PRESS RELEASE

OFFICIAL Angle Lake Shore Club FIREWORKS STATEMENT

On behalf of the Angle Lake Shore Club we want to apologize for the late start to this year’s fireworks show.

It is our understanding that this delay was attributed to a late delivery of shells by the fireworks vendor to the preparation site therefore not allowing the contracted pyro- technicians adequate time to get the materials safely loaded and prepped in the mortars.

Once the show was started the displays were quite nice until a little over half way through an 8” shell inadvertently exploded just as it left the mortar throwing one technician into the water. This was cause for the momentary interruption of the show until injury and damage assessments could be completed.

Fortunately there were no injuries however the incident did adversely affect the remainder of the show.

The crew on board the barge proceeded to sporadically fire off those shells they deemed to be safe.

From this experience the Shore Club has learned that communication is paramount in putting on a show of this nature.

In retrospect we needed to find a way to communicate to all spectators that the show
was still going to proceed despite it being late. Additional communication from the ALSC will follow indicating our future plans on how these types of problems will be avoided and/or resolved going forward.

The Angle Lake Shore Club Board

About the ALSC:
The Angle Lake Shore Club is a volunteer operated membership organization that provides unique events year round for the residents living on and around the shores of Angle Lake in effort to build a stronger community.