Yesterday we headed back to Summerfest, to see the fireworks. I guess Dave's town doesn't have 4th of July fireworks, they wait until the Summerfest to go all out. I've never seen the fireworks there before, but Dave has always raved about it, saying they were better than the ones at the Taste of Chicago. He asked me, 'You've never heard of the Summerfest Fireworks? Are you serious?!?' As if I've been living in a hole and EVERYONE has heard of the Summerfest fireworks.

So we walked on over to the park where the fest was being held, with our Dave's lawnchair backpack (he loves the thing, feels like the coolest guy in town because his backpack converts into a lawn chair!) and blankets. There were herds and herds of people heading out there, and in the field in front of where they were showing the fireworks was packed with people. Not as nervewracking packed as the Taste but there were a lot of people.

Finally, they turned off the lights at the park and the show began. We could softly hear the music accompanying the fireworks playing on the soundstage, your average fair of patriotic songs - "Born in the USA", "Proud to be an American" etc.

I admit, the show was really great. For a little suburb, they really went all out with their fireworks and were able to get a lot of "Ooh!"s and "Ahh!"s from the crowd. There were purple and blue fireworks, fireworks that burst in the sky, then burst again as they fell down, fireworks that rained down the sky like a shower of golden light, fireworks broke off and spun around in the sky (I called them "Spermies", and fireworks that danced around the whole night sky in little points of light (Dave called them "Fireflies"). Wow, fireworks have really come a long way since I was a kid!

So here's a couple pics, because I haven't posted normal pics in a while...

Posted by Yano at July 19, 2004 07:17 AM

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