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3rd of July adds a new MIX to Independence Eve Celebration
Chicago is the place to be when celebrating our nation's independence. The Independence Eve fireworks spectacular will take place Thursday, July 3 at Taste of Chicago and this year the soundtrack will be created and simulcast by sponsor WTMX - 101.9fm, and broadcast live on WGN-TV.
Festival attendees will be staking their plots of land on Butler Field at the Petrillo Music Shell early that day and Taste of Chicago's wide of variety of food selections should help pass the time. Music from the Grant Park Orchestra, beginning at 8 p.m., heightens the anticipation. Directed by Christopher Bell, selections will include: Chadwick's "Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches," Bernstein's "Three Dance Episodes from On the Town" and Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture."
As attendees applaud the end of Grant Park Orchestra performance, all eyes will turn to the sky for the next 20 minutes as this year the soundtrack from 101.9fm The Mix offers the background music to the spectacular fireworks display. Once again, the show is produced by the award-winning Melrose Pyrotechnics, first place winners of the Montreal International Fireworks Competition in 2006.
As the soundtrack moves from song to song, each display varies, telling its own story and building in intensity to the finale. Viewing is best throughout Grant Park as fireworks fill the sky over Monroe Harbor. The fireworks are simulcast on 101.9fm The Mix and broadcast live on WGN-TV.
And if one night of fireworks is wonderful, two is fantastic. On Friday, July 4 at 9:30 p.m., Taste will light up the sky in a simultaneous show with the Navy Pier display.
Petrillo Music Shell
Grant Park Orchestra; Christopher Bell, Conductor
INDEPENDENCE EVE AT GRANT PARK
8:00 pm
KEY - Star Spangled Banner
CHADWICK - Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches
DVORAK - Largo from New World Symphony
NELSON - Savannah River Holiday
INTERMISSION 20 minutes
BERNSTEIN - Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
HAYMAN - Pops Hoe-Down
LOWDEN - Armed Forces Salute
TCHAIKOVSKY - Overture 1812
City of Chicago/WTMX July 3rd Fireworks Soundtrack Intro (Before fireworks launch)
Beginning at approximately 9:31 pm
KAYNE WEST - Homecoming
CHRIS MARTIN
Fireworks
BON JOVI - Living on a Prayer
LENNY KRAVITZ - American Woman
RIHANNA - Don't Stop the Music
PRINCE - Let's Go Crazy
KILLERS - Mr. Brightside
SARA BAREILLES - Love Song
COLDPLAY - Clocks
GWEN STEFANI - The Sweet Escape
GOOD CHARLOTTE - I Don't Wanna Be In Love
KAYNE WEST - Stronger
K. T. TUNSTALL - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
MATCHBOX TWENTY - How Far We've Come
END TIME 9:50 pm
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