrong in Broadway's "Satchmo."
Official Website: http://www.ohiovalleysymphony.org
Added by Jim Simonson on July 4, 2009
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Jim Simonson
Please note that weather permitting, the concert will be held outdoors in the park just across the street from the Ariel Ann Carson Dater Performing Arts Center. If there is inclement weather, the concert will be held at the Ariel.