Pigeon Forge Celebrates 4th of July at Patriot Park

Pigeon Forge is celebrating the 4th of July Holiday with their Patriot Festival, located at Patriot Park.

The July 4th Entertainment Line-Up is as follows:

TWIRLING MEDALLION MAJORETTE AND DRUM CORP (1:00pm)

Visiting from Virginia, Tina Hughes’s Baby Doll, Tiny Tot, Junior, & Senior Majorette Groups, and Drum Corp will be performing in Patriot Park at Patriot Festival.

PIGEON FORGE COMMUNITY CHORUS (3:45pm)
Pigeon Forge Community Chorus consists of over 40 members from Pigeon Forge and the surrounding areas. The chorus is under the direction of Dr. Deborah Hicks, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Professional Entertainment Program from Walter State Community College. The chorus will be performing a medley of patriotic and gospel music.

HOMER HART (4:30pm)
Homer Hart is an aspiring country artist from Knoxville, TN. A trip to the 2005 CMT Awards show provided Hart with the opportunity to meet some of the biggest names in country music, a jam session with Jason Aldean’s band “The Three Kings”, and an offer to help record his first album at Big Records in Nashville.

GRAND MAJESTIC THEATER’S “SWING TIME” CAST (5:15pm)
The “Swing Time” cast will be performing their Military Tribute to our Armed Forces and the National Anthem at this year’s Patriot Festival. “Swing Time” is the Musical Dance Production at The Grand Majestic Theater in Pigeon Forge, TN. Their heart warming and fun filled story takes you through the Swingin' Big Band sounds of the 40's with hits of Glenn Miller, Judy Garland and the Andrew Sisters all the way to the Rock and Rollin' years of the 50's with the classics by none other than Elvis and Buddy Holly.

THE TEMPTATIONS REVUE (5:30pm)
The Temptations recorded over 50 albums...with 50 pop and 51 R&B singles in the top ten! They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in1989 and in 1990, four of the original lead singers joined with Nate Evans, fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with "Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions", to form the Temptations Revue, traveling throughout the world receiving the same recognition as they did in the group's heyday. Today, Nate Evans is joined with Ritchie Stanley, Greg Lee, Curtis Taylor and Reggie Reed to bring the music of the ages straight to Pigeon Forge! Enjoy Nate, The Temptations' timeless tunes, some special guests and a few wonderful stories from the history of Motown at the all new Smoky Mountain Theater.

SARAH DARLING (6:15pm)
Sara is an up and coming country music artist, originally from Iowa. She’s a farm girl in florals, a riverbank girl with a poet’s soul, a deeply introspective writer with a childlike curiosity, not to mention a sophistication and maturity in her songs far beyond her 25 years.In 2003, Sarah auditioned for an E Network reality show called “The Entertainer,” hosted by veteran Vegas showman Wayne Newton. She finished in the top three. Sarah also did modeling and appeared in a number of country music videos, with Kellie Pickler, Joe Nichols, David Ball, and Big & Rich. Sarah was discovered by Black River Records through her MySpace page with her song “Stop the Bleeding.”

JOHN BERRY (7:00pm)
John Berry has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in country music. He has a stunningly rich, majestic tenor that he uses to its full effect. With multiple gold and platinum albums and nominations from the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music, and the Grammy's, Berry has clearly forged an appreciation from the music industry and fans alike. Berry has charted nineteen songs on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the Number One single "Your Love Amazes Me" from 1994 and six additional Top Ten hits: "What's In It for Me", "You and Only You", "Standing on the Edge of Goodbye", "I Think About It All the Time", "Change My Mind, and "She's Taken a Shine".

CLASSIC ROCK ALL STARS (8:15pm)
The Classic Rock All-Stars is a supergroup composed of hitmaking artists in the 1960s and 1970s. Its lineup:
Pete Rivera: Original drummer and lead singer for Rare Earth
Dennis Noda: Bass guitarist for Cannibal and the Headhunters
Jerry Corbetta: Keyboardist for Sugarloaf
Mike Pinera: Lead singer of Blues Image and guitarist for Iron Butterfly and Alice Cooper
Collectively, these musicians have been a part of hits such as "Green-Eyed Lady", "School's Out", "Poison" "The Garden" (w/ Guns N' Roses), "I Just Want to Celebrate", "Get Ready", and "Land of a Thousand Dances." The Classic Rock All Stars will have an outstanding lineup of high-energy classic rock hits everyone is sure to remember.

FIREWORKS! (9:45pm)
The night sky will light up with a dazzling array of fireworks, creating a stunning end to the Patriot Festival.