LET'S TEACH our kids about patriotism and creativity. It's that simple! With this patriotic bike parade we hope to do just that. I hope you'll make plans to attend. We've been doing it since 2004!
Warm regards,
Justin Rudd!
Exec. Director
Community Action Team (CAT)
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Justin Rudd's "Great American 4th of July Kids Bike Parade"; July 4, 10 a.m., 1 Granada Ave. Free Entry. Cash Prizes.
g RED, WHITE & YOUTH The Great American 4th of July Bike Parade in Long Beach
FANCY FOURTH OF JULY harbor
cruises, spectacular theme park fireworks shows and lavish community
parades have nothing on this simple annual event in Long Beach.
The city's Fourth of July Bike Parade & Contest has got to
make everyone smile and cheer with its old-fashioned appeal as
hundreds of local kids decorate their two-wheelers and ride the sunny beach
boardwalk. Red, white and blue streamers, crepe paper, balloons and American flags are on display and cash and prizes will be awarded to the top ten young future designers for originality, creativity, spectator appeal, and display of red, white and blue. Parade starts at 10 a.m. on the beach bike path at the end of Granada Ave. in Belmont Shore. --Sheryll Alexander, AOL/Digital City
Bike
Parade July
4, 2007
2-mile parade
Beach Bike Path
1 S. Granada Ave. @ Ocean Blvd.
10 a.m.
*Registration begins at 9:15 a.m.
Free Entry
Cash Prizes
GRAND MARSHALS
Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and his wife Nancy, their son and two grandchildren.
SPECTATORS
The out-and-back, two-mile parade route travels east along the bike path and continues down Bay Shore Avenue to Second Street.
RULES
Kids are required to wear helmets and be escorted by a parent or guardian. By law, motor driven cycles are not allowed on the beach bike path.
PARKING AND NOSHING TIPS
If you're not close enough to ride to the parade start, beachfront parking meters cost a quarter for every 15 minutes, and there's free parking along Ocean Blvd. Also, Second Street has tons of family-oriented restaurants and is only three blocks from the parade start/finish line.
