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Review: The Fireworks!

August 31, 2008 By pgarry

Well, summer is officially over in Cincinnati! The WEBN fireworks are just finished, so it must be time for autumn to begin.

I’m always ready to watch the fireworks from a new place, a new location, a new direction. This year was the easiest ever. I walked across the street to my neighbor’s home in the Kingston House, and watched the fireworks, which are down river from her balcony. She does a fundraiser every year for a political candidate supported by the Cincinnati Women’s Political Caucus. This year it was Caucus stalwart Connie Pillich. It was easy and fun for Nancy to do. And a breeze for me – making my contribution, and not being stuck in a two hour traffic jam as I was last year.

These were not the very best, but quite good. There were some new groupings – waves of color coming up over the Taylor-Southgate bridge, and then fireworks in the sky above that. The waterfall was excellent as usual. And then, to Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire, a cascade of fire and red rings of fire above.

The ending was a little strange. Instead of five minutes of total madness in the sky, there were elegant and distinctive fireworks at a leisurely pace, then 2 loud bangs of what used to nearly a hundred lighting up the sky like strobe lights. And then – that was it!

The flotilla of boats began their slow turnings, heading back up the river at a leisurely pace, reluctanly letting summer go. It will be hours before all of them return home – as it will be for those many who walk down to the river on either side. Walking is always faster than driving, though, on this season-ending day.

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