{"id":2872,"date":"2011-06-13T20:50:52","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T03:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2011-06-14T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T16:45:03","slug":"4th-of-july-committee-looking-for-convertibles-for-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=2872","title":{"rendered":"4th of July Committee Looking for Convertibles for Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC02305.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2888\" title=\"DSC02305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC02305-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC02305-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC02305-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/DSC02305.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Calling all convertibles, calling all convertibles! The City of Sierra Madre\u2019s annual 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July Parade is in need of your assistance. Let your car shine like a firework as you transport the parade\u2019s VIP\u2019s down Sierra Madre Blvd. Let us showcase your pride and joy and as we together proudly celebrate the birthday of the United States of America.\u00a0 If this sounds like the opportunity your vintage, classic, snazzy convertible has been waiting for please contact call 626.355.5278 or email <a href=\"mailto:city@cityofsierramadre.com\">city@cityofsierramadre.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2011 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July Festivities will begin with a Community Picnic on Saturday, July 2, 2011 in Sierra Vista Park. From 3\u2013 8 pm there will be swimming, picnics, a home-run-derby and much more. The celebration will continue on July 3<sup>rd<\/sup> in Memorial Park from 5-10 pm with the traditional \u201cBubblewrap Fireworks\u201d, beer garden, food booths and a performance by <em>Mercy and the Merketts<\/em>. The 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July will start off with a bang and the new 5K Firecracker Fun Run. The run will begin at 7:00 am in Kersting Court and run a loop along the parade route. The traditional hometown parade will begin at 10 am and will be followed by activities in Memorial Park.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in registering to participate in the 5K Firecracker Fun Run or in the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July Parade can do so online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofsierramadre.com\/onlineregistration\">www.cityofsierramadre.com\/onlineregistration<\/a>. For more information on all of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July Festivities, please call 626.355.5278.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all convertibles, calling all convertibles! The City of Sierra Madre\u2019s annual 4th of July Parade is in need of your assistance. Let your car shine like a firework as you transport the parade\u2019s VIP\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[94],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}