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Burleson Community Theatre will present an Independence Celebration Concert and Dinner tomorrow, July 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Burleson High School Cafeteria. Tickets for dinner and show are $17 per person and are available at tickets@burlesoncommunitytheater.com or by calling 817-447-8812. SEATING IS LIMITED! RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY!!BYA to host Friendship GamesThe Burleson Youth Association is proud to announce that it has been selected as one of three sites in the United States to host the Friendship Games, which will feature a 3-game baseball series for players, ages 13 to 14, on August 7-9. It will be Team Japan vs. Team USA. Make your plans to come out and be a part of this very special event! Currently the games are scheduled to be played at Bartlett Park. Game times to be announced at a later date.Blood DriveThe city of Burleson and Carter Bloodcare will be hosting a community blood drive on Monday, July 13. Carter’s mobile unit will be parked in the Burleson City Hall parking lot, 141 W. Renfro St. Blood will be drawn between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information about what is entailed in donating blood, go to www.carterbloodcare.org. To sign up, go to https://iwebb.carterbloodcare.org/pls/iwebb/DRLOC.SPONSIGN. Burleson July 4When the Fourth of July rolls around, you know the fun is at Burleson’s Hidden Creek Sports Complex. Mark your calendar to attend the 11th annual Fourth of July Independence Day celebration at 7:30 p.m. Food is available at the concession stand. The rest of the festivities, as well as parking, are free. The gates will open at 5 p.m. "Men in Black" will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. and perform a tribute to American icons Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison. Immediately following the concert, there will be a 20-minute fireworks extravaganza choreographed to patriotic music.Chairs are allowed at the sports complex, but shade structures are not. Pets on leashes are also allowed, but alcohol and glass bottles are not. The city has a mixed beverage permit for the restaurant/grill at Hidden Creek Golf Course, and it is illegal to take any alcoholic beverage on the premises of a permit holder. Celebrants can bring coolers filled with food and soft drinks, but the coolers will be checked for violations. Cigarette smoking is permitted in designated areas.Burleson Police are coordinating routing traffic in and out of the fireworks show.The sports complex and golf course are located at I-35W and Hidden Creek Parkway (295 E. Hidden Creek Parkway). For more information about the event, call the city of Burleson Parks and Recreation department at 817-295-8168.Disney’s Beauty and the BeastThe Greater Cleburne Carnegie Players production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast continues at the Don Smith Performing Arts Center on the campus of Cleburne High School through July 5. Friday performance is at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, July 4, and Sunday, July 5, matinees are at 2:30 p.m. *There will be no evening production on Saturday, July 4th.
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