If you didn’t feel the “Boom!” you weren’t in the Town
By Lynn Volkens
The Casey breathed fire for more than half an hour on the 4th of July as 12,000 explosive shells rocketed Black Hawk’s 22nd annual Boom Town fireworks show into the night sky. The launch site, positioned on the Casey promontory, spewed fiery fountains and spectacles of aerial sparks nonstop for the duration of the show. Anyone thinking the “Boom Town” name is an exaggeration wasn’t in Black Hawk when the “bombs” really began “bursting in air.” Part of the unique fun of the Black Hawk fireworks show is the satisfaction of that resounding window-shaking “BOOM!” that precedes each display, followed by the repeating rollicking reverberations as the sound waves ricochet through the gulches.
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