Laura's Blog

Hello Friends,

I love the 4th of July holiday---and everything about it---the significance, the history lessons, the modern day fireworks, concerts, parades, and trying desperately to come up with a clever red-white-blue dessert every year for the family get-together. I love it all. I also love being down at the Boston Pops concert on the beautiful Charles River Esplanade for all the fireworks---of both the musical and gun powder types. WCRB continues its tradition and will be broadcasting "live" from the Esplanade beginning at noon on Saturday...right through the evening concert-extravaganza. Please plan to join all your WCRB friends so you don't miss an exciting moment. Mark Edwards and I will co-host the evening concert starting at 8. Our friend and WCRB morning show contributor, conductor Keith Lockhart, will lead the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra in a most patriotic show and then welcomes special guest star Neil Diamond to the Hatch Shell stage. Whether you plan to be on the lawn in front of the Shell, or visiting with friends and family, remember to take along a radio Saturday and keep it tuned to 99.5 WCRB!
Oh...and if you have a really clever red-white and blue dessert recipe---please e-mail it to me. The sheet cake flag with strawberries and blueberries has gotten "old...."
Cheers,
Laura