On Jul 7, 7:20*pm, John H wrote:
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 14:10:03 -0700 (PDT), stp wrote:
My recollection is that the DC fireworks are paid for by the city
government of the District of Government. I saw the Boston fireworks on
TV in the past and was curious because they seemed a lot more extensive.
The Boston show apparently is paid for by private corporate interests.
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I remember 1976 watching the 24 hr a day fireworks on 'cable tv"
pumped in live from Boston Harbor. Recording equipment was in pioneer
stages then but wow I wished i could have taped it. Absolutely
spectacular. Fireworks going off in broad daylight and *seemingly
hundreds of fire boats in full spray.
very awsome!
We did the 1976 show in my dad's old wooden lapstrake Pen Yann *then
tere was a big gap in our attendance until a couple of years ago.
One thing that was annoying was the helicoptor circling and shining
the spot light on the crowd. We got there a day early so we could get
a spot close enough so that we could actually hear the concert live
but the chopper drowned out a lot of it.
That's a damn shame. Wonder if it's still happening?
Do you will the chopper be there next year? My guess is yes. I'm sure
that CBS pays good money for the rights to broadcast the event. I'm
going to see who I can send complaints to though. I don't see why they
couldn't set up cameras on cranes instead. Boston businessman David
Mugar is the driving force behind the event so I'll start there.
We were there the day before and saw the rehersal performance which is
as good as the show just minus the fireworks.
Speaking of fireboats... we stayed overnight on the boat and the next
morning we were up before 0500 and saw smoke coming from the fireworks
barges. My friend and I hopped in the dinghy and went over to look:
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/vide...65/detail.html
It took almost an hour for the big tubby fireboat to show up and put
out what was left of the fire. On our way back to the boats a Massport
catamaran fireboat blasted by us. When we got back my wife who was
onboard said it had passed about 50 feet away and before she could do
anything the wake hit. My buddy's stern rail smashed down on my Magma
grill and then on the next roll snapped it out of the rod holder onto
the deck pretty much wrecking it.
I contacted Massport and surprisingly heard back from them right away
saying to send in a report. We'll see how that goes.
Hopefully, they'll cover it. If you get good number to call about the damn helicopter, post it. I'll
call 'em. Hell, maybe a few more folks will do likewise.
While searching for places to complain I came across this:
http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles...uly_fireworks/
Faked shots. Anyone remeber seeing them?
And from he
http://www.july4th.org/
I followed the link to their facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boston...900157?sk=wall
I posted on their wall but it looks like it was deleted.
!!!