Annual Norris Day events set Friday in the Commons
The 57th-annual Norris Day celebration will be held Friday, allowing residents and visitors to salute the town while also observing the Independence Day holiday.
The day includes a long list of fun events, capped off by a fireworks display at 9:30 p.m.
For Norris, it’s a particularly special time, as the city that owes its existence to the creation of the nearby Norris Dam by the federal government — the first dam in the entire Tennessee Valley Authority system.
It was completed and put into service in 1936.
Norris Day begins with the Firecracker 4K and 1K Fun Runs at 8:30 a.m. in the town’s Commons area.
Other events will include Posting of the Colors, 9 a.m.; Norris Library Chalk Walk, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; kids’ dog show, 9:10 a.m.; duck races, 9:45 a.m.; decorated bicycle parade, 10:30 a.m.; many-wheeled races, 11:15 a.m.; sack races, 11:45 a.m.; and water balloon toss, 12:15 p.m.
There will be an evening program at the Lions Club Pavilion behind the post office beginning at 5:30 p.m.
A free evening concert will be presented by “110 in the Shade,” a six-member group performing electric, funk, soul, Motown, and R&B numbers, from 7-9 p.m. on the outdoor stage next to the Lions Club Pavilion.
This will be the last of the Concerts on the Commons this year.
There is no admission charge to any of these events, but concert attendees are requested to bring their own chairs or blankets to sit on in the grassy area in front of the stage, next to the pavilion.
Food will also be available from food trucks throughout the day, and there will be inflatables set up for the kids from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as a water slide from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The concert will be followed by the fireworks, which will be launched from the field deep in the Commons area.
