JULY EVENTS

July 3, 2007

BOAT PARADE
Nashville shores
615-889-7050
www.nashvilleshores.com
$21.95 for people 48 inches or taller; $16.95 for people 47 inches or shorter, military and seniors.
Sailboats and powerboats will partcipate decked out in red, white and blue and other patriotic themes on beautiful percy priest lake admission includes fireworks, beach concert,water park, mini-golf and more.

July 3-4
Shores and Stripes
615-889-7050
www.nashvillesh0res.com
July 3 10.am-11.pm july 4 10.am-6pm. $21.95 for people 48 inches or taller $16.95 for people 47 inches or shorter, military and seniors. Nashville Shores is hosting the Shores and Stripes festival , shich is a two-day extravaganza of events including fireworks, beach concerts, dance performances , a boat parade, the Miss Teen America competition and more.

July 4
Music City Independence Day Concert Spectacular
Riverfront Park
800-657-6910
www.visitmusiccity.com
12-10:30pm Free admission. Enjoy an evening of free entertainment, fun and fireworks. This annual event is Nashville's largest one-day party attractin 100,000 revelers. Live music all day, family activities, food ventdors, fireworks and so much more is on hand to celebrate Independence Day. past performers have included Phil Vassar, Ronnie Milsap, Josh Turner, Charlie Dailes and the Nashville Symphony.

July 4
Miss Teen America
Nashville Shores
615-889-7050
www.nashvilleshores.com
10am-1-pm. $21.95 for 48 inches or taller; $16.95 for people 47 inches or shorter, military and seniors. Contestants from around the country will compete for scholarships and the title of Miss Teen America in the swimsuit competition on the Suntan Lagoon Stage.

July 4
General Jackson Showboat's Fireworks from the Cumberland
General Jackson Showboat
615-458-3900
www.generaljackson.com
Check website for tier pricing. The General Jackson Showboat is a 300 foot long vessel styled in the grand tradition of the paddlewheel riverboats that cruised the great southern waterways in the 1800s.

July 7
Dive-In Movies
Nashville Shores
615-889-7050
www.nashvilleshores.com
Movies start at dusk, check website for dates and times, Included with Nashville Shores water parkadmission. Watch movies in a whole new way, lounging in the pool under the moon and stars. Enjoy classic movies on a more than 30-foot-wide, lakeside movie screen.

July 7
familypalooza
Nashville Shores
615-889-7050
www.nashvilleshores.com
Hours vary, check website, $21.95 for people 48 inches or taller; $16.95 for people 47 inches or shorter, military and seniors. Parents, teens, toddlers and the entire family will enjoy the music, art and activities that make up the three weeks of "Familypalooza" The festival features events for the entire family (Dive-In Movies"), events for teens (Teen Dance Nights). exhibits for smaller children (cartoon characters), and more family fun.

July 7-August 11 (Saturdays only)
Summer Saturdays
Tennessee Agricultral Museam at Ellington
Agricultural Center
615-837-5197
www.tnagmuseum.org
9am-4pm. Free admission. Fun-filled activities for the family from heirloom gardening to butterfly stations and old-time music. Feeding the hungry goats, riding miniture donkeys and sampling unusual foods are just a few of the activities spotlighting Tennessee farms.

July 7 -September 18
Music City Picks
CHeekwood
615-356-8000
www.cheekwood.org
For the first time in its 46-year history, cheekwood opens the doors of its permanent art collection to the community. Cheekwood invites fifty Nashville residents known in the world of sports, politics, music, and much more to browse through collection storage and choose a work of art for the exhibition. These quest curators may choose from works that have come to define Cheekwood, but they may also bring previously rarely seen works back tp light. The resulting exhibition will provide visitors with a refreshing revisit of familiar images.

July 15
3rd Annual Ice Cream Sunday
Belle Meade Plantation
615-356-0501
www.bellemeadeplantation.com
1-4pm Free; mansion tour extra. Enjoy free ice cream provided by Purity Dairy in celebration of national Ice Cream Month. Music and other entertainment; celebrity scoopers.