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Monday, May 03, 2004
Independence Day (The Fireworks Song)
I went to a Fireworks Shooter's School put on by Premier Pyrotechnics this weekend (May 1, 2004). It was great!
- Side note: The 72nd person signing in at our class was the 10,000th student of Premier Pyrotechnics' Shooter's Schools.
Of course we spent several hours in the classroom going over R&R (rules & regulations) like NFPA-1123 (display) as well as State Laws, US DOT (transport) and BATF (manufacture and storage). We also went through how shells are made and "how they do what they do" before covering the basics of coreographing a display. All-in-all it was very informative, then... we got to have some fun!
At the shoot site, we started by hand-firing a few 3-inch salutes (who needs those flashy-colored fireworks, these go BOOOM). Then we toured the rest of the site and learned about the different options for electronically firing shells. I'd much prefer electronic over hand-firing. Overall safety is much, much better - you're farther away when lighting them and mortars aren't re-loaded during the show so no chance of a hot ember in the bottom...
The big finale of the day was a display wired up by the "upperclassmen" and choreographed to this song.
- I'll have to find this in MP3 format...
- Side note: The 72nd person signing in at our class was the 10,000th student of Premier Pyrotechnics' Shooter's Schools.
Of course we spent several hours in the classroom going over R&R (rules & regulations) like NFPA-1123 (display) as well as State Laws, US DOT (transport) and BATF (manufacture and storage). We also went through how shells are made and "how they do what they do" before covering the basics of coreographing a display. All-in-all it was very informative, then... we got to have some fun!
At the shoot site, we started by hand-firing a few 3-inch salutes (who needs those flashy-colored fireworks, these go BOOOM). Then we toured the rest of the site and learned about the different options for electronically firing shells. I'd much prefer electronic over hand-firing. Overall safety is much, much better - you're farther away when lighting them and mortars aren't re-loaded during the show so no chance of a hot ember in the bottom...
The big finale of the day was a display wired up by the "upperclassmen" and choreographed to this song.
- I'll have to find this in MP3 format...
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Independence Day (Parody of God Bless The U.S.A. by Lee Greenwood) There's a holiday to celebrate The American way of life Gonna have a bar-b-que With all my children and my wife Picked up some cherry bombs At a roadside stand today Gonna blow stuff up for freedom And they can’t take that away If you’re proud to be an American Set your fireworks off with me And be careful or you’ll lose an eye So hide behind that tree Everybody stand back fifty feet And enjoy this big display Cause this stuff is powerful contraband God bless The USA Got a dozen roman candles Quarter sticks of TNT A box of bottle rockets I bought illegally From Detroit down to Houston And New York to LA There’s a fire in every American yard Every Independence Day I’m loud I’m free I’m American And as proud as I can be And I’d like to thank the Chinese guys Who made this stuff for me Everybody stand back fifty feet Just incase this heads your way Cause I’d hate to see you lose a hand On Independence Day |
