4th of July
Posted: July 7, 2012 Filed under: Holidays | Tags: 4th of July, building fireworks racks, fireworks, fireworks tubes, fireworks up close, lighting fireworks, villa roma, Villa Roma resort, vlla roma resort callicoon ny 3 CommentsThis year 4th of July fell on a Wednesday and was going to be Boring with a captial B. Since Laurie has to work the next day we did not have any major plans. My friend Doug M, has a fireworks license and was tasked by his company to put on a fireworks show at Villa Roma Resort located in Callicoon, NY. This would be his biggest show so far and he needed some help loading and unloading the racks, building the supports for them, loading them, then after the show breaking everything down and loading them on the truck. Doug told Mike, Becky and I that it would be a long day with alot of hard work and heaving lifting. He was not kidding. We got started at 11am:
By 2 am, I had blisters on my feet, major case of swamp ass and a not-so-fresh feeling. Would I do it again? You betcha’. It is a Thursday next year.
Really really impressive. My dad the Ilinois cop used to help set up fireworks in the little village of Warrenville in Illinois.in the late 60’s. I could never figure out why he was gone all day and why he seemed so dissapointed when the fireworks were over. Thanks for helping me understand my da just a little bit more. Nice job you all did!!
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Glad I was able to bring back memories. Hopefully, my daughter is making her own too!
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Dang, those are some serious fireworks! They put our smoke bombs, ground blooming flowers, and sparklers to shame. 🙂
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