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This July 3^rd and 4^th celebrate Independence Day at the Country Club of Landfall! The festivities start on Sunday July 3^rd with dinner at the Landfall Clubhouse from 6-9. Dinner is followed by a spectacular fireworks show that will start at dusk. On Monday July 4^th there is a cookout at the Country Club of Landfall pool from 11:00am until 3:00pm. The price for adult is $16.50 and $8.50 for children. What better to celebrate a major summer holiday than by the pool with a cookout! Additionally, for all the tennis players there is a 4^th of July Tennis Mixer on Monday from 9:00am until 11:00. The mixer is a fun, competitive round robin, which is followed by everyone going to the pool. To sign up call the Sports Center at 256-7625.

This weekend Wilmington’s baseball team, the Wilmington Sharks are playing the Gastonia Grizzlies. The teams who are a part of the Coastal Plain League will play Saturday at 7:05pm at Buck Hardee Field at Legion Sports Complex. This is game three in a row of seven for the sharks in their busy summer schedule. The Sharks currently have a winning record of 11-7 and look to add to that this weekend. These games are a fun evening activity to bring to kids to and enjoy the gorgeous summer weather. Tickets are $7.00 and can be purchased at the game. For more on the Wilmington Sharks visit their website http://www.wilmingtonsharks.com.

This Sunday is the Wilmington Symphonic Winds Concert at Kenan Auditorium at UNCW. The concert features music from around the world and includes Irish Tune from County Derry (Danny Boy), Russian Christmas Music, Cuban Overture, American the Beautiful, and Florentier March (Grand Italian March). The ensembles have over sixty musicians from the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, Long Bay Symphony Orchestra, UNCW, and CFCC faculty, the United States Marine Band, North Myrtle Beach Concert Band, Brunswick County Concert Band, and select professional musicians. The show is from 7:00pm to 8:30pm and tickets are $12.00. To purchase tickets visit their website http://wilmingtonsymphonicwinds.org/tickets/.

This Sunday at the Kenan Chapel in Landfall is the Port City Music Festival. The festival now in its 8^th year, starts at 5:00pm and lasts 3 nights. The concert is directed by cellist and conductor Dr. Stephen Framil, and includes international artists such as violinist Luigi Mazzochi, clarinetist John Laughton, pianist Dr. Daniel Lau, and mezzo-soprano Kyle Engler. Tickets are complimentary and can be picked up at the Northeast Branch of the New Hanover County Library. After the concert there will be a reception at the Country Club of Landfall.