BOOM!

So I got my fireworks schedule. I'm psyched to be working in Irondequoit on July 4th. Irondequoit (ear-ON-dih-QUITE) is my hometown. Not that Rochester is big enough to have seperate hometowns within it, but in a way, it is. Just a suburb surrounded by a river, a lake and a bay. Hence, the Iriquois Indian name (Irondequoit) meaning "where the land and waters meet".




Anyway, as a kid, I used to take a city bus (they set aside on the 4th to shuttle the ten thousand people or so) to the town hall to see the fireworks. I had no idea every town in the country had fireworks at the time, I thought we were dammed soecial. Now, this year, I get to set those fuckers off myself for some kid who might live in the house I grew up in. Kinda cool. We get to mark on a calendar which fireworks shows we'd like to work in the beginning of the year. For the past 8 years, I have expressed interest in Irondequoit. Now I'm in. And if the crew is good together, sometimes we work year after year on the same show... so I hope its good and I do a good job.

I'm also doing some high falls laser shows and red wings game fireworks. July 3rd, I'm in Geneva again. And the Firemans carnival in East Rochester. The high falls shows are city sponsored, and got cut a few years ago. its a laser show on the gorge wall next to the waterfalls- which are lit up with colored lights and is set to music. pretty cool thing for people to do around here for FREE.




We have two concerts coming up this week. One at High Falls, one at the Public Market. Fridays show, at the market, should be smokin! Kick ass reagee with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and then the regional jamband heroes, Max Creek. I have sent out emails blasts and put up posters and posted all over the internet. Should be a massive hippie turnout. Its FREE, after all.