Harborplace. Free activities tomorrow through Sunday at the Harborplace Amphitheatre, the Gallery, Constellation dock and surrounding areas. Tomorrow: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Provident Bank/USS Constellation Homecoming Ceremony; 7 p.m.-11 p.m., Harborplace's 19th birthday celebration with cake-cutting ceremony and concert by the Mahoney Brothers. Saturday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., street performers; noon-4 p.m., meet Disney's Mickey and Minnie Mouse; 7 p.m., music by the U.S. Navy Concert Band and Sea Chanters. Sunday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Antique Classic and Street Rod Car Rally at the Inner Harbor's west shore park; 11 a.m.-6 p.m., street performers; 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m., U.S. Air Force band High Flight; 9:30 p.m., musically choreographed fireworks -- tune radio to MIX 106.5-FM for simulcast. Call 410-837-4636.
Blast from the past
UP FRONT
Shipshape: A refurbished Constellation returns to the Inner Harbor just in time for the Fourth festivities.
National Aquarium in Baltimore, Pier 3, 501 E. Pratt St. Sunday at 7 p.m.: Pack a picnic and enjoy an evening of entertainment, music, games for kids, tours of the Aquarium and fireworks at the "Fourth of July Pier Party." Sold out, but call to get on waiting list. $25; $22 children; $17 member adults; $14 member children. Call 410-727-FISH.
Port Discovery, 35 Market Place. Celebrate the Constellation's homecoming with maritime, nautical and patriotic activities tomorrow through Sunday. Call 410-727-8120 for details.
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House & 1812 Museum, 844 E. Pratt St. "A Patriotic Fourth at the Flag House." Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Sip lemonade, enjoy games and relay races and listen to patriotic tales. Francis Scott Key reads the Declaration of Independence. $4; $3 seniors; $2 children. Call 410-837-1793.
Baltimore County
Baltimore Symphony Star-Spangled Spectacular, Oregon Ridge. 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Patriotic favorites followed by fireworks. Park opens 4 p.m. Rain date Monday. Sunday's concert televised on WMAR-TV, Channel 2. Free shuttle bus from Bell Atlantic parking lot, across Shawan Road from Hunt Valley Mall; permit parking at park $5 in advance. Admission $13 advance, $14 at gate, $7 for kids under 12. Call 410-783-8000.
Catonsville, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Children's games and races at 9 a.m. at Catonsville High School, Bloomsbury Avenue and Rolling Road; parade at 3 p.m. on Frederick Road; concert at 6:30 p.m. followed by fireworks at 9 p.m. at high school. Call 410-744-7042.
Heritage Fair, Dundalk Village. Noon-9:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday at Heritage Park. Continuous entertainment from three stages, arts and crafts, kiddie rides, petting zoo, ethnic food. Parade, featuring 150 units, starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday from Logan Village through Old Dundalk to Heritage Park. Fireworks at 9:15 p.m. at North Point Government Center. Call 410-284-4022 or 410-285-3899.
Kingsville Parade. Pre-parade music and celebration at 10 a.m. Saturday at judges' stand, Bradshaw and Jerusalem roads. Parade starts at 11 a.m. and proceeds on Bradshaw Road to Jerusalem Road, ending at St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Call 410-592-7385.
Carroll County
Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 S. Center St., Westminster. Noon to 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Food, entertainment, arts and crafts and museum tours. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. $3, $2 ages 7-18 and seniors, 6 and under free. Call 410-848-7775 or 800-654-4645.
Harford County
Bel Air. All-day activities Saturday start with 6:45 a.m. flag-raising ceremony at Bel Air Middle School followed by a pancake breakfast until 10:30 a.m.; horseshoe pitching at 9 a.m. at Bel Air High School; hamster racing, 9 a.m.; turtle derby, 9:30 a.m.; frog jumping, 11 a.m.; patriotic costume contest, 9 a.m. at Hays House, Kenmore Avenue; "Uncle Sam Says" at 11 a.m. at the middle school; bicycle rodeo at 11 a.m.; watermelon-eating contest, 1 p.m. Parade starts at 6 p.m. Sunday at Baltimore Pike and Atwood Street, proceeds to Kenmore Avenue and South Main Street and ends at Idlewild Street; patriotic concert after parade at Bel Air High School complex. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Call 410-893-4444.
Havre de Grace. Parade at 2 p.m. Sunday along Union Avenue. Concert, featuring Bak Trax, at 6 p.m. Sunday at Tydings Park, followed by fireworks with music at 9:15 p.m. Also carnival runs through Sunday from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. today; 6 p.m.-midnight tomorrow and Saturday and 2 p.m.-midnight Sunday at Tydings Park. Call 410-939-4362.
Howard County
Lake Kittamaqundi, Columbia. Sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Columbia. Live music starts at 2 p.m.; also face-painting, food. Fireworks begin at 9:30 p.m. Parking at Lakefront lots, the Mall and Merriweather Post Pavilion. Call 410-740-4545.
Ocean City
Jamboree in the Park. Northside Park at 125th Street. Noon to 10:45 p.m. Sunday; music, arts and crafts, food, family games. Fireworks at 9:30 p.m. Free.
Classical celebration. Caroline Street beach. Free concert by 55-piece Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m. Sunday; fireworks over the ocean at 9:30 p.m. Parking limited at both locations. Express shuttle bus service $1. Call 410-250-0125 or 800-OC OCEAN.
Washington
Independence Day celebration. Sunday at various locations. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. with music, dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence and a demonstration of Colonial military maneuvers on the Constitution Avenue steps, National Archives. Parade starts at noon down Constitution Avenue, past historic monuments on the Mall. 5 p.m.-9:15 p.m., free entertainment at the Sylvan Theatre on the Washington Monument grounds. At 8 p.m., the National Symphony Orchestra performs a star-studded concert on the west steps of the Capitol Building. Fireworks at 9:20 p.m. over the Washington Monument. Free. Call 202-619-7222.
THE FACTS
What: The return of the USS Constellation to Pier 1, Inner Harbor
When: Between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. tomorrow
Admission: Free tomorrow, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. After tomorrow: $6; $4.75 seniors; $3.50 children 14 and younger; hours 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily
Call: 410-837-INFO
Pub Date: 07/01/99
