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and vocals), Ritch Shefke (bass and vocals) and Dave “Shoobie” Shafer (lead guitar and vocals) — have played every “honky tonk dive-bar” in Northern California, paying dues playing until dawn and honing their craft as live musicians together and as a band.

MoonShine Crazy wrote and released its first single “The American Way” on July 4, 2020, and it has become the band’s patriotic anthem.

4th of July

pancakes. Cost is $7 for adults and $4 for kids. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. visitors to the Pleasant Valley Fire Station can nosh on hot dogs and nachos and sip cold drinks and iced cappuccinos while the little ones play games and try to dunk the Scout.

The annual Independence Day Parade along Pleasant Valley Road begins at 11 a.m. The Sisterhood of the Synchronized Rolling Pins will once again dazzle the crowd. Cheer or participate. Free sign-ups start at 9 a.m. at the fire station.

Family Blast

July 4: The El Dorado County Fairgrounds in Placerville hosts its annual Family Blast. Gates open at 3 p.m. and the fireworks begin at dark after the Placerville Speedway races conclude, typically between 9:30 and 10 p.m .

Bring family and friends as well as propane barbecues, footballs, other games, coolers (no outside alcohol, please) and dancing shoes, but leave your pets, charcoal barbecues and glass containers at home.

Live music will be performed by Dream and the Dreamers, 6-10 p.m

Enjoy carnival rides — The American Wheel, Merry Go Round and Super Slide — as well as lawn games and axe throwing hosted by The Bearded Axe. Face painting by Kimberly will delight little ones.

Food vendors scheduled to be on site are Cool Kettle Corn, The Lemonade Yard, Bacondogge, Bubble Cone, Snowie Magic, Papis Kitchen, Richard’s Patty Wagon and Wing it on Wheels. Commercial vendors include Hansen Trading Co., Gold Leaf Botanicals, El Dorado Disposal and Bow by Bow.

For more information and to buy carnival wristbands in advance visit eldoradocountyfair.org/ blast.html.