Name: Kids Carnival returns to Beaver Island’s July 4 celebration, 2015
Start: 2015-07-04
End: 2015-07-04
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Date: 2015-07-04
Kind: Community festival
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: celebrationchildrentourismcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce announced the return of a Kids Carnival for the July 4, 2015 celebration. The final reminder set the parade for 2:30 p.m., the carnival for 3 p.m., and fireworks at dusk; the parade time was adjusted to accommodate ferry arrivals.

Evidence limits

The Chamber notices establish the planned program and timing, but do not report attendance or the final event outcome.

Sources

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Sources

Beaver Island Forum, “Kids Carnival ON For July 4th - Thanks Diane” and “Important July 4th Reminders - Parade Start - Carnival,” May 7–July 3, 2015.
The Chamber announced that Diane McDonough would bring back the Kids Carnival; a June 29 notice set the parade for 2:30 p.m., carnival at 3 p.m., and fireworks at dusk, explaining that the parade time was changed to accommodate ferry arrivals. The notices do not report attendance or final outcome. Cited alongside 2 path(s) not present on disk: data/forum/www.beaverislandforum.com/markdown/09/t008970.md; data/forum/www.beaverislandforum.com/markdown/09/t008969.md
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Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, “NEWS - July 4th Parade Time Change,” Beaver Island Forum, May 20, 2015.
The Chamber said directors unanimously moved the parade start to 2:30 p.m. because five ferry runs included an arrival around 1:45 p.m.; the Kids Carnival remained planned for 3 p.m. This is an organizer decision notice, not attendance or final outcome evidence.
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Kids Carnival returns to Beaver Island’s July 4 celebration, 2015”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-fourth-of-july-kids-carnival-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Kids Carnival ON For July 4th - Thanks Diane” and “Important July 4th Reminders - Parade Start - Carnival,” May 7–July 3, 2015. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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