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Here is the Fourth of July Edition of The Weekend Warrior for June 29, 2023.

Columbus On The Cheap:
https://www.columbusonthecheap.com/event/fireworks-celebrations-around-c...

Experience Columbus:
https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/fourth-of-july-celebrations...

And there are other events happening this weekend, as well.

The DJBC Happy Hour is getting ready for the Fourth of July.

Columbus On The Cheap:
https://www.columbusonthecheap.com/event/fireworks-celebrations-around-c...

Experience Columbus:
https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/blog/post/fourth-of-july-celebrations...

Tonight on the show, the DJBC Celebrates America.

Included is a 17-minute Fireworks Mix, mixing Juneteenth, July Fourth, Christmas, and the Number 12, because this year is The DJBC's 12th Annual Fireworks Mix.

The title for tonight's show comes from the 2022 Parade Theme of the City of Hilliard, which is "Red, White, and Together Again" - https://hilliardohio.gov/events/.

LINKS:
Fourth of July Celebrations (via NBC4): https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/july-4th-celebrations-in-and-aroun...
Red, White & Boom - What You Need to Know (also via NBC4): https://www.nbc4i.com/community/red-white-and-boom/what-you-need-to-know...
COTA and Boom! (also NBC4) - https://www.nbc4i.com/community/red-white-and-boom/cotas-plans-for-red-w...

Post-July 4 Happenings:
Franklinton Fridays (July 8; Franklinton Arts District, Franklinton; http://www.franklintonartsdistrict.com) (COTA - Lines 3, 6, 9, 10 or 12)
Summer Jam West (July 9; Westgate Park - 455 S. Westgate Ave., Westgate; http://www.hilltoparts.org) (COTA - Line 6)
Westerville Music and Arts Festival (July 9 & 10; Heritage Park - 60 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville; http://www.westervillechamber.com) (COTA - CMAX to Polaris/Africa; Westerville COTA Plus in Westerville)
Merion Village Garden Tour (July 10; Merion Village; http://www.merionvillage.org) (COTA - Lines 4 or 8)
Mental Wellness Night (July 14; CSCC Workforce Development Center - 315 Cleveland Ave., Discovery District; http://www.aawellness.org) (COTA - CMAX)
Kaufman Plaza Dedication (July 15; Main Library/Topiary Park - 96 S. Grant Ave., Discovery District; http://www.columbuslibrary.org) (COTA - # 11, while it still lasts; #SaveTheNumber11)
We Amplify Voices (July 16; Vanderelli Room - 218 McDowell St., Franklinton; http://www.weamplifyvoices.org) (COTA - Lines 3, 6 or 9)

The official Fireworks Mix for The DJBC Happy Hour, "Red, White and Together Again" (June 27, 2022).

SONG LIST (In Order, As Possible):
(Not Included is "Running Up The Hill" - Kate Bush)
"Hot In Here" - Nelly
"Fireworks" - Grady Tate, Schoolhouse Rock!
"The Star-Spangled Banner" - Robert Shaw Chorale
"The Pinball Song" - The Pointer Sisters
"Kay Thompson's Jingle Bells" - Andy Williams
"I Love America" - Patrick Juvet
"It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" - Andy Williams
"The Great American Melting Pot" - Schoolhouse Rock!
"Christmas in Hollis" - Run D.M.C.
"America, Why I Love Her" - John Wayne
"America the Beautiful" - Mitt Romney
"My Shot" - Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton Original Cast)
"Seventy Six Trombones" - Robert Preston and The Music Man Original Broadway Cast
"The Shot Heard Around the World" - Schoolhouse Rock!
"One Nation Under A Groove" - Funkadelic
"We Shall Overcome" - Pete Seeger
"Freedom Isn't Free" - Team America: World Police
"God Bless the U.S.A." - Lee Greenwood
"Yankee Doodle Dandy" - Joel Grey
"Tradition/Beat Ohio (State) Mash-Up" - The DJBC Happy Hour (featuring "Tradition" from Fiddler on the Roof)
"American Pie" - Don McLean
"Singin' in the Rain" - Gene Kelly
"Hail to the Victors" - University of Michigan Marching Band
"Heat Miser" - from "A Year Without A Santa Claus"
"Lift Every Voice and Sing" - Ray Charles
"This is America" - Childish Gambino
"Is Anybody There?" - William Daniels
"Glory" - John Legend (with Common)
"It's A Round, Round World" - Stan Freberg
"The Christmas Waltz" - Nancy Wilson
"Love, American Style" theme - The Cowsills
"Linus and Lucy (Peanuts Theme)" - TeeVee Toons (emulating Vince Guaraldi)
"America" - Neil Diamond
"The Grand Finale" Intro - Pippin (2013 Revival Cast)
"The Nutcracker Suite/Dance of the Flowers" - Les Brown and His Band of Reknown
"Green Chri$tma$" - Stan Freberg
and
"Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" - Toby Keith

Tonight on the show, the Fourth of July.

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS:
- http://djbcadventures.tumblr.com/post/53985369028/2013-july-fourth-event...

Tonight on "The DJBC Happy Hour Classic", "Sweet Freedom's Song: Celebrating Our History" takes a look at July Fourth Events throughout town, during the Columbus Bicentennial Fourth of July. Plus, Thomas Jefferson, a striking COTA bus driver, the Doo Dah Parade, and the Fireworks Mix on "The DJBC Happy Hour Classic."

Happy ComFest Week!