RUSSELLVILLE, Mo. - Saturday's fireworks display may be the largest ever to be held here.
The Russellville Lions Club has teamed up with Bax Fireworks, Community Point Bank and the Relay for Life to create a huge event, including more than 1,000 expected attendance and $5,000 in fireworks displayed.
The first 320 people to arrive will receive a ticket for free hot dog and chips, as well as an entry for a $1,000-value fireworks gift box. Gates open at 4 p.m.
Cotton candy, snow cones, homemade ice cream and popcorn will be available, as well as a complete barbecue meal.
A bounce house will be set up for kids and glow-in-the-dark necklaces will help raise funds for the Relay for Life team.
Live band music will begin at 7 p.m. A Sky Lantern Launch, to honor victims and survivors of cancer, will take place at 8:30 p.m. The National Anthem will be sung live at 9 p.m. with fireworks set to the music. At 9:15 p.m., the fireworks show will begin.