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Celebrate the 4th with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

Date: July 4, 2011
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: World's Fair Park

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra returns for its 27th Fourth of July performance at the World's Fair Park on Monday, July 4. This free Pilot Independence Day Concert will feature favorite patriotic tunes, classical favorites, and a fireworks finale!

The event is part of the City of Knoxville's Festival on the Fourth and will include an entire afternoon and evening of family festivities. Activities begin at 2 p.m. and include food vendors, craft booths, bands and activities for children.

The symphony performance, conducted by KSO Music Director Lucas Richman, will begin at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 4 on the South Lawn of World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville.

Music for the evening will include "The Star Spangled Banner," John Williams' "Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan, "March" from local composer Mark Harrell's The Stainless Banner, an arrangement of Irving Berlin's "A Symphonic Portrait," the traditional "Salute to the Armed Forces," "Rocky Top," "Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture," and more.

The concert will conclude with Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" and a spectacular 20-minute fireworks display.

Published June 27, 2011