SACRAMENTO, CA - One show was for kids, another for adults, and between the two of them, 3,500 pounds of New Year's Eve fireworks exploded over downtown Sacramento as the calendar flipped to 2010.
The production, which cost $40,000 for the fireworks alone, was put on by the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau. The first display at 9 p.m. was designed for families, with fireworks that formed smiling faces in the sky, Disney music providing a soundtrack.
"It's a lot of fun to see these kids when smiley face fireworks go, and Disney music is playing," said Mike Testa of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. "They have a lot of fun with the fireworks."
5,000 feet of cord was needed to connect the fireworks for the two shows, which included a display from atop the tower bridge. The second show was scheduled for midnight, lasting about 12 minutes.
It's the final year of a five-year contract the Convention and Visitors Bureau has with the Grucci fireworks company. Testa said it's unclear what the status of the 2011 event is.
"When you have a city the size of Sacramento, image is very important," said Testa. "When we market this destination, the more things we have to market, the better it is. So to not have a New Year's Eve show, to not celebrate as a community, I think that would really be a bad thing for Sacramento.
"When you look at other major cities, whether it's a San Francisco, a Seattle, a Portland, all those cities have major celebrations on New Year's Eve. Sacramento's a big city, and we're acting like it."
Source:http://www.news10.net
The production, which cost $40,000 for the fireworks alone, was put on by the Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau. The first display at 9 p.m. was designed for families, with fireworks that formed smiling faces in the sky, Disney music providing a soundtrack.
"It's a lot of fun to see these kids when smiley face fireworks go, and Disney music is playing," said Mike Testa of the Convention and Visitors Bureau. "They have a lot of fun with the fireworks."
5,000 feet of cord was needed to connect the fireworks for the two shows, which included a display from atop the tower bridge. The second show was scheduled for midnight, lasting about 12 minutes.
It's the final year of a five-year contract the Convention and Visitors Bureau has with the Grucci fireworks company. Testa said it's unclear what the status of the 2011 event is.
"When you have a city the size of Sacramento, image is very important," said Testa. "When we market this destination, the more things we have to market, the better it is. So to not have a New Year's Eve show, to not celebrate as a community, I think that would really be a bad thing for Sacramento.
"When you look at other major cities, whether it's a San Francisco, a Seattle, a Portland, all those cities have major celebrations on New Year's Eve. Sacramento's a big city, and we're acting like it."
Source:http://www.news10.net
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