Liberty Day 2020

Official Festival Guide

JULY 24-25, 2020

A special publication of Shelby County Newspapers, Inc.

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34th Annual Liberty Day Sponsors A BIG thank you to our 34th Annual Liberty Day Sponsors. We appreciate their dedication to Columbiana and her traditions now more than ever. We know that we are in unprecedented times and that sponsorship during this pandemic has been sheer love for Columbiana. We thank you and we are grateful for you.

Gold Sponsors

Kyle Mims, Edward Jones

Columbiana Clinic

Piggly Wiggly/ Baker Foods

Faulkner Industrial

Renasant Bank

Kellis Vegetation Management

The Rinehart Agency Trilogy Threads Boutique

Community Partner

Feel Good Convenience Store

Shelby County

Patron Sponsors Media Partners

Eagle Framing

Shelby County Reporter

S & R Steel

WZZK

Columbiana Culture Club

Silver Sponsors

Donor Sponsors

Brown Lumber

Bolton Funeral Home

Bryant Bank

First US Bank

Buffalo Rock

Seventh Heaven

Columbiana Inn

Representative Corley Ellis

Columbiana Water

Joel and Amy Dixon

Dunn Fabricators

Dan and Beth Hedrick

Rux Carter Insurance

Mike and Carol Hill

Tin Top BBQ 2

Peg Hill

Wallace, Ellis, Owens, Justice, and Arnold

Robert and Gerie Kelley Tim and Jeannie Lacy

Bronze Sponsors

Larry and Linda Livingston

Alabama Professional Services

Evan and Linda Major

Bear Rush Law Firm

Becky Scott Mims

Columbiana Chevron

Sherrell and Annette Mooney

Columbiana Exxon

Dickey and Joy Porter

Davis Drug Store

Jim and Beth Strickland

The Farm Company

Bobby and Shirley Thornburg

The Great American Hot Dog Company

Charles and Bridgett Thornburg

Jon Harrison, Realty South

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Featured Guest:

THOMPSON SQUARE ABOUT THOMPSON SQUARE With romantically charged #1 hits like “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” and “If I Didn’t Have You,” multi-platinum international success, two Grammy nominations and honors as Vocal Duo of the Year from both the ACM and CMA Awards, Country duo Thompson Square’s career has been the stuff dreams are made of … but their ambition is only growing.

With their third studio album, Masterpiece, the husband-and-wife team of Keifer and Shawna Thompson is back and at the top of their game, offering up a fresh batch of poetic and extremely personal Country music.

“This album is called Masterpiece, and it’s named after what we consider our masterpiece – our son Cooper,” Keifer explains. “We feel like he’s the best thing we’ve ever made, and he inspired this whole album.”

Working with a new, independent mindset, Masterpiece arrives at the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the duo – and it finds them taking skillful control of their acclaimed musical bond.

Brought together by love and undeniable talent, Keifer and Shawna each moved to Nashville separately but soon met while competing against one another in a local singing competition. They formed Thompson Square as complete unknowns, taking the Country scene by storm with an organic vocal blend that harkened back to the duets of icons like Johnny Cash and June Carter.

Following the release of their 2X Grammy-nominated, double-Platinum breakout “Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not,” the Thompsons have been riding a wave of success that continues to this day, touring with superstars like Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum and Luke Bryan and racking up chart topping Country-radio favorites like the devoted “I Got You” and the flirty “Everything I Shouldn’t Be Thinking About.”

But after 19 years of marriage and the birth of their first child in 2016 – a son named Rigney Cooper – a new wave of creative inspiration has been unleashed.

Choosing to depart their former record label, the duo set themselves free to create a project with the help of top-shelf producers Nathan Chapman, Dann Huff and Ilya Toshinskiy.

What emerged truly is their Masterpiece, an album filled with all the passionate potency Thompson Square is known for, plus a fearless new range of sounds and personality. Pristine Country balladry is joined by sandy reggae

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funk, fire breathing arena rock and sensual R&B, as the duo strives to be honest with each song’s creative genesis.

“It is extremely diverse,” Shawna admits about the 11 new tracks, nine of which poured from their own hearts. “We didn’t design it that way, but Keifer and I love all types of music, and I think that shows more on this record than any of the others.”

“Let’s Do Something Stupid” (written by Keifer and Jason Lehning) puts that balanced musical appetite on blast, and also reveals the spark behind their famous love story. Sultry, soulful and backed by a slow-grinding R&B groove, it’s guaranteed to stir passions.

“It went back to the time when Shawna and I first started dating,” Keifer explains. “I knew instantaneously that this is what I’d been searching for, and instead of playing it safe, we jumped in.”

Songs like “Good Day” send the listener straight into relaxation mode, while others like “Up in Smoke” crank up the intensity through pounding drums and hot-blooded vocals. Penned by Keifer and Cary Barlowe, “A Love Like This” tips a hat to the textured rock of U2 – a meant-to-be anthem for a once-in-a-lifetime romance – and “Millionaires” mixes twangy fun with programmed beats as the couple “take their love and turn it into money.” “‘Millionaires’ is just super fun,” Keifer says of the track. “When people think about Thompson Square, they think of love, and we wear that as a badge of honor.”

Meanwhile, no Masterpiece would be complete without addressing life’s darker hues, so the duo self-produced a handful of tracks which neither felt comfortable allowing anyone else to touch. “Breakers,” for example, swells and shudders with the emotion of Shawna’s wounded vocal; a raw, real-world reminder that vulnerability is the price of unconditional love.

“It was really difficult to sing because it’s so personal, and we had to do several takes to get a good one where I wasn’t actually crying,” Shawna says.

“When I listen back, I can still hear tears in my voice.”

But it’s the project’s title track that gives the album its foundation, and shows where the couple stands today. Inspired by the Thompsons’ idyllic family life, Keifer wrote the track solo and admits it’s his favorite song on the record, so he and Shawna recorded it with all the back-porch authenticity of its creation.

“I woke up one day with that title in my head, and I was thinking about my life with Shawna and now Cooper,” he explains. “It was like ‘Man, if I died today, that’s my masterpiece – my love for my wife and this wonderful little boy.’

“I think making this record has been one of the most liberating experiences we’ve had in our career,” he goes on. “It’s an exciting time to be Thompson Square.”

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Liberty Day Vendors Friday Night Food Trucks: Doc of the Bay Dixieland Funnel Cakes Kona Ice Squeeze the Day Sunset Concessions Travis Chicago Style Bear Burgers Pazzo Big Slice Pizza & Pazzo Pasta Party Ice Cream Bus

Crawfish, Seafood, Gumbo Funnel Cakes, Fried Oreos, Fried Moon Pies Shaved Ice Variety of Lemonade Burgers Bear Burgers, Polish Sausages Big Slice Pizza, Pasta Assorted Ice Cream

Saturday Food Trucks: Doc of the Bay Dixieland Funnel Cakes Kona Ice Lip Smacking Lemonade Pazzo Big Slice Pizza & Pazzo Pasta Party Ice Cream Bus Sunset Concessions Travis Chicago Style Bear Burgers Two Men and a Pig Vintage Comfort Food Company

Crawfish, Seafood, Gumbo Funnel Cakes, Fried Oreos, Fried Moon Pies Shaved Ice Lemonade Big Slice Pizza, Pasta, Sandwiches Assorted Ice Cream Hotdogs, Nachos Bear Burgers, Polish Sausages BBQ Loaded Fries, Grilled Cheese, Grit Bowls, BLTs, Fried Pimento Cheese, Banana Pudding, Peach Cobbler, Lemonade

Saturday Night Food Trucks: Dixieland Funnel Cakes Kona Ice Lip Smacking Good Lemonade Pazzo Big Slice Pizza Party Ice Cream Bus Vintage Comfort Food Company

Funnel Cakes, Fried Oreos, Fried Moon Pies Shaved Ice Variety of Lemonade Big Slice Pizza, Pasta, Sandwices Assorted Ice Cream Loaded Fries, Grilled Cheese, Grit Bowls, BLTs, Fried Pimento Cheese, Banana Pudding, Peach Cobbler, Lemonade

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Saturday Vendors A Spoonful of Sugar Cookiery Alabama 4H Science School Alex’s Designs Art with a Soul Bab’s Jewelry & Hair Bows Boy Scouts Busy Hands Christina’s Capes College Fanaticz Cub Scout Pack 560 CW Dream Vacations Davis Drug Dunn Fabricators Farm Charm Boutique Fat Johnny’s Hibiscus Beads Josie Adams Jubilee Farm Larm Communications Leafguard Main Street Florist Mary Kay Mels Picks Middle Ala Area Agency on Aging Oh Sew Loopy Bows Old Time Chimes Our Ancestors Trading Post Perfectly Polished Personally Yours

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Rhonda White Robert Busby Roger’s This and That Shelby County Historical Society Soulfully Southern Boutique Southern Chics Steel City CBD LLC STR Sweet Home Foods T & K Creations The Farm Company The Rustic Magnolia Tin Top BBQ Tri City Impact/ Compact 2020 Trisha’s Paparazzi Jewelry Tupperware Unique Silverware Jewelry VFW Auxiliary Post 12185 Brooke Horton Elect Jerry Bice Lay Lake Church of Christ Pure Romance Red Arrow Creations Sweet Honey Boutique

Decorated sugar cookies, Paint your own cookies Informational Handmade doorhangers Fine Art paintings Jewlery and Hair Accessories Fundraiser items Main Street Merchant Superhero Capes, Masks, Pillows, Wooden Toys Alabama and Auburn Apparell Fundraising (Beef Sticks) Travel Agent/ Informational Main Street Merchant (Bronze Sponsor) Informational (Silver Sponsor) Main Street Merchant Main Street Restaurant Wood Items, Cutting Boards, Candle Holders, Lazy Susans Homemade Soy Candles Petting Zoo and Pony Rides Cell Phone Accessories Informational Main Street Merchant Cosmetics Alabama/ Auburn, Knives, Jewelry Informational Handcrafted windchimes Cowboy Hats, Dreamcatchers, Bags, Purses, Billfolds Color Street Nails Children’s Clothing, Handmade cloth ing, applique items Tea Pot birdhouses, t-shirts, jewelry Train Ride and Giant Swing Handmade paracord items Informational Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry Screen Printed Shirts Organic hemp derived products, bath bombs, lotions, soap Lizards, Turtles, Frogs Pickled Veggies, Chow Chow, Juice, Dressings Handcrafted jewelry, Handcrafted wood items Main Street Merchant (Bronze Sponsor) T-shirts, Door Hangers, Cups Informational (Silver Sponsor) Informational Jewelry Tupperware Jewelry made from antique silverware Informational Shirts, door hangers, kitchen items Informational Informational Lotions and bath products Glass and wood artwork Boutique clothing

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Liberty Day Tradition:

History of Liberty Day Liberty Day began in 1986 as a celebration of the statue of Liberty and has evolved into a two day, family friendly event full of live music, arts and crafts, a parade down Main Street, and a phenomenal fireworks show.

Columbiana is unique in the fact that we are one of the few cities left who close down Main Street and celebrate in the street. Thousands of visitors from across central Alabama attend this event on both Friday night and on Saturday. This event is completely FREE to the public thanks to our dedicated sponsors!

Take a walk down memory lane with some of these great moments from past Liberty Days:

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34th Annual Liberty Day Grand Marshal

Lamar Vick Lamar Vick retired from the Columbiana Police Department on December 20, 2019 after thirty-five years in law enforcement. Twentyeight of those years Chief Vick spent working for the Columbiana Police Department.

Vick joined the Army at age 18 and was sent to the Panama Canal, where he got his first taste in law enforcement as his infantry unit was attached to a MP unit.

He returned home and went to Central Alabama Community College, where he graduated as a paramedic.

Vick worked for a private ambulance company and was on the Wilsonville Volunteer Fire Department for 30 years.

In 1983, Columbiana Police Chief Howell Horn hired Vick as a policeman, and Vick earned his Alabama Law Enforcement certification. In 1985, he became Wilsonville’s police chief until 1992, when he returned to Columbiana as a patrolman.He was promoted to sergeant, then acting chief, and finally chief in 2006 by Mayor Allan Lowe.

Vick is a proud Army veteran and longtime Columbiana resident. Columbiana is proud for him to lead the 34th annual Liberty Day Parade.

COVID-19 Safeguards Columbiana Liberty Day will follow the Amended Safer at Home order set

by Governor Ivey on June 30, 2020. Vendors and citizens must follow these guidelines. Social distancing is our highest priority and masks are REQUIRED. Below are the safeguards that the City of Columbiana has taken in addition to Governor Ivey’s order: XVendor spaces are 22 feet wide. This allows for 6 feet on each side of a vendor booth and 12 feet between vendors. This will allow for proper social distancing.

XHand Sanitizer will be available at each vendor booth. (Provided by the City of Columbiana) XHand washing stations will be available throughout the event.

XVendors serving food must wear a mask and follow all ADPH guidelines.

XPublic use tables and chairs and all Portable Toilets will be sanitized hourly

by Liberty Day staff.

X Social distancing signs will be posted and families are encouraged to maintain a minimum 10-foot distance from other families while sitting at the Saturday night event. Both sides of the stadium will be open as well as the football field grass. Mildred Street between Shelby County High School and the stadium will also be closed to accommodate social distancing. All gates on Washington Street and Mildred Street will be open to discourage crowding. (Gates behind the stage will be closed due to fireworks per the Alabama Fire Marshall).

XThe Saturday night event will be livestreamed for those who wish to stay home. The livestream link will be available on the City of Columbiana’s social media and the City of Columbiana website.

Come and visit us!

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