Memorial Waterfront Park Grand Opening

Prepare to have a good time by the Cooper River as Mount Pleasant opens the new Waterfront park with a bang full of celebrations and events. Heres a quick rundown of the slated activities.
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2009
4:00 – 11:00pm-Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park Grand Opening
-Free kids activities with Food & refreshments available for purchase
-at 6:30pm there will be a formal Park dedication
The East Coast Party Band will play on the pier beginning at 8:00pm
The Charleston Community Band on lawn beginning at 8:00pm
Mount Pleasant Artist Guild showcase in Visitor Center
The town will Free admission, Free parking all weekend with a shuttle available from College of Charleston Athletics Complex.
The East Coast party band get attendees partying down. This sounds like a really good time and a proper way to dedicate the parks first full day and night open tot he public. There is also news that they will be offereing concerts every so often on the pier, called Concerts on the Cooper, they are limiting the number of tickets to 800 only, all sold at the gate. no advanced tickets sold. Seems a bit strange there, might cause a slight line before each show. Concerts are scheduled for Aug. 29th and September 12th. The Mount Pleasant Pier is also scheduling shagging on the cooper for the dates July 25 August 8th Sept 19th and October 24. No details as of yet for these events.

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