Featured image (right): Micah Beard (left), Citizens Bank regional president, and Ashley Engles (right), Citizens Bank community engagement officer, visited with Wes Gwaltney on Arkansas 103.3 KWOZ Monday morning about “Celebrate America.” Listen to their conversation below.
Celebrate America, the annual Fourth of July celebration of our nation’s founding, will be hosted for the 26th consecutive year on Tuesday, July 4. And Citizens Bank is inviting the public to join this special event, with presenting sponsor Sonic Drive-In, at Riverside Park in Batesville.
A full day of food, fun, giveaways, and live music is scheduled along the banks of the White River. Host Chad Whitaker of White River Now will be at the park from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Guests can relax with live music featuring Griff the Drifter at 6 p.m. and The ShotGunBillys at 7:40 p.m. As the night concludes, attendees will watch one of the largest fireworks shows in the state, beginning at 9:15 p.m.
“We are excited to host our 26th annual Celebrate America festivities for families and friends to enjoy what has grown to be one of Arkansas’s largest Independence Day celebrations,” said Micah Beard, Citizens Bank regional president. “We are thankful for the partnership and generosity of Sonic-Drive-In and other committed sponsors who help make this celebration possible.”
Sponsors include Sonic Drive-In; White River Now; Batesville Daily Guard; Bad Boy Mowers; Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce; Beller Dental Clinic; Bishop Auto Clinic; The City of Batesville; FARCO; FutureFuel Chemical Company; Independence County Farm Bureau; Lifeplus; Mark Martin Automotive; Peco Foods, Inc.; Precise Heating Cooling, Electric, and Plumbing; Southland Trucking; University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville; Walmart; and White River Health.
“As the presenting sponsor for Celebrate America, we’re proud to contribute to such an explosive event,” said Ricky Davis, owner of Sonic Drive-In of Batesville. “We are committed to the families of our community and are thrilled to join Citizens Bank in this celebration for them.”
Listen below to Micah Beard, Citizens Bank regional president, and Ashley Engles, Citizens Bank community engagement officer, talk “Celebrate America” with Wes Gwaltney on Monday morning’s edition of Arkansas 103.3 KWOZ’s “Slightly Scrambled.”
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