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The Mountain View Chamber of Commerce has planned five days of food, music and fun to celebrate the July Fourth holiday. The Old Time Gathering will begin with a patriotic parade on Saturday, June 30, and culminates on the Fourth with a Merchants Open House, Barbecue Cook-Off, live music on the courtsquare and a live radio remote broadcast. This year’s fireworks display will be on Tuesday, July 3. The show will be at the Stone County Fairgrounds, and everyone is invited to arrive early for music by Roger Gardner & Friends, cake walks, food concession and clogging performance. The opening ceremony for the festivities will be Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the courthouse stage. The Red, White & Blue Parade will begin at 10 a.m., with the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group from Little Rock as grand marshals. Rolling Thunder is a non-profit organization committed to assisting American veterans from all eras with a special interest of publicizing POW/MIA issues. Following the parade there will be live music at the courtsquare gazebo and children’s games on the courthouse lawn. Sunday will offer Praise in the Park at the City Park Amphitheater at 8 a.m., then at 2 p.m. a gospel/patriotic concert will be staged at Brickshy’s Backstreet Theater. There is free admission to both events. An old-fashioned street dance with live music by Roger Gardner & Friends will be held Monday from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Bank of Mountain View parking lot off Jefferson Street. Downtown merchants will be having special sales and registrations for door prizes all day on July 4. There will be live music at the courtsquare gazebo, and KFFB 106.1 radio will offer a live remote in the afternoon, with a big prize drawing at 4 p.m. 
The Barbecue Cook-Off will begin the morning of the Fourth on Washington Street directly north of the courthouse. Registration fee is $25 and participants must provide their own cut of pork to barbecue, as well as grill/smoker, charcoal, etc. First place prize is $300, second place is $200 and third place is $100 with prizes sponsored by First Service Bank. Details about the contest are still being determined. For more information contact the Chamber of Commerce at 870-269-8068. Download a cook-off application here. (Adobe PDF) Also in Mountain View, the Ozark Folk Center State Park will be open July 4 and will have special children’s activities such as sack races, egg carries, apple bobbing and other old-fashioned family fun beginning at noon. Ice-cold watermelon will be served at the conclusion of activities. Admission to the park is $9 for adults and $6 for children ages 6-12. For more information about the event or other activities in Mountain View phone 870-269-8068. To request a digital image, e-mail Lori Freeze at freeze@mvtel.net
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