http://thesconz.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/where-did-all-the-fireworks-go/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://thesconz.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/where-did-all-the-fireworks-go/#comment-211 The Sconz Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:47:47 +0000 http://thesconz.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-211 Fair point Jill. Although, I think most people who become pyrotechnicians kind of accept that the 4th of July is going to be a big work day – sort of the highlight of the year. Fair point Jill. Although, I think most people who become pyrotechnicians kind of accept that the 4th of July is going to be a big work day – sort of the highlight of the year.

]]> http://thesconz.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/where-did-all-the-fireworks-go/#comment-210 Ordinary Jill Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:59:47 +0000 http://thesconz.wordpress.com/?p=526#comment-210 Rhythm & Booms deliberately avoids the 4th of July, so that they do not have to pay holiday overtime rates for the police officers on duty. Looking at it another way, perhaps all of the vendors, carnies and pyrotechnicians who put in a full day's work during Rhythm & Booms would also like the opportunity to celebrate our nation's birth. So fire up the grill and light some sparklers, the way small-town folks do. Also, I believe cannons are unregulated (they are not classified as guns, nor fireworks), and even small-scale replicas make a lot of noise. As long as you only fire blank loads, the neighbors are usually tolerant, and it makes for an appropriate commemoration of the Revolutionary War. Rhythm & Booms deliberately avoids the 4th of July, so that they do not have to pay holiday overtime rates for the police officers on duty. Looking at it another way, perhaps all of the vendors, carnies and pyrotechnicians who put in a full day’s work during Rhythm & Booms would also like the opportunity to celebrate our nation’s birth. So fire up the grill and light some sparklers, the way small-town folks do. Also, I believe cannons are unregulated (they are not classified as guns, nor fireworks), and even small-scale replicas make a lot of noise. As long as you only fire blank loads, the neighbors are usually tolerant, and it makes for an appropriate commemoration of the Revolutionary War.

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