Is it just me or has this been an abnormally quiet weekend?

[scooterbug44]

I was commenting on the lack of explosions as well - until I came from a PW party to the beach to watch the Seaside fireworks.

Lots of fireworks up and down the beach! Nearby folks were outperforming the Seaside fireworks at some points, though I had some major safety concerns because of how close they were to people. I think they may have calmed down after they almost blew up one of their kids, but I chose to leave after that point.

 

[Matt J]

The Seaside show fizzled. Potential for rain hampered the music, and the fireworks display was not near the blow-out that was touted....there was no "crecendo", so there was a stunned silence once everyone realized that the fireworks show was over.

BTW, I'm no engineer, but know just enough to sense that Seaside should raise the elevation of the bottom of the "pit" around the stage since the recent rains raised the groundwater level such that it caused a huge pool to form and be retained in that area. The kids loved it, but it isn't conducive to a good time for those visitors and locals alike, who dress their kids and selves in all-white.

FYI, the seaside Amphitheater is also their drainage pond. ;-)

 

[Kurt]

The Seaside show fizzled. Potential for rain hampered the music, and the fireworks display was not near the blow-out that was touted....there was no "crecendo", so there was a stunned silence once everyone realized that the fireworks show was over.

BTW, I'm no engineer, but know just enough to sense that Seaside should raise the elevation of the bottom of the "pit" around the stage since the recent rains raised the groundwater level such that it caused a huge pool to form and be retained in that area. The kids loved it, but it isn't conducive to a good time for those visitors and locals alike, who dress their kids and selves in all-white.

I guess it all depends on your attitude and expectations. To complain about free music and fireworks is just sad, and bad manners.

The Seaside amphitheater is a retention pond designed as a place for water to collect.

 

[scooterbug44]

I had a great time sitting on the beach with the waves crashing in, a refreshing breeze keeping off the bugs, and watching fireworks light up the sky so I thought it was a success.

All in your perspective/expectations I guess.

 

[Jdarg]

Nothing stopping the masses from hitting the Red Bar tonight! A steady stream of SUVs pouring into Grayton, and lots of really dressed up people standing or driving around. Looked to be about a 2 hour+ wait. Tempers flared between a few drivers jockeying for position on the road- looks like a regular Grayton summer night in July!

 

[happy2Bme]

I guess it all depends on your attitude and expectations. To complain about free music and fireworks is just sad, and bad manners.

The Seaside amphitheater is a retention pond designed as a place for water to collect.

I wasn't complaining, just reporting.....the music fizzled due to the weather, which is nothing that can be helped. The highly-touted fireworks fizzled just because..... If you see that as bad manners, sorry. I wasn't the only one wondering if/when the fireworks finished. Even the hired security folks weren't sure.

The "retention pond" worked. I guess it's a bad idea to hold a public format in a retention pond.

When we assume.....

 

[Matt J]

I wasn't complaining, just reporting.....the music fizzled due to the weather, which is nothing that can be helped. The highly-touted fireworks fizzled just because..... If you see that as bad manners, sorry. I wasn't the only one wondering if/when the fireworks finished. Even the hired security folks weren't sure.

The "retention pond" worked. I guess it's a bad idea to hold a public format in a retention pond.

When we assume.....

Next year you should try Pier Park. Just get there at dark and wait, they'll start the fireworks whenever they feel like it.