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Speaker 1: the studio. I've been talking about this, it seems like
Speaker 1: for a long time. The Freedom Festival is this weekend
Speaker 1: and I've got Mike Denning joining us.
Speaker 2: Mike, how are you, sir?
Speaker 1: Fantastic John, I'm excited now we work together with the
Speaker 1: fireworks and super absolutely And how long have you been
Speaker 1: in the fireworks business.
Speaker 2: You've been doing this a bit thirty years this year,
Speaker 2: so you're kind of getting a hang of this. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm learning.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And they do such a great job, the Fireworks
Speaker 1: Store and then the group that does the actual fireworks
Speaker 1: presentation is a different name than Fireworks Store.
Speaker 2: What is that called Epic Sky Display.
Speaker 1: And they do an epic job and they're going to
Speaker 1: be a part of you guys will be a part
Speaker 1: of the event on Saturday at Houstt's in Brandon. But
Speaker 1: that is that's the cherry on top. So there's a
Speaker 1: whole big event that leads up to it. Let's talk
Speaker 1: about what's happening on Saturday for the South Dakota Freedom Festival.
Speaker 2: Well, John, it starts off with four o'clock. We have
Speaker 2: a huge kid zone area, which is the venue. I
Speaker 2: want to back up a little bit and thank HOUSTT
Speaker 2: Speedway for allowing us to be there at their venue.
Speaker 2: But out on the asphalt out there, we're going to
Speaker 2: have a kid zone. And so we've got like five inflatables,
Speaker 2: face painting, touch a truck where the Armed services are there.
Speaker 2: Might even have a fire truck there too, And we
Speaker 2: have mascots coming from all over the United States. Give
Speaker 2: you a little teaser globe. The mascot for the Harlem
Speaker 2: Globetrotters is going to be here. I think that's really cool.
Speaker 2: John was the Utah Jazz Bear for twenty five thirty
Speaker 2: years and he's going to be there. Yeah, he'll be here.
Speaker 2: That's awesome. And then we got local guys Chris from
Speaker 2: the Storms coming nice and maybe another one. But they're
Speaker 2: going to be run around having fun with the kids.
Speaker 2: It's a big family event. Food truck there, you know,
Speaker 2: food's available, you know whatever.
Speaker 1: The kids are sponsored by Black Hills Federal Credit Union.
Speaker 1: A big thank you of them, and now that part
Speaker 1: is free. The kids area is free, right.
Speaker 2: Yes, this is free. Bring your family out. It's rain
Speaker 2: er shine, bring them out. It's going to be a blash.
Speaker 1: And it's coming up this Saturday, September twenty first, I
Speaker 1: remember when we started talking about this that felt like
Speaker 1: so far away, and I remember when we first started
Speaker 1: talking about this, I committed that, yes, I'll be there
Speaker 1: to help, and then I also found out, Oh, I'm
Speaker 1: also gonna be at Grand Falls. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you heard the news they moved that the scheduled concert
Speaker 1: for this Saturday has been postponed, like move back, so
Speaker 1: I don't have to leave, I don't have to try
Speaker 1: to be in two places at once. So I'm like, hey,
Speaker 1: thank you Sebastian Bach for moving your thing for me.
Speaker 1: It was not my fault, but again it worked out
Speaker 1: really nicely for me. Freedom Festival. Now we've got some
Speaker 1: music as well. We've got a band called the Last
Speaker 1: Call Band from this area. They're going to start things
Speaker 1: off at four pm and they do a great job.
Speaker 1: Yes they do, And if that was it, we would
Speaker 1: already have a great event because we've got the kids area,
Speaker 1: We've got a band, and we've got fireworks that we
Speaker 1: talked about. But in addition to that, we've got three
Speaker 1: really good national touring acts that are going to be
Speaker 1: in town to help celebrate and honor veterans as well.
Speaker 2: Yes, we were excited about it, as Cole Caleb and Cam.
Speaker 1: Kerrie Boston, Cam Allen and Cole Hartley.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean we're really excited because you probably already
Speaker 2: heard their music. They're out there. They're really good too,
Speaker 2: and so they're going to play all night long. We're
Speaker 2: going to have a guest speaker also come, retired Colonel
Speaker 2: Kurt Galaghas coming from Hills Air Force Base in Utah.
Speaker 2: He's going to come and speak to us too in
Speaker 2: between stuff. It's a huge family but the bottom line
Speaker 2: is all the veterans get in free, John, So every
Speaker 2: veteran come, get in free. Kids twelve and under get
Speaker 2: in free. So it's a huge family event. In all
Speaker 2: the money that we raised from this event, we're given
Speaker 2: to its Earmark for Midwest Honor Flight this year, so
Speaker 2: we're giving back to the veterans. It's the right thing
Speaker 2: to do. I hope everybody's got time in their schedule
Speaker 2: on Saturday to stop on out to use the speedway
Speaker 2: starting at four o'clock.
Speaker 1: And it's going to be a really, really good time
Speaker 1: and we're going to be out there, and I hope
Speaker 1: that you'll come out there again. If you're a veteran
Speaker 1: and you don't have a ticket yet, you can stop
Speaker 1: and pick one up at High V at twenty sixth
Speaker 1: then Marion, or if you don't have a ticket and
Speaker 1: you you know, Saturday rolls around, just come out there
Speaker 1: and you know, show them at the gate that you're
Speaker 1: a veteran and they'll we'll make sure that you get
Speaker 1: in because this is all about you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know. In the fireworks show, it's going to
Speaker 2: be sponsored by Molar Palettes.
Speaker 1: I love those guys, and you guys do such a
Speaker 1: great job with the fireworks. But they're a wonderful community
Speaker 1: partner that are helping to put this event on. And
Speaker 1: that's a big part of this event.
Speaker 2: Yes, it's huge, So we're excited. I hope everybody's got
Speaker 2: time this Saturday. Put it on your calendar. Let's meet
Speaker 2: at the Houston Speedway this Saturday, starting at four o'clock. Yeah,
Speaker 2: gates open at four again.
Speaker 1: The Kids Area for Black Hills Federal Credit union that's
Speaker 1: free that starts at four, and the music starts at
Speaker 1: four with Last Call Band. I think they kind of
Speaker 1: kick off right away and then throughout the evening a
Speaker 1: bunch of wonderful music honoring our veterans. If you are
Speaker 1: a veteran, first of all, thank you for your service.
Speaker 1: Second of all, you get in free, so join us
Speaker 1: on Saturday and everybody else. Tickets are available at Sdfreedomfestival
Speaker 1: dot org. And again, Mike, thank you for all the
Speaker 1: time that you put into this, because you can't put
Speaker 1: on an event like this without volunteers. But you also
Speaker 1: can't put on an event like this without sponsors, and
Speaker 1: I know you have been working your tailoff bringing sponsors
Speaker 1: on board. If somebody listening right now is going, hey,
Speaker 1: I'd like to get involved. Are you still accepting sponsors?
Speaker 2: Yes, we are. You can just go online to our
Speaker 2: website and it's all right turn in front of.
Speaker 1: You Sdfreedomfestival dot org. We would love to have you involved.
Speaker 1: So if you're hearing this, going hey, this sounds like
Speaker 1: my kind of thing, It is your kind of thing,
Speaker 1: join us, come out and have some fun with us
Speaker 1: as well, celebrating and honoring veterans on Saturday sdfreedom Festival
Speaker 1: dot org.
Speaker 2: Mike, thank you again, Thank you, Jent again.
Speaker 1: The South Dakota Freedom Festival this Saturday at hust Speedway
Speaker 1: and Brandon. All of the details at sdfreedom Festival dot org.
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