A warm summer day brought neighbors together for the
Annual Fourth of July Celebration at Elmside Circle Park.
After the helium filled balloon arch was floating, celebrants arrived to register
their decorated bikes and wagons, get directions from Alice and line up behind the fire engine.

The Red White and Blue Kazoo Band led the parade for several trips around the park.
At the end, awards were passed out with ice cream bars donated by Schoeps,
then the fire engine hose was opened up to cool everyone off and start the activites.

There was watermelon spitting contest, a slip & slide, crazy dasy sprinkler, water balloon catching contest,
tie-dyeing t-shirts, water balloon launching,  and lastly, a neighborhood potluck supper.

When the day was over, folks watched small scale fireworks down the block and then off
to the Lake Monona shoreline to see the Monona fireworks.