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Spider-Man,
Marvel Comics’ fearless
crime-fighter, will be the star attraction alongside Santa Monica
Police Chief James T. Butts, Jr. in the SMPD celebration of National
Night Out Against Crime, set for Tuesday, August 6, from 6:30 to
9:30 p.m , on the city’s famed Third Street Promenade.
All
local residents interested in joining Spider-Man, and other
featured participants, in this year’s symbolic crime-fighting parade
should come to the staging area at the corner of the Third Street
Promenade and Wilshire Boulevard by 6:30 p.m. The first 750 to
register will receive free buttons, balloons and flashlights.
Entertainment will include J & M Entertainment , Aspects of
Live “Circus Extreme” performers, First AME Youth Choir
and the Santa Monica High School marching band.
Sponsored
for the last 19 years by the National Association of Town Watch,
National Night Out is a nationwide event in which over 9,700
communities and 33 million people are expected to participate.
The entire Santa
Monica event will be videotaped and photographed by CityTV for this
year’s national competition.
Last year, over 1,800
marchers set a record for the local event. “ With the help of our
local residents,” Chief James Butts
said, “I have every hope that Santa Monica will set a new record for
this most important march against crime.”
The
parade will end in Palisades Park (Ocean Avenue at Broadway) and will
include free food from Trader Joe’s, 7- Eleven and Frito Lay. There
will also be a performance by Aspects of Live “Circus Extreme” and
music by J&M Entertainment. Kids can have their photos taken with
Spider-Man at the SMPD’s booth. The
Santa Monica Fire
Department and such local organizations as Rock the Vote, ADT
Security, Find the Children, Nurses Against Violence,
Red Cross and American Medical Response will staff
informational
booths.
For
more information, please call the S.M.P.D. Community Relations Unit at
(310) 458-8474.
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