{"id":25958136,"date":"2022-07-06T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T15:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakenona1stg.wpenginepowered.com\/annual-fourth-of-july-celebration\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T06:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T06:34:13","slug":"annual-fourth-of-july-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/blog\/fourth-of-july-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Fourth of July Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ln-custom-text-block ln-custom-text-block\"><p>Each year, Lake Nona celebrates the Fourth of July with festivities for the whole family to enjoy<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s time to break out the red, white and blue, start baking grandma\u2019s apple pie, and light the sparklers for Lake Nona\u2019s annual Fourth of July celebration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25958922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-1080x720.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04136-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022, we celebrated with a carnival-style event packed with activities and entertainment for the whole family. The party took over the entire Town Center from finger-licking barbecue and a rockin\u2019 selection of live music at Boxi Park to a classic line-up of carnival snacks and old-fashioned games that spilled out into the street. It was easy to see all the activity at the top of this year\u2019s jumbo slide before racing down to join the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25958925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-1080x720.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04149-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids of all ages got their faces painted with colorful patriotic designs or got their own American eagle balloon animal as sky-high stilt walkers and jugglers entertained the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>As the sun set, a live DJ got everyone moving with a selection of all-American tunes accompanied by larger-than-life music videos playing live on the The Beacon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25958924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-1080x720.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-1280x854.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-980x653.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DSC04183-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highlight of the evening arrived at 8:20 p.m. sharp, as the Patriotic Parachute team descended into the Lake Nona Town Center with the Wave Hotel beaming in red, white and blue in the background. The team landed near Boxi Park in front of cheering crowds before stopping to take photos with everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great American Block Party\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/729707383?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, Lake Nona celebrates the Fourth of July with festivities for the whole family and nighttime fireworks show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25958921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_crdt_document":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[407,144,197,408,409,410],"class_list":["post-25958136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-celebration","tag-community","tag-events","tag-fun","tag-lake-nonalaureate-park","tag-laureate-park-village-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25958136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25958136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25958136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25958921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25958136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25958136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakenona.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25958136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}