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NITRO, W.Va. — Nitro Boomtown Days, the annual festival recognizing the city’s history and its residents, begins Friday, but the weekend celebration kicked off Thursday evening with the premiere of a new video on the city.
“A Day in the Life of Nitro” shows pictures residents took over 24 hours on Aug. 1.
“It shows all of our wonderful people, and it captures all of the great activities there are in Nitro,” Nitro Mayor Dave Casebolt said. “We have accomplished exactly what we wanted to accomplish in this video, and it’s to show people what it is like in Nitro in one day. I’m very happy with it.”
Casebolt said more than 1,000 pictures were submitted, and they tried to include all of the submissions.
“We had set out for this video to be about three minutes long, and it ended up being about five minutes long,” he said. “It’s very interesting, and it keeps you attracted to it.”
Boomtown Days begins with a “Cruz in” Friday evening at Living Memorial Park starting at 5 p.m.
The city will also unveil an art print showing multiple sites in the city, such as a World War I soldier and Ridenour Lake.
“People are very excited about Nitro’s heritage, and there’s just a lot of pride in general whether it’s school pride or hometown pride,” said Kim Reed, the executive director of the Nitro Development Authority.
Other Boomtown Day activities include the Tudor’s Doughboy 5K, which begins at 8 a.m. Saturday starting at 21st Street and Second Avenue. A parade is scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m., which is themed around “All Things Nitro.” The parade begins at First Avenue and ends at 21st Street.