The 4th of July
2003

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Festival Sponsored by:

The Englewood Jaycees
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The Jaycees were taking donations all day
for the fireworks display planned for 9:00 pm

The beach at Blind Pass Park (Middle Beach)
filled up pretty fast

And everyone seemed to be having a good time

The music started around noon-time with the
Fat Cat Blues Band...

And then there was more singin...

And more music

and some dancin...

and some foolin around...

With lots of stuff to eat and drink...

And a whole lot of
Red, White & Blue

There were even photographers for the Tribune and the Sun
there to capture the action

And then...

There were the
fireworks !!!!

These guys obviously did not read this sign !

Don Exnor representing Melrose fireworks
gave me an exclusive video interview of
his 18th year of setting up fireworks.

Turns out there's a whole lot more to it than the old
"Light fuse and get away"
directions that used to come with fireworks

These guys are serious !!!

Launchers are made of cardboard, steel and polypropylene (PVC)  pipe
It takes 2 hours just to load these tubes once they're built

They set some of them off using a car flare and a regular fuse (right)
"These 120  three inch mortars (above left) are all fused together"
"This is a one light deal... light one end and Rock n Roll "
Fuses run 60' per second !

Much of the finale is set off electronically
using a new technology called e-match

(center photo)
Right hand - a six inch e-match mortar
Reft hand - Finale string is made of 10 three inch mortars all fused together
"Light and run !"

The results are.....

Absolutely wonderful !!!
 
 

An Mpeg Video of the fireworks display is available
on CD that will play on any computer

Thanks for stopping by...
I sincerely hope you enjoyed my photo tour
of the
4th of July festivities
put on by the
Englewood Jaycees

And while you're here...
Why not stop and say "Hello" to your neighbors

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Beef Jerky and BBQ sauces from
www.southernsnacks.com
Englewood, Florida

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Have a nice day

Robert Shainline

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