Festival Fireworks - From 1980 On

1980s

• 06/30/1980 - (1:10)
  • First such event, indoors, celebrating Mike Mooney from the UK
• 07/24/1981 - (2:39)
  • Another indoor event with Mike Mooney
• 09/05/1981 - (3:55)
  • First outdoor event, with sparklers; wedding celebration; note Ethel Waldman with sparkler
• 07/04/1987 - (2:21)
  • No Mike Mooney; highlights Bill Brewster, Brian Bailey & Samantha Wood
• 07/15/1989 - (0:40)
  • Music with no fireworks; marching with flags

1990s

• 07/19/1997 - (23:11)
  • First coordinated fireworks with music presentation; no back bank; only 3 island positions; Kate Smith grand finale
• 07/11/1998 - (33:15)
  • First minor use of back bank at start; first small rockets during grand finale
• 07/17/1999 - (27:09)
  • Full use of back bank at start; 5 island positions for grand finale

2000s

• 07/15/2000 - (8:37)
  • Two people from Gartner did the fireworks; poor music coordination; clearly disorganized
• 07/14/2001 - (21:51)
  • First of modern era; many island stations for good finale with real rockets
• 07/13/2002 - (22:05)
  • First Celine Dion at end, but back to Kate for last line; full island grand finale with many rockets
• 07/12/2003 - (22:32)
  • Waldini rope-light sign; Celine Dion + medley at end; good timed ending
• 07/17/2004 - (22:07)
  • Many tech problems at start; low audio
• 07/16/2005 - (23:44)
  • First use of purchased electronic fireworks (for wedding)
• 07/15/2006 - (22:25)
  • Spinners during grand finale
• 07/14/2007 - (25:16)
  • Fan sparklers; video from ground, not deck (better picture, poor sound)
• 07/12/2008 - (19:53)
  • Poor sound due to fish tank pump on deck in background; first real shoot-ups at very end
• 07/18/2009 - (17:48)
  • Pam does announcing; new starting song; great ending

2010s

• 07/24/2010 - (4:35)
  • First high definition wide screen video; two camera angles; only grand finale shown; first full shoot-up grand finale
• 07/23/2011 - (5:18)
  • Fireworks mounted on boards; only grand finale shown
• 07/21/2012 - (17:02)
  • First fully electronic fireworks show; three camera angles; full show shown
• 07/20/2013 - (16:59)
  • First use of white globe lights on back bank, first use of GoPro camera views, ends with Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston)
• 07/19/2014 - (17:14)
  • 16 lights on back bank, including obilisk
• 07/18/2015 - (18:48)
  • Back bank lights dance to the music, floodlight on flag
• 07/16/2016 - (18:20)
  • Red, white and blue fountain lights
• 07/15/2017 - (18:42)
  • Two GoPro cameras used for additional camera views
• 07/14/2018 - (18:32)
  • Show controlled from island bridge area, some camera focus issues early
• 07/13/2019 - (14:40)
  • Three GoPro cameras used for additional views

2020s

• 09/11/2020 - (4:48)
  • Coronavirus year, new fireworks hardware and software using WiFi
• 09/24/2021 - (8:20)
  • Four GoPro cameras used, Twinkly wifi programmable lights used on island
• 09/16/2022 - (7:01)
  • Small Festival, just the 15 Waldarrys