Military Appreciation Days

Join us for Military Appreciation Days, May 28-31, 2010, in the City of Myrtle Beach!  We are celebrating active duty military personnel, veterans and reserves from all branches of the service with a full slate of events.  Stay tuned to this site for additional details about concerts, activities, military discounts, the big parade, performers and much more.  We thank you for your service to our nation!

Tentative Schedule of Events

Friday, May 28

• Golf Tournament – 8:00 a.m. Shotgun, Whispering Pines Golf Course

• Welcome Address – 5:00 p.m., Mayor John Rhodes, Grand Park Stage
• Giant Flag on Display – Beginning at 5:00 p.m.
• Parents Night Out for Military Families – 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Pepper Geddings Recreation Center
• Festive Brass Band – 7:30 p.m., Grand Park Stage

 

Saturday, May 29

• Buzz Aldrin Recognition Ceremony – 9:00 a.m., Ocean Boulevard, between Eighth and Ninth Avenue North.
• 5K Run/Walk – 8:00 a.m., Crabtree Gym (wheelchair race starts at 7:45 a.m.) 

Click for the route map and additional details and the registration form.  Enjoy this morning run/walk around The Market Common and Grand Park!  The event starts at Crabtree Memorial Gymnasium.  It’s free for active duty, reserves and veterans and just $20 for civilians.

• Golf Tournament – 8:00 a.m. Shotgun, Whispering Pines Golf Course
• Kids Fishing Tournament – 9:00 a.m., Grand Park Lake
• Ocean Boulevard Parade – 10:30 a.m., 27th Ave. North to Ninth Ave. North

Colonel Buzz Aldrin, Grand Marshal

25-plus parade floats, eight giant helium balloons and 10 inflatables

Marching bands, military bands, celebrities, queens and dignitaries

• Military, Veterans and Family Resource Center – open at 12:00 p.m., corner of Reed Street and Moser Avenue, near Piggly Wiggly
• Military Games Family Competition – 12:30 p.m.
• Kids Zone Activities – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Recruiter Expo – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Military Exhibits Area – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Fort Jackson Brass Quintet Family Picnic – 12:45 p.m., Grand Park
• Disney Concerts and Meet-and-Greet Events – Beginning at 2:00 p.m., Ocean Boulevard, between Eighth and Ninth Avenue North, and Plyler Park

Meet Drake Bell (Josh and Drake), Savannah Outen and Tiffany Thornton (Hannah Montana), Debby Ryan (Suite Life) and Nathan Kress (iCarly) – 2:00 p.m.

Meet Jasmine Richards (Camp Rock) – 3:00 p.m.

Musical Performances by Envision, Drake Bell, Savannah Outen, Jasmine Richards, and Mitchell Musso – 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Jordin Sparks, American Idol Winner, Performs – 8:00 p.m.

Fireworks! – 9:00 p.m., Downtown

• US Army Special Forces Parachute Jump Team – 5:00 p.m., Grand Park
• Blue Aces Air Force Band – 7:30 p.m., Grand Park Stage

 

Sunday, May 30

• Military, Veterans and Family Resource Center – open at 12:00 p.m., corner of Reed Street and Moser Avenue, near Piggly Wiggly
• Kids Zone Activities – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Recruiter Expo – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Military Exhibits Area – open at 12:30 p.m., Grand Park
• Blue Aces Air Force Band – 12:45 p.m., Grand Park
• Battle of the Gospel Choirs – 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Grand Park Stage

Competing Choirs:  Cedar Branch Choir, Trueway Love Fellowship Choir, Voices of Praise Choir, Faith Temple Choir, Coastal Gospel Choir

Competing Quartets/Groups:  Iris and Made of Men, New Directions, Unity, Maurice and the Fellas, Mickeal Boykins, Lil Rickey and the Mighty Golden Stars, Pat Crawford and 1 Spirit, Truetones

• Regional Gospel Acts – 6:30 to 9:00 p.m., Grand Park Stage

Darrell McFadden and the Disciples, McDonald Sisters, Gospel Pearls

Monday, May 31

• Memorial Day Ceremonies – 11:00 a.m., Plaza, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Grand Strand Patriotic Alliance and the City of Myrtle Beach
• Military, Veterans and Family Resource Center – open at 12:00 p.m., corner of Reed Street and Moser Avenue, near Piggly Wiggly
• Nose Art Display Ribbon Cutting – 1:00 p.m., Warbird Park, Farrow Parkway
• Museum Ribbon Cutting – 2:30 p.m., Base Recreation Center, Gabreski Ln.  
• Memorial Day Program – 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Valor Memorial Garden

Music Festive – Brass

Parachute Jump – 82nd Airborne All-American Freefall Team

Opening Remarks

Presentation of Colors – Joint ROTC Color Guard:  St. James, Socastee, Carolina Forest and Myrtle Beach High Schools

National Anthem – Tangena Church, The Carolina Opry

Invocation – Chaplain Loran Bulla, US Army Retired

Pledge of Allegiance – Socastee High School Air Force Junior ROTC

Missing Man Table – Rolling Thunder, SC Chapter 3

Welcome – Mayor John Rhodes

Street Name Honorees – Lt Col Colin Clarke, Lt William Hook and CMSgt William Forbus

Remarks – Colonel Quincy Collins, USAF Retired (Vietnam POW)

PGBA, LLC Sponsor Thank You

Music – Festive Brass

Mercy Care Hospice Veterans’ Pinning Ceremony – Chaplain Loran Bulla, Bereavement Coordinator

Wounded Warriors and Disabled American Veterans Recognition

POW and MIA Recognition

Missing Man Table Closing

Rifle Salute – Grand Strand Patriotic Alliance

Taps – Skip Hogan, VFW Post 10420

Music – Festive Brass

• Kids Zone Activities – 3:00 p.m., Grand Park
• Evening Concert Series at Grand Park Stage

6:00 p.m. – Fort Jackson Brass Quintet

7:00 p.m. – Andrew Thielen Big Band Concert   

• Fireworks – 9:00 p.m.

http://www.militaryappreciationdays.com/

For more information about the Hidden Wounds PTSD awareness campaign at Military Appreciation Days contact dan@hiddenwounds.org or call 803-403-8460.

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