{"id":357732,"date":"2026-07-01T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357732\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:35:23","slug":"back-it-up-terry-coming-to-texas-panhandle-for-fourth-of-july-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/357732\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Back It Up Terry\u2019 coming to Texas Panhandle for Fourth of July celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PAMPA, Texas (KVII) \u2014 The stars of one of the internet\u2019s most popular Fourth of July videos are coming to Pampa for the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pampaindependenceday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hometown Independence Day Celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Pampa announced that Terry Davis, known online as \u201cBack It Up Terry,\u201d and his cousin, Eldraco Wooten, will be special guests at the celebration Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The two became internet sensations in 2017 after a fireworks video went viral on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms. In the video, Davis lights a firework while using a wheelchair but is unable to back away as the firework begins to launch. Wooten, who was recording the video, repeatedly yells for Davis to \u201cback up\u201d and \u201cput it in reverse,\u201d creating a moment that has become a holiday staple online.<\/p>\n<p>Davis and Wooten are scheduled to ride in the Hometown Independence Day Parade, which begins at 10 a.m. at M.K. Brown.<\/p>\n<p>They also will take part in meet-and-greet events at Recreation Park from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. They will sign and give away autographed photos while supplies last, pose for photos with attendees and sell event merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration also includes a 5K beginning at 8 a.m. at the Freedom Museum, a veterans salute at noon, a free kids fishing derby from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., a karaoke contest from 12:30 to 2 p.m., a foam party from 2 to 4 p.m. and a cornhole tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Davis and Wooten also are scheduled to help kick off what city officials are calling Pampa\u2019s largest fireworks show ever at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Outside fireworks are not allowed at the event.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The list of events can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/pampaindependenceday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pampaindependenceday.com<\/a>. The city said this is Pampa\u2019s most attended single day event, bringing over 10,000 people annually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAMPA, Texas (KVII) \u2014 The stars of one of the internet\u2019s most popular Fourth of July videos are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-357732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}