Country Club’s Centennial Fireworks Catch the Neighborhood by Surprise

Old Hickory Country Club marked its 100th year with live music and fireworks on Sunday night, Oct. 11, after weather pushed the celebration off Saturday. For some neighbors, it was a lovely surprise. For others, it was a boom they never saw coming.

Flo Overstreet and her son Tracy live just a couple of streets from the club. Tracy watched from the porch. “I thought it was a very entertaining, good show,” he told NewsChannel 5. Farther out, the sound carried. Neighbors from Old Hickory to Hermitage reported loud booms and rattling windows. One social-media commenter said the noise shook windows in Hendersonville and scared pets. Others said it woke babies. Some residents filed complaints with the city.

A common theme, the station reported, was that word never reached the surrounding streets. The club declined an interview. According to its Facebook page, the date change was posted there, but many households said that notice did not make it into their neighborhoods.

Dean Bell, who lives more than four miles away in Hermitage, was on the back porch with his wife when the rumbling started. At first, he thought it might be gunshots. Once he understood it was fireworks, he was unbothered — and, like the Overstreets, said he did not mind a show that was not too late.

A centennial is worth celebrating, and the Village has every reason to be proud of a club that has been part of this landscape for a hundred years. The evening was also a reminder that when a bang can be heard across the river, a little more notice goes a long way.

Source: NewsChannel 5.