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Rhythm & Booms Postponed To July 2
Free Event Held At Warner Park
POSTED: 2:41 pm CDT July 1,
2006
UPDATED: 8:45 pm CDT July 1,
2006
MADISON, Wis. -- Rhythm & Booms, originally scheduled for July 1, has been postponed due to a severe weather advisory for Dane County.
SLIDESHOW: Afternoon Pictures Of This Year's Rhythm & BoomsThere are 24 other counties under severe weather advisories Saturday night. Visit this page for a listing of counties under advisories.The rain date for Rhythm & Booms is July 2.The all-day event is held at Warner Park on Madison's north side. Rhythm & Booms features "world class" fireworks, choreographed to music broadcast on WOLX 94.9 FM, beginning at 9:30 p.m.Organizers encourage people to bring radios to the park, for live announcements throughout the day as well as the music soundtrack that accompanies the fireworks display.The free event will feature music from Lord of the Dance, and Broadway classics Evita and Miss Saigon. This year, the oldies section will feature songs recalling hits from the 1980s, organizers said.“We have an incredible finish of patriotic music planned as well, including the 1812 Overture, and the Fireworks Spectacular has all new effects to delight us all this year," said Terry Kelly, president of the Madison Fireworks Fund, Inc., which produces the annual event.In celebration of Madison’s 150th birthday in 2006, Rhythm & Booms and Madison Gas & Electric are hosting “Sesquicentennial Park," in recognition of the city’s diversity and the numerous immigrant groups who settled in Madison beginning in 1856.Sesquicentennial Park is located at the corner of Troy Drive and Northport Drive, at the northwest corner of Warner Park, and will feature multi-cultural performances beginning at noon, as well as Italian, Mexican, and a variety of other great ethnic foods. Admission to Sesquicentennial Park is free.The Wisconsin National Guard will once again entertain attendees with multiple military demonstrations including the crowd-pleasing flyover at dusk by the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air Guard’s F-16.Rhythm & Booms is the largest annual single-day event in Wisconsin.For more information on firework displays in the area, visit Channel 3000's Local Events/Fireworks page.
SLIDESHOW: Afternoon Pictures Of This Year's Rhythm & BoomsThere are 24 other counties under severe weather advisories Saturday night. Visit this page for a listing of counties under advisories.The rain date for Rhythm & Booms is July 2.The all-day event is held at Warner Park on Madison's north side. Rhythm & Booms features "world class" fireworks, choreographed to music broadcast on WOLX 94.9 FM, beginning at 9:30 p.m.Organizers encourage people to bring radios to the park, for live announcements throughout the day as well as the music soundtrack that accompanies the fireworks display.The free event will feature music from Lord of the Dance, and Broadway classics Evita and Miss Saigon. This year, the oldies section will feature songs recalling hits from the 1980s, organizers said.“We have an incredible finish of patriotic music planned as well, including the 1812 Overture, and the Fireworks Spectacular has all new effects to delight us all this year," said Terry Kelly, president of the Madison Fireworks Fund, Inc., which produces the annual event.In celebration of Madison’s 150th birthday in 2006, Rhythm & Booms and Madison Gas & Electric are hosting “Sesquicentennial Park," in recognition of the city’s diversity and the numerous immigrant groups who settled in Madison beginning in 1856.Sesquicentennial Park is located at the corner of Troy Drive and Northport Drive, at the northwest corner of Warner Park, and will feature multi-cultural performances beginning at noon, as well as Italian, Mexican, and a variety of other great ethnic foods. Admission to Sesquicentennial Park is free.The Wisconsin National Guard will once again entertain attendees with multiple military demonstrations including the crowd-pleasing flyover at dusk by the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air Guard’s F-16.Rhythm & Booms is the largest annual single-day event in Wisconsin.For more information on firework displays in the area, visit Channel 3000's Local Events/Fireworks page. Copyright 2008 by Channel 3000. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
