September 2 – 4, 2011 is the 2011 Labor Day Omnium & Celebrate Anderson; Labor Day Omnium is a USA Cycling National Racing event and was known locally last year as the Tour de La France Race. Tour de la France Time Trials will be Friday, September 2 a 9.71 mile race with the start finish line at the Anderson County Civic Center. The Tour de la France Criterium a four-corner circuit through downtown Anderson starts at noon on Saturday, September 3 with amateur, pro, and handcycling races. Events start at 8 am with distance races, the “Pimp Your Trike” Charity Pedal Race showcasing at 10 am at Courthouse Plaza, SafeKids Races at 10:30 am, and Safe Kids Recreational Course riding from 11 to 12 noon. Sunday September 4 is the Road Race through Anderson County.
The weekend culminates with the Awards Ceremony at 6:00 at the Civic Center, and Celebrate Anderson beginning at 7:00, a family outing and jazz is the theme this year; plus the tradition of patriotic music in sequence to fireworks. This year’s Celebrate Anderson entertainment is different, hometown artists will perform; local talent provided by the TL Hanna Jazz Band, GAMAC’s Electric City Big Band (Alan Nowell, Director) and Whitney Walters, who is a smooth Jazz artist from the Upstate with several Andersonian band members.
Come join the fun!!
