[cquick]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Huh?

It isn't closed to grandchildren.

No place is perfect. Not even Broad and High, OSU. Riverside Hospital, Mount Carmel Hospital,Grant Hospital, Doctors Hospital, White Cross Hospital,The Maennerchor, Red, White and Boom, The old Palace Theatre, German Village, St. Mary's Parish, Santa Claus at Lazarus and lunch at the tea room first. Lazarus dressing. Schiller Park, Franklin Park, Scioto River Bridge....Jack Nicklaus, Rosary High School, Aquinas.

This is a wonderful place The Villages, a wonderful place. Wundebar!

Dear Gracie, what do all those hospitals have to do with The Village? I know what Red White and Boom is but the rest of it is a mystery to me!

[cquick]

Originally Posted by KathieI

Many years ago, we made our own fun. We had a caravan of golf carts drive from LSL up to Truman Rec Center (which at that time, I think was the highest point in TV) and we tailgated there and watched the fire works all around the villages. That was more fun than any parade or fireworks here in TV. We had a blast. If I remember correctly, we probably had 15 carts.

July 4th Golf Cart Convoy???

Kathie, that sounds like fun! We won't be in TV for the 4th, but you can report back to us.

[Parker]

The 'closed to grandchildren' post was a joke.

[skip0358]

Why should TV have fireworks and who would pay for them? If they were held here someone would be on here complaining about traffic jams just like after the Christmas Parade that was moved to the Polo Field. Or why did they hold them where they were it was to far or to close to my house etc. You can't have everything here that you had before. As far as I'm concerned we have all we need here. If my Granddaughter who's down wants to see them we'll go to Leesburg, that's close enough. JMO

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Originally Posted by Bavarian

Checkeing St. Tim's Buietin, they have a patriotic music concert before the 4th. Still in the County. We had beautiful fireworks, better than DC, but some Commisioners at the time dropped them for cost, even though we, the viewers, wlould have paid for them through admission to Fair Grounds and told them so and how. One fire dept has them this year on the 29th, and across the River in Solomons still big ones on the 4th, but heavy traffic. The River Concert on Friday nearest has fireworks.

Guess we will next year go to Ocala or other surrounding areas, or back to WDW. What else is bad? Should we keep our house in MD for awhile?

Oh my definitely not. It's just a horrible place. How can anyone live in a place that requires you to drive a half hour once a year to see fireworks. This is the main reason that everyone is leaving the Villages. That is why it's practically become a ghost town. (Note:Voice dripping with sarcasm)

[gocubsgo]

It would be so easy to shoot off fireworks over Lake Sumter! What fun that would be!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Garden guru

Just moved here to The Villages in April and already regret it. Couldn't believe it when looking through today's rec news to see that there are NO July 4 activities in The Villages, especially considering all the flag-waving and God and country rhetoric that goes on around here. Guess talk is cheap. Flipping through the pages of the rec news, one would not even know a national holiday is coming up. And according to this post, the place is closed to grandchildren this week because of fireworks danger? Get real! Children only have fireworks if adults allow them to have them.

What say you now???

[mulligan]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

It would be so easy to shoot off fireworks over Lake Sumter! What fun that would be!

And where would you suggest that 100,000 people park to watch ?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by cquick

Dear Gracie, what do all those hospitals have to do with The Village? I know what Red White and Boom is but the rest of it is a mystery to me!

I was just taking Garden Guru back to Columbus, Ohio from which we both came and that is what I typed.

I really have no good answer. Trying to think of landmarks in Columbus that hadn't changed over the years I guess.

Garden Guru sounded so negative, I was trying to make her think that no place was absolutely perfect.

[skip0358]

Went to Leesburg last night. Great show, big crowd, home in less then 20 minutes.

[memason]

Sat on the lanai last night and watched fireworks all across the horizon...with good friends, delicious beverages and grilled food.

Does life get any better ???

[TOMCAT]

My husband and I are looking forward to the quietness of a 4th of July. As I am not living in Villages yet, every 4th of July, my whole neighborhood is bursting with roman candles, bombs, firecrackers, etc. I disliked the noise and my dog goes crazy. If I want to see a firework display, I'll go to Disney World for a mini vacation.

[duffysmom]

This morning, once again, we heard about a bunch of people (all adults) losing body parts while playing with fireworks. Never fails. Explosives are dangerous, Duh!!!

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

It would be so easy to shoot off fireworks over Lake Sumter! What fun that would be!

That would be nice. Very very nice.

Does The Villages have a fire department????

In our town, the local volunteer firemen (rural and town) are in charge of the fireworks. When our kids were small, it used to be at the small airport; now it's at our big park.....on a hill overlooking our town. It's an all day affair......culminating in the fireworks at about 9 p.m.

Otherwise, one year we were in Disney World over the week of the 4th of July and the fireworks were outstanding...........

I, myself, wouldn't drive there for just a day....but if someone wanted to spend a long weekend or a few days next 4th of July, it would be worth it.

We were crossing some bridge at Epcot when the fireworks went off.
Spectacular. Better even than small "home town" displays.