Fireworks Display 2019 Sullivan Fairgrounds

This year`s fireworks display at the Sullivan Fairgrounds was another first for me…earlier in the day there was a rainstorm that apparently damaged the electronics board that controls the launch of the fireworks, and the company that has the contract for that detail in our city, apparently didn`t notice that damage til right before the timed launch, we everyone that drove there to watch and everyone that set up outside the perimeter in their special place, had to wait and wait, and wait before we were able to see the beautiful fireworks bursts…at least there was a nice sunset and a few small shows by private citizens before the big show started to keep some of us entertained….

So as the sun began to set that evening, I had set up across the highway from the Mercy Building and there was a huge Thunderhead sitting above the Fairgrounds…apparently this isn`t why there was a delay tho, because when the fireworks show finally did start at 10:45 pm, those clouds were still up there…

…and the view behind me even sweeter…

…and then we waited some more..normally the show starts around 9:15 pm…this time it was an hour and a half late getting started…I would imagine some left since there was no communication between the company hired to launch the fireworks show and Sullivan City Officials to the people…since so many of us were in the dark anyway, so to speak, many of us remained in place and waited…finally it began about 10:45 pm…I shot it with two different cameras, one on a tripod and one on the hood of my truck, the latter did a pretty good job…the first 5 photos below were of the pre-show, fired off by citizens in the area of the police station before the Big Show started…those folks did a pretty good job in my opinion…

…and finally the Big Show started….

…and since it`s much easier to capture the colors and detail better in the finale once it starts, I shot it completely on video this time around…

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…and then the finale began, with more glitches on timing of the bursts, so I captured it in two videos…

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