In what has become an annual tradition, I spent the Fourth of July with family at my sister Theresa's house for a barbecue, after which we all tramped down to Niawanda Park on the mighty Niagara River for fireworks. Before that show, the big band group Sugar and Jazz played a bunch of sweet and swing classics from the forties (attracting some rather youngish fans to the style, as seen above). My brother-in-law Tom's nephew Brian plays trumpet in the group, but he's hidden here behind the guy with the leopard skin sax.
By twilight, quite a crowd had gathered along the river, and a lot of boaters were staking out spots on the river to catch the show too.
I've resigned myself to taking less than satisfactory pictures of the fireworks-- they just don't come alive on the flat screen without the attending booms! But this one gioves some idea of what we saw that night.
In what has become an annual tradition, I spent the Fourth of July with family at my sister Theresa's house for a barbecue, after which we all tramped down to Niawanda Park on the mighty Niagara River for fireworks. Before that show, the big band group Sugar and Jazz played a bunch of sweet and swing classics from the forties (attracting some rather youngish fans to the style, as seen above). My brother-in-law Tom's nephew Brian plays trumpet in the group, but he's hidden here behind the guy with the leopard skin sax.
By twilight, quite a crowd had gathered along the river, and a lot of boaters were staking out spots on the river to catch the show too.
I've resigned myself to taking less than satisfactory pictures of the fireworks-- they just don't come alive on the flat screen without the attending booms! But this one gioves some idea of what we saw that night.
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