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Vienna to Hold July 4 Laser Light Show after Fireworks Mishap
posted 9:30 am Thu April 10, 2008 - VIENNA, Va.
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The town of Vienna is doing away with its traditional July 4th fireworks show.
Vienna had the worst of several fireworks malfunctions in northern Virginia last year. Town officials say this Independence Day, they will replace the pyrotechnics display with a laser light show.
The town has voted to spend as much as $22,000 on a contract with Baltimore's Image Engineering to put on the display at the same field near Vienna Elementary School as in years past.
Eleven people were injured -- two seriously -- last year when rockets from a box of Chinese-made mortar tubes landed in a crowd.
The same type of box also malfunctioned at five other locations in Fairfax County (web|news) and Fairfax City.
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Information from: The Washington Examiner
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