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Article: FIRE IN THE SKY
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- July 2, 2006
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It's not exactly the rockets' red glare or bombs bursting in air,
but the Freedom Festival fireworks display on Evansville's riverfront
should be plenty stirring.
It'll be about 28 minutes of explosions; roughly 15,000 shells
launched from four barges.
The show will be timed to music that was played by legendary
American disc jockeys, including Alan Freed and Wolfman Jack.
"It has its own little theme going on," said Clarence Mann, the
WFIE-NBC14 production manager who is in his seventh year of
coordinating the fireworks.
"We always try to bump it up a notch to make it more exciting each