4th of Jul-Ivar’s fireworks: Scenes from the barge

July 4, 2008 10:07 am
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That cot under a semitruck trailer is where 4th of Jul-Ivar’s fireworks show — that’s the one on Elliott Bay, the main one you’ll see from West Seattle — operator Gary Louderback sleeps the night before and the night after. He just talked to us a short time ago at the semi-secret (they asked us not to say) site in West Seattle waters where he and about 20 other people are working right now to put together the show on the 240-foot barge that will be towed into the bay later today — here’s a quick video clip panning across the scene:

Click ahead for a closer look at a row of fireworks, plus we have a quick clip with Gary talking about the biggest effect you’ll see:

That’s just one of the rows being prepared right now; 10 people will still be on the barge to help with the show when it’s towed out later today. Meantime, we asked Louderback what’s the biggest effect people will see:

Gary will be sitting with four computers – some are backups – in a shack at the back of the barge (we’ll add a clip of that later, running out of time now) at showtime between 10 and 10:30 tonight. We posted some fun facts about the fireworks last night; read ’em at the end of this roundup. To this day, the show is still fully bankrolled by the company founded by the late legendary West Seattleite Ivar Haglund. (Meantime, check out our 4th of July page for the scoop on everything happening today and tonight.)

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