** BELEWS BLAST 2008 **

If you were wondering where I've been, I forgot my blogspot login was in the Triad area for an extended 4th of July. My brother, cousin, and my dad have been putting on a Fireworks show for the past couple of years. Each year the show has gotten more dangerous bigger and bigger. Two years ago, they each attended a class to allow them to be licensed to shoot fireworks. They have since gone from blowing up roman candles with a lighter now shoot 6 inch shells from electronic panels timed perfectly to music. The guys spend months choosing the right fireworks, selecting music, and creating racks to house the "rocket tubes". The day before the show is a mad rush to attach fuses to panels, insert the shells into tubes, and cover the tubes with tin foil in the event of rain showers. Below are some photos taken hours before the show.

Please visit http://www.belewsblast.com/pictures.htm to view the Belews Blast website complete with a 15 minute video from this year's show. If you watch the video, the first 20 seconds are a little blurry as I was video taping the show and had no idea what I was doing.